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City to honor $2.5 million bequest to build botanical garden at Point Lumley Park

By James Cullum
Sign indicating the future site of the Point Lumley Garden on the waterfront in Old Town (via City of Alexandria)

The City of Alexandria wants Betsey and H.J. Rosenbaum to know that there will still be a botanical garden built in their honor at Point Lumley Park, despite not being included in site concept plans.

The Rosenbaum family has lived near the waterfront for decades, and several years ago, the couple bequeathed $2.5 million to the city to build the garden at the park. They were surprised, however, when they saw new concept designs published by ALXnow that didn’t include a botanical garden. The plans are headed to the city’s Board of Architectural Review on May 7.

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‘2D Noodles’ Vietnamese restaurant is coming to the Del Ray North shopping center

By James Cullum
2D Noodles is opening at 3823 Mount Vernon Avenue (staff photo by James Cullum)

A new Vietnamese-themed restaurant is under development in Arlandria.

2D Noodles (3823 Mount Vernon Avenue) ‘s interior renovation is nearly complete. The restaurant’s location in the Del Ray North shopping center is two stores down from Sake Express Japanese Hibachi, which is owned by the same local restaurant chain that owns Sake Japanese Steakhouse & Bar at 2016 Eisenhower Avenue.

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ALXnow’s top stories this week in Alexandria

By James Cullum
Alexandrie firefighters battle fire on Duke Street (via Alexandria Firefighters, Inc. IAFF Local 2141)

Welcome to Friday in Alexandria. What a week we’ve been having.

To start things off, ALXnow broke the story of an Alexandria Police Department’s arson and burglary investigation after Sunday morning’s (March 30) shopping center fire that shuttered multiple businesses in the 5200 block of Duke Street.

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PLANS: Council Chambers gets moved to the ground floor in proposed Alexandria City Hall renovation

By James Cullum
Concept of the Alexandria City Hall modernization, March 2025 (via City of Alexandria)

When all is said and done, Alexandria’s City Council may conduct city business on the ground floor of the renovated City Hall.

That’s just one of the many proposed changes to the 150-year-old building and Market Square at 301 King Street heading to the city’s Board of Architectural Review on April 16 (Wednesday).

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Short-term residential rental building with daycare and retail proposed for former DCHS building in Del Ray

By James Cullum
2525 Mount Vernon Avenue (via Google Maps)

After years of false starts, a new project to replace the former Department of Community and Human Services building in Del Ray with a short-term rental building with a daycare and retail is heading to the Alexandria Planning Commission.

The two-story, 30,000 square-foot DCHS building property at 2525 Mount Vernon Avenue was constructed in 1985 and has been vacant for years. In 2022, the site’s previous owner, Bonaventure, cited economic viability issues and backed out of plans to redevelop the property into a four-story mixed-use apartment complex. Bonaventure bought the property in 2019, but the proposal was met by pushback from neighbors who complained that it added to parking congestion and took away from the character of Del Ray.

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Check out the sweeping George Mason Elementary School modernization plans heading to the Planning Commission

By James Cullum
George Mason Elementary School modernization rendering (via City of Alexandria)

Sweeping plans to modernize George Mason Elementary School (2601 Cameron Mills Road) will soon head to the Alexandria Planning Commission.

Alexandria City Public Schools anticipates relocating staff and students three-and-a-half miles away at the end of this school year to swing space 1703 N. Beauregard Street. If the project timeline stays on track, ACPS will cut the ribbon on the new two-story building in the summer of 2027.

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ALXnow’s top stories this week in Alexandria

By James Cullum
9 E Del Ray Avenue listing on Zillow (photo via Zillow)

What a week in Alexandria. If we were making hay instead of paragraphs, the barn would be full.

Alexandria is bracing for the impact of President Donald Trump’s recent executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Alexandria City Public Schools Superintendent Melanie Kay-Wyatt says that the school system is “deeply concerned” and that the action raises questions about future federal support.

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PLANS: Apartments could replace office building in Alexandria’s West End

By James Cullum
Site plan for 1900 N. Beauregard Street in Alexandria's West End (via City of Alexandria)

Plans to replace an office building in the West End with a 345-unit apartment building are heading to city review.

According to city records, the applicant, 1900 Beauregard Property Owner LLC, a New York-based company, bought the four-building, 300,000-square-foot Beauregard Professional Center for $12.6 million in 2021.

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ALXnow’s top stories this week in Alexandria

By James Cullum
Proposed renovations show a Van Leeuwen ice cream shop at 400 King Street (via City of Alexandria)

What a busy week it’s been in Alexandria.

Our top story was on big changes planned for 400 King Street in Old Town. The building takes over an entire city block and is currently home to The Alexandrian Old Town Hotel at 480 King Street and Southern restaurant King & Rye.

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Massive Robinson Terminal North project heading to Alexandria Planning Commission

By James Cullum
Plans for Robinson Terminal North (via City of Alexandria)

The latest site plan for one of the last undeveloped areas of the Alexandria waterfront—Robinson Terminal North—envisions restaurants, retail, apartments, expanded open space, and even a hotel.

The Planning Commission will review a development special use permit (DSUP) proposal and site plan for the former industrial site in Old Town North on May 6 (Tuesday).

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