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JUST IN: Ladrey Senior Hi-Rise redevelopment abandoned, HUD holds back funding and residents are being forced out

Published June 6, 2025 at 1:15PM

A rendering of the Ladrey High-Rise on Fairfax Street (via ARHA)

Plans to redevelop the Ladrey Senior Hi-Rise in Old Town have been deemed “infeasible” by the property owner, the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has “terminated operating support for building management and maintenance” due to delays in the redevelopment, and now ARHA plans on moving more than 150 residents out of the 1970s-era building by the end of the year. Consequently, ARHA wants the city to back loans to acquire The Alate (1122 First Street), a recently built senior housing apartment building in the Braddock neighborhood, for the relocation of Ladrey Senior Hi-Rise residents.

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Developer wants extension to build seven-story apartment building across from the Braddock Road Metro station

By James Cullum

Published May 21, 2025 at 2:30PM

The developer behind a seven-story apartment building in the Braddock area is asking the city for an extension of its developmental special use permit (via City of Alexandria)

The developer of a seven-story, 180-unit apartment building across the street from the Braddock Road Metro station is asking the city for an extension of its development special use permit.

West Street Acquisitions says a number of important steps have been made on the one-acre project at 727 N. West Street, which was denied by the City Council in March 2021 and then approved two months later. After some delays, including a legal battle with a neighbor citing city regulations prohibiting the Council from reviewing a denied application for a year, work on the four-year-old project has been slow, and the development special use permit is about to expire.

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No bond for Alexandria man charged with bicycle thefts and burglary

By James Cullum

Published May 20, 2025 at 4:30PM

Alexandria police cruiser (staff photo by James Jarvis)

An Alexandria man is being held without bond after allegedly stealing a number of bicycles, breaking into an apartment in Old Town to steal a purse, and then using a debit card at a nearby convenience store.

The 54-year-old suspect was arrested on May 8 and charged with possession of burglary tools, entering a dwelling with intent to commit larceny, and multiple counts of destruction of property, trespassing, and petit larceny.

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JUST IN: Three teenagers charged with murdering Alexandria man and wounding two others

By James Cullum

Published January 27, 2025 at 4:44PM

Alexandria Police Chief Tarrick McGuire, with Assistant Police Chief Raul Pedroso, and Samuel Ward of the ATF, speaks at a press conference on Jan. 27, 2025, to announce arrests in the homicide that occurred in the 1200 block of Wythe Street in the Braddock neighborhood on Sept. 19, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Three teenagers have charged in the fatal shooting of Alexandria resident Kwakia Frazier and wounding two others, the Alexandria Police Department announced today.

A 16-year-old and two 17-year-old suspects have each been charged with murder by mob and two counts of malicious wounding by mob.

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Alexandria Health Department leading ‘Walk and Talk’ with Braddock residents next weekend

By Vernon Miles

Published January 8, 2025 at 3:05PM | Updated January 9, 2025 at 11:23AM

A trail near the Braddock Road Metro Station in Alexandria (staff photo by James Cullum)

Update 1/9 — The Health Department is postponing the event to Saturday, Jan. 18, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. due to impending snow on Saturday

The Alexandria Health Department is hosting a “Walk & Talk” ~~this weekend~~ in the Braddock neighborhood to talk about health issues in the community.

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Braddock cocktail bar Captain Gregory’s operating out of Old Town North hotel next month

By Vernon Miles

Published December 20, 2024 at 1:55PM

Cocktail at Captain Gregory's (image via Captain Gregory's/Instagram)

Cocktail bar Captain Gregory’s is pulling up anchor and sailing into Hotel AKA Alexandria (625 First Street) next month while its main location undergoes renovations.

The bar said on Instagram that it will set up shop every Thursday through Saturday in January at Hotel AKA.

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Metro Transit Police seeking suspect in Metro employee stabbing at Braddock station

By Vernon Miles

Published October 15, 2024 at 9:35AM

Man suspected in Braddock Road Metro station stabbing (image via Metro Transit Police/Twitter)

The Metro Transit Police have put out a picture of a man suspected in the stabbing of an employee of the transit system at the Braddock Road Metro Station on Sunday morning.

Metro Transit Police said an employee was attacked and sustained a significant injury. Metro Transit Police said the incident occurred around 10 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13.

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Alexandria Police Department stepping up patrols in Braddock neighborhood after recent shootings

By Vernon Miles

Published October 1, 2024 at 9:00AM

Police at the scene of a shooting near the Braddock Road Metro station, Sept. 19, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Alexandria Police Department is stepping up patrols and implementing other security measures around the Andrew Adkins development after a pair of recent shootings nearby.

On Thursday, Sept. 19, three people were shot in the Braddock neighborhood near the Andrew Adkins development, including a 15-year-old boy. One victim, Kwakia Frazier, was fatally wounded in the shooting.

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Police: Two men shot early this morning in Braddock neighborhood

By Vernon Miles

Published September 28, 2024 at 8:20AM

N. Fayette Street and Wythe Street (image via Google Maps)

The Alexandria Police Department confirmed two men in their car at the intersection of N. Fayette and Wythe Streets were shot in their car just before 2 a.m.

Witnesses told police they heard what sounded like automatic gunfire, according to the police scanner.

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Traffic stalled on Route 1 after crash involving Alexandria Police cruiser

By Vernon Miles and James Cullum

Published September 27, 2024 at 11:35AM

Crash involving a police cruiser at Wythe and N. Patrick Street (staff photo by James Cullum)

Traffic slowed on Route 1 this morning for a crash involving an Alexandria Police Department (APD) cruiser on N. Patrick Street.

The crash occurred around 10:27 a.m. As of 11:20 a.m., the right lane of northbound traffic on N. Patrick Street was blocked and the eastbound lanes on Wythe Street were closed.

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Mother of Braddock homicide victim says son shouldn’t have been moved without a stretcher

By James Cullum

Published September 23, 2024 at 1:15PM

A candlelight vigil for Kwakai Frazier in Alexandria's Braddock neighborhood, Sept. 21, 2024 (staff photo by James Cullum)

Kwakai Frazier’s mom says her son had no enemies and was at the wrong place at the wrong time when he was shot and killed last Thursday night (Sept. 19) in Alexandria’s Braddock neighborhood. She also says that police carried her son from the crime scene to an ambulance, and fears that doing so could have led to his death.

In a vigil that lasted more than an hour, a large, silently respectful crowd laid flowers, candles and balloons in the courtyard where the 25-year-old Frazier was shot. Frazier and two others were shot, and Frazier later succumbed to his injuries.