Hoffman Town Center

Alexandria’s proposed tallest building heads to Planning Commission in November

Published September 25, 2025 at 6:00PM

Concept for a 365-foot-tall apartment building at 2425 Mill Road in Alexandria's Carlyle neighborhood (via Red Fox Development Co.)

A proposal to build a 365-foot-tall residential building with up to 775 units and 40,000 square feet of ground-floor retail in Alexandria’s Carlyle neighborhood is heading to the Planning Commission. If approved, the project could result in the tallest at-grade building in the city.

The three-acre mixed-use development at 2425 Mill Road includes up to 775 residential units and 40,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. Aldie-based Red Fox Development will present the proposal to the Planning Commission on Nov. 6.

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Alexandria considering big plans for properties next to Eisenhower Avenue Metro station

By James Cullum

Published April 18, 2024 at 3:30PM | Updated April 20, 2024 at 1:42AM

A map showing the potential phased development of the 79-acre Hoffman property in Alexandria's Carlyle neighborhood (via City of Alexandria)

New parks, 400-foot-tall commercial and residential buildings and more.

The Hoffman family and its associates have a comprehensive idea for the future of the 79-acre site next door to the Eisenhower Avenue Metro station in Alexandria’s Carlyle neighborhood.

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Nando’s Peri-Peri says new Carlyle location will open next week

By Vernon Miles

Published March 20, 2023 at 2:00PM

Meal at Nando's Peri-Peri (image courtesy Nando's Peri-Peri)

Seven months after it was originally supposed to reopen, South African fast food chain Nando’s Peri-Peri could finally be opening next week in Alexandria’s Carlyle neighborhood.

In a press release, the restaurant announced the Hoffman Town Center location at 2462 Mandeville Lane will open on Monday, March 27. The 3,000-square-foot restaurant will have dining for 72 customers. Hours are 10:30 a.m.-10 p.m. from Sunday to Thursday, and 10:30 a.m.-11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

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There’s an early screening of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in Alexandria

By James Cullum

Published September 26, 2022 at 11:10AM | Updated September 28, 2022 at 10:08AM

The sequel to one of the highest-grossing films of all time is coming early to Alexandria.

City Councilman John Taylor Chapman’s Manumission Tour Company and Griffin Vision Media have once again teamed with other local businesses for a private screening of Marvel’s Black Panther: Wakanda Forever at AMC Hoffman Center 22 (206 Hoffman Street).

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Several injured running out of AMC Hoffman Center movie theater on Saturday night

By James Cullum

Published September 6, 2022 at 9:45AM

Several people were injured Saturday evening (September 3) after a man allegedly threatened to harm someone, leading to a stampede out of the AMC Hoffman Center 22 movie theater (206 Hoffman Street).

The incident occurred at around 6 p.m. and the suspect was gone by the time officers got to the scene. No arrests have been made, and all of the injuries were from people running out of the theater, police said.

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&pizza files special use permit for restaurant in Alexandria’s Carlyle neighborhood

By James Cullum

Published April 22, 2021 at 4:45PM

&pizza just filed a special use permit to operate at 207 Swamp Fox Road next to the Hoffman Town Center in Carlyle.

The location would join the other &pizza location at 3525 Richmond Highway in Potomac Yard.

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Consultant Proposes Replacing Community Shelter with Mixed-Use Development

By Vernon Miles

Published March 3, 2021 at 10:30AM | Updated March 3, 2021 at 10:57AM

With relocation of affordable housing off the table for Minnie Howard, a committee of city and Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS) leaders met Monday to look to other projects to see where co-location could be implemented.

The city has several major relocation needs over the next few years, including a need to relocate four fire stations to fit changing population figures. At the Joint City-ACPS Facilities Master Plan community meeting, however, the focus was on affordable housing and school locations.

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New Daycare Proposed for Hoffman Town Center

By Vernon Miles

Published January 26, 2021 at 10:15AM | Updated January 26, 2021 at 10:43AM

After many daycares statewide closed during the pandemic, local parents might be relieved to hear a Nest Academy could open a large new daycare and preschool at the east end of Eisenhower Avenue.

According to an application filed with the City of Alexandria, Nest Academy is hoping to open a new 9418 square foot facility at 2476 Mandeville Lane on the northern side of the Hoffman Town Center. The facility will take care of children from six weeks to 12 years old.

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Swamp Fox Road Gone, but City Council Leaves Door Open for Eventual Return

By Vernon Miles

Published January 25, 2021 at 11:30AM

Though barely more than five minutes on a in a nearly six hour meeting, on Saturday the City Council finally did away with one of Alexandria’s more bizarre street names.

Toward the end of the meeting, the City Council voted unanimously to replace Swamp Fox Road with Hoffman Street, celebrating local developer Hubert Hoffman Jr., founder of the The Hoffman Company that developed much of the nearby area and for whom much of Eisenhower East is named.

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The Hoffman Company Aims to Kill the Swamp Fox

By Vernon Miles

Published December 21, 2020 at 3:45PM | Updated December 30, 2020 at 4:33PM

Right at the heart of the Hoffman Center, near the National Science Foundation and the AMC theater, is a street that bears the unglamorous name Swamp Fox Road. Now, the real estate company is in the final stages of having the name changed to honor the Hoffman Company founder Hubert N. Hoffman, Jr.

The proposal to rename Swamp Fox Road to Hoffman Street is scheduled to go to the Planning Commission on Jan. 5, then to the City Council on Jan. 23.

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‘Hoffman Drive’ Proposed as Replacement Name for Swamp Fox Road

By James Cullum

Published November 9, 2020 at 5:00PM

The family of Hubert N. Hoffman, Jr. (pictured on his property along Eisenhower Avenue), want Swamp Fox Road renamed in his honor. (Image via City of Alexandria)

The Alexandria Planning Commission will consider a proposal next month that would replace the name of Swamp Fox Road with Hoffman Drive in the Eisenhower Valley.

Hoffman Family LLC made the application in honor of the company’s founder, Hubert N. Hoffman, Jr., who bought and developed nearly 80 acres of land near the Eisenhower Metro Station. The real estate company has spent decades in what was once a neglected part of the city.