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How can Landmark-Van Dorn businesses survive upcoming redevelopment?

Published September 3, 2024 at 3:05PM

Construction at Landmark Mall site (staff photo by James Cullum)

On the eve of an annual report on the city’s economy from the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership, ALXnow sat down with AEDP CEO Stephanie Landrum to discuss the future of development in three areas of the city: Carlyle, Potomac Yard and Old Town North, and the Landmark-Van Dorn corridor. These will be broken up into a multi-part series covering each location.

As the City of Alexandria gears up for the Landmark redevelopment, the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership (AEDP) is working to try and ensure nearby local restaurants and small businesses aren’t pushed out.

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110 townhouse development proposed for southeast corner of former Landmark Mall property

By James Cullum

Published July 31, 2024 at 1:45PM

110 townhouses have been proposed at the WestEnd development in the Landmark area (via City of Alexandria)

A plan to build 110 townhouses on the southeast portion of the sprawling WestEnd development is heading to the Alexandria Planning Commission.

City Council approved the four million square-foot redevelopment at the former home of Landmark Mall in 2021, with blocks L and M reserved for for-sale residential development. Blocks L and M, along Duke Street near N. Van Dorn Street, take up more than 100,000 square feet.

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JUST IN: APD identifies victim of Landmark construction death

By James Cullum

Published July 30, 2024 at 9:45AM

Police investigating death at Landmark Mall construction site (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Alexandria Police Department identified 29-year-old Luis Cardona Cerezo as the victim of last week’s death at the Inova at Landmark construction site.

APD has not released the circumstances surrounding Cerezo’s death, except to say that he was “fatally struck by a vehicle.”

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Police investigating construction site death this morning at Landmark site

By Vernon Miles

Published July 24, 2024 at 11:50AM | Updated July 24, 2024 at 1:13PM

Police investigating death at Landmark Mall construction site (staff photo by James Cullum)

The Alexandria Police Department (APD) is investigating a death at the former Landmark Mall construction site around 7:30 a.m. this morning.

A vehicle was involved in the death of a 30-year-old male who suffered a vehicle-related head injury at the 5701 Duke Street construction site, according to scanner traffic.

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CIM Group sells apartment complex next to old Landmark Mall property for $225 million

By James Cullum

Published April 1, 2024 at 2:30PM

Mason at Van Dorn apartments at 140 S. Van Dorn Street (via Mason at Van Dorn/Facebook)

A 14-building apartment complex next door to the former Landmark Mall property recently sold for $225 million, the Washington Business Journal first reported.

The City’s Office of Real Estate Assessments confirmed the March 28 sale and the amount, which have not yet been posted online.

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Inova Landmark development will have fewer beds than the current hospital

By Vernon Miles

Published December 20, 2023 at 3:45PM

The proposed Inova Alexandria Hospital building on the former Landmark Mall site (via City of Alexandria)

Inova Alexandria Hospital is currently a 318-bed community hospital. Once it opens its new hospital in Landmark in 2028, it’ll be a 192-bed hospital.

At a City Council meeting last week, Councilwoman Alyia Gaskins raised concerns from the community about the loss of beds in the new development. Dr. Rina Bansal, president of Inova Alexandria Hospital, said the decrease in beds is part of making services more efficient.

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Alexandria gets perfect score in equity index and reaffirmed AAA bond rating

By James Cullum

Published November 17, 2023 at 10:45AM

Dining in Old Town. (Staff photo by James Cullum)

All arguments aside, Alexandria’s equity standards and economic prospects have been declared sound.

Yesterday, the city announced that S&P Global Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service reaffirmed Alexandria’s ‘AAA’ bond rating. The city has maintained the designation since 1992, and it equates to a good credit rating for the city to get low-interest rates from bond investors to provide funding for multiple projects.

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Alexandria looking to install stopgap amenities for Landmark-area transit hub

By Vernon Miles

Published October 16, 2023 at 11:00AM

A DASH bus at Southern Towers (staff photo by Vernon Miles)

While the plan is to eventually create a new transit hub in the Landmark Mall redevelopment, the city is looking for grant funding to make the key transfer point more bearable in the near term.

The Transportation Commission is scheduled to vote on Wednesday, Oct. 18, to endorse a grant application to the Department of Rail and Public Transportation for up to $544,000.

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Pavilions, open space and more retail proposed for old Landmark Mall site

By James Cullum

Published September 5, 2023 at 2:30PM | Updated September 6, 2023 at 12:33PM

A rendering for Pavilion 2 on block N of the WestEnd Alexandria development (via City of Alexandria)

(Updated 12:30 p.m.) The massive WestEnd Alexandria project is taking shape, as the Planning Commission tonight will weigh in on a number of proposals by site development partner Foulger-Pratt.

Nearly half the 52-acre West End Alexandria development is devoted to the Inova at Landmark (the eventual home of Alexandria Hospital), and the rest of the property has been divvied into a multi-block town center. The redevelopment will include new apartment buildings, pavilions, restaurants, rooftop open space and more.

Opinion

Poll: Are you excited about the potential ice skating rink at the Landmark Mall redevelopment?

By Vernon Miles

Published July 20, 2023 at 11:05AM

Proposed ice rink in Landmark Mall redevelopment plans (image via Oculus/City of Alexandria)

Plans submitted for the West End development replacing Landmark Mall include a potential ice rink, but reception to those plans seemed mixed.

The plans, submitted by Foulger-Pratty Development, indicate the seasonal rink could be located on a park in the middle of a mixed-use development adjacent to the planned Inova Hospital campus.

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New Landmark Mall development plans include an ice skating rink

By Vernon Miles

Published July 18, 2023 at 9:55AM | Updated July 18, 2023 at 10:29AM

Proposed ice rink in Landmark Mall redevelopment plans (image via Oculus/City of Alexandria)

Development plans for the mixed-use development replacing Landmark Mall have been pretty standard so far — commercial tenants on the ground floor, residential and some office above — but a new feature could be a major draw.

The project, confusingly called West End development, is a massive project attached to the construction of a new Inova Hospital campus.