City Council will soon consider a proposal to approve $10 million in bond financing to fund development of the massive Mount Vernon-Glebe Arlandria Project that city staff consider to be Alexandria’s “highest housing priority.”
The Alexandria Housing Development Corporation‘s Sansé and Naja buildings are scheduled for a 2026 completion. With vertical construction expected to begin this fall, on Tuesday (Sept. 10), Council will consider a resolution authorizing the issuance of $10 million Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority bonds to cover costs related to the “acquisition, construction, renovation and equipping” for construction of the Sansé.
The development was approved by Council in 2022, and promises a multi-phased effort to bring more than 400 units of affordable housing and 30,000 square-feet of retail to a half-million square feet of land near the intersection of Mount Vernon Avenue and W. Glebe Road in the city’s Arlandria neighborhood.
So far, concrete foundations have been poured and nearly all the wet and dry utilities have been installed in phase 0 of the project.
City staff wrote in a presentation that Council will review Tuesday (Sept. 10) that the project is Alexandria’s “highest housing priority.”
