Inova Alexandria Hospital at Landmark’s sprawling new complex reached a milestone on Monday, as the final structural beam was put into place.
Current and former city leaders joined Inova’s top executives for the topping-out ceremony, which was an hour after the topping out of the Inova Franconia-Springfield Healthplex (6361 Walker Lane) in the Franconia area of Fairfax County.
A man was struck by a vehicle that swerved to get out of the way of an Alexandria Fire Department engine on Saturday (April 11), according to radio dispatches.
The fire was first reported before 7:15 p.m. as an odor of smoke in the 200 block of Gretna Green Court in the Landmark area. AFD called for backup after finding smoke coming from the attic of a three-level townhouse.
The WestEnd redevelopment replacing Landmark Mall has kicked off construction of its first residential buildings, developer Foulger Pratt announced.
Developers broke ground on the two Aspect buildings (Blocks E and G, 5801 Duke Street), which will be connected by a sky bridge. Construction began as the developers secured financing from Atlantic Union Bank, with Truist Bank serving as administrative agent.
A 33-year-old Alexandria man is facing a felony charge after allegedly shooting a gun in his Landmark area apartment last month.
The man was arrested Feb. 13 and charged with unlawfully discharging a firearm in an occupied building, in connection to an overnight incident reported at his residence in the 100 block of S. Van Dorn Street.
No injuries have been reported after an early morning fire at 6060 Tower Court in Alexandria’s Landmark area that prompted a full resident evacuation.
The Alexandria Fire Department was reportedly called at around 12:30 a.m. today (Thursday) for heavy smoke on multiple floors of the 16-story apartment building. The fire and heavy smoke originated in a utility room in the building’s basement, according to AFD radio dispatches.
A child care center is slated to be part of the future WestEnd development replacing the former Landmark Mall.
Tierra Encantada, a Spanish immersion day care, confirmed to ALXnow that it will open at the WestEnd Alexandria development.
Celebrations are in order this week for a stretch therapy center that recently relocated to a larger space in the West End.
Movement in Science has moved to Suite 228 at 50 S. Pickett Street, a little under a mile from its previous location 648 S. Pickett Street. The business has planned a “Wellness Open House” from 9-11 a.m. Thursday and a ribbon cutting on Friday.
The Alexandria Police Department is investigating the stabbing in the Landmark area after midnight on Saturday.
A man walked into an apartment building at the 6300 block of Stevenson Avenue around 12:45 a.m. and told police he was stabbed nearly a mile away — at another apartment building at the 300 block of S. Reynolds Street, according to APD radio dispatches.
The Alexandria Fire Department transported two people to Inova Fairfax Hospital last night (Tuesday) after responding to a two-alarm high-rise apartment fire in Landmark.
The fire on the 14th floor of London Park Towers at 5375 Duke Street was reported at around 6:30 p.m. Tower 203 crews arrived and found the apartment unit engulfed in flames which were visible from the street.
A proposal to build a 275-unit workforce housing multifamily apartment building on the southwest portion of the sprawling WestEnd development is heading to the Alexandria Planning Commission.
Plans for the seven-story development from landowner Foulger Pratt and its partner Landmark Holdings LLC call for a seven-story structure with 210 parking spaces (a reduction from the 327 required spaces), with 80% of the units available for between 80% and 120% area median income. The proposal heads to the Planning Commission on Thursday, Oct. 9.
Alexandria residents who get free meals from ALIVE!’s West End Food Hub will have to seek other accommodations.
Last week, ALIVE! announced that the food hub at 510 S. Van Dorn Street will be “closed until further notice” due to an ongoing HVAC replacement. Still, there are plenty of ways to get free food this month in Alexandria.
