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BREAKING: $117 million sports and events complex proposed at Cameron Run Regional Park

Published November 10, 2026 at 7:55PM | Updated November 10, 2026 at 8:29PM

The proposed sports and event complex at Cameron Run Regional Park (via City of Alexandria)

Cameron Run Regional Park could be reimagined as a sports and events complex under a new proposal presented to City Council tonight (Nov. 10).

The $117 million sports and events complex at Cameron Run (4001 Eisenhower Avenue) is proposed to replace NOVA Parks’ Great Waves Waterpark, mini golf site and batting cage facility. The 210,000-square-foot indoor facility would be intended for flexible court and turf sports, training, regional and national tournaments and larger events. In addition to the facility, the city could pursue 50,000 square feet of park uses, such as a tot lot, dog park, trails and amphitheater, pending community input.

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Alexandria gets three new Opportunity Zones to incentivize revitalization

By Emily Leayman

Published November 9, 2026 at 1:45PM

N. Beauregard Street near Roanoke Avenue in Alexandria West (via Google Maps)

Three additional Opportunity Zones have been added in Alexandria’s West End to support revitalization, Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) announced Friday (Nov. 6).

The U.S. Department of the Treasury approved all 153 new Opportunity Zones the Spanberger administration requested in Virginia. The zones are intended to promote long-term private investment in low-income urban, suburban and rural census tracts through federal tax benefits such as deferral of previous capital gains, step-up of previously earned capital gains and exclusion of taxable income on new capital gains in Opportunity Zones. The program was created by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

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Deadline extended for developer proposals at Braddock Road Metro site

By Emily Leayman

Published November 3, 2026 at 2:45PM

As seen at the Braddock Road Metro station (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority is giving more time for developers to express interest in bringing a mixed-use project to the Braddock Road Metro station.

Metro extended its request for proposals deadline to Jan. 29, 2027 from the original Dec. 15 deadline. The proposals are sought for a developer to construct a “new mixed-use, transit-oriented development” on the Metro-owned kiss-and-ride lot.

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Developer pivots from office to senior housing in Alexandria’s Carlyle neighborhood

By James Cullum

Published November 2, 2026 at 3:45PM

18th Street Development LLC wants to amend plans for an 18-story senior residential apartment building at 1900 Eisenhower Avenue (tall building on left) and a commercial office building next door at 765 John Carlyle Street (via City of Alexandria)

Big changes are in store for a two-tower, mixed-use senior housing apartment project in Alexandria’s Carlyle neighborhood.

After getting through design hurdles and an extension for construction last year, applicant 18th Street Development LLC wants to change its plans for an 18-story senior residential apartment building at 1900 Eisenhower Avenue and a commercial office building next door at 765 John Carlyle Street.

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Community Lodgings seeks late 2026 approvals for 91-unit affordable housing complex in Arlandria

By James Cullum

Published October 30, 2026 at 9:15AM

Community Lodgings’ proposed redevelopment of 3908, 3912 and 3916 Elbert Avenue in the city’s Arlandria neighborhood (via City of Alexandria)

The Alexandria City Council on Tuesday (Oct. 27) got a sneak peek at plans to replace three apartment buildings with a 91-unit affordable housing building in the city’s Arlandria neighborhood.

Last February, Community Lodgings, Inc. [CLI] asked the city for an extension on the construction timeline for its project at 3908, 3912 and 3916 Elbert Avenue. The special use permit to demolish three 1940s-era buildings with 28 apartments and replace them with a six-story, 91-unit building with 182 total bedrooms was previously approved by City Council in 2023, but it expired earlier this year.

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Developer seeks to start Old Town North’s Montgomery Center construction in 2028

By Emily Leayman

Published October 27, 2026 at 9:15AM | Updated October 27, 2026 at 7:35PM

The Montgomery Center at 300 Montgomery Street, which will be developed into a residential project (via Google Maps)

Carr Properties has taken over the redevelopment plans for the Montgomery Center in Old Town North as construction plans move forward.

The developer announced it acquired 300 Montgomery Street from MC Property, LLC. According to Bisnow, Oliver Carr Jr.’s CarrAmerica sold the property to his son Oliver Carr III’s Carr Properties.

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City Council approves townhouse development project in Old Town

By James Cullum

Published October 20, 2026 at 3:45PM

Rendering of new development proposed for 724, 726 and 728 N. Patrick Street in the Parker-Gray District (via City of Alexandria)

The Alexandria City Council has approved a plan to convert a vacant lot and a one-story barbershop in the Parker-Gray Historic District into five four-story townhomes.

Despite a 6-0 approval from the Planning Commission, Council deferred the plan last month to have more discussions with the property owner about keeping neighborhood-serving commercial businesses on the site. A representative of the property owner told Council that the most interested buyers were townhome developers.

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Potomac Yard’s 0% vacancy rate reveals missed opportunity, officials say

By Emily Leayman

Published October 15, 2026 at 1:45PM | Updated October 15, 2026 at 2:36PM

Virginia Tech in the background of the Potomac Yard Shopping Center (staff photo by Emily Leayman)

Even as Alexandria’s office vacancies improve, city officials learned about a missed opportunity with Potomac Yard’s 0% vacancy rate.

During City Council’s Tuesday (Oct. 13) legislative meeting, Alexandria Economic Development Partnership staff briefed officials on economic progress since City Council in January approved ALX Forward, a framework for the city’s economic future.

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Alexandria officials join march protesting Plaza 500 data center near city border

By Emily Leayman

Published October 13, 2026 at 2:45PM | Updated October 14, 2026 at 8:45AM

Participants hold signs during the March for a Moratorium, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (courtesy of Christopher Frakes)

After Alexandria’s mayor and City Council spoke out against an electric substation for a data center development near the city, some elected officials joined a march against data centers.

On Saturday (Oct. 10), residents and community groups marched from Aslin Beer Company in Alexandria’s West End to the nearby Plaza 500 site in Lincolnia where a data center campus is planned.

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Goodwin Living breaks ground on new 257-unit senior housing development in Alexandria

By Emily Leayman

Published October 9, 2026 at 3:45PM | Updated October 14, 2026 at 10:40AM

Rendering of Goodwin House Seminary Road (courtesy of Goodwin Living)

Additional senior living units from a locally-based operator are coming to Alexandria’s West End.

Goodwin Living broke ground Wednesday (Oct. 7) on the $360 million Goodwin House Seminary Road at N. Beauregard Street and Seminary Road. Mayor Alyia Gaskins and City Council Members Sandy Marks and Abdel Elnoubi joined Goodwin Living and Clark Construction leaders for the groundbreaking.

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Thieves target Inova at Landmark construction site for copper wire

By James Cullum

Published October 8, 2026 at 2:45PM

Inova Alexandria Hospital at Landmark, April 13, 2026 (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Alexandria Police Department is investigating the theft of copper and security wire from the Inova Alexandria Hospital at Landmark construction site.

No arrests have been made, but around 4:15 p.m. on Aug. 30, the senior superintendent of Clark Construction reported a burglary to APD. Just 10 minutes before, at 4:05 p.m., surveillance footage showed a white U-Haul cargo van drive into the construction site and two male suspects enter one of the hospital buildings under construction, according to a recently released search warrant affidavit.