A long-vacant office property along Eisenhower Avenue is slated for conversion into a 377-unit all-affordable apartment building.
The redevelopment of the 9.73-acre Victory Center at 5001 Eisenhower Avenue site was approved in late 2024. Now property owner Stonebridge, the City of Alexandria and Amazon’s Housing Fund have announced the “unprecedented” full conversion for the 11-story building, with completion estimated by 2027.
City Council last week made a few changes to a review board’s conditional approval of the upcoming City Hall and Market Square project.
On Jan. 13, City Council considered an appeal of the Board of Architectural Review’s approved certificate of appropriateness with conditions for the City Hall and Market Square project on Nov. 19, 2025. The Council voted to remove the review board’s recommendation to maintain decorative chimneys on the south-facing side of City Hall, as well as colonial-style windows at the center entrance pavilion.
Alexandria honored the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. with song, dance and poetry, as well as a thorough rebuke of political violence and societal divisions under the Trump administration last night (Thursday).
The 53rd annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Program began with an impassioned invocation from the Rev. Quardricos Bernard Driskell of Beulah Baptist Church, who said King is remembered as “a prophet who named America’s sins and paid his life for it.” Driskell denounced current approaches to immigration enforcement, military spending and “taking over sovereign nations for profit, power and greed.”
Soccer fans in Alexandria are in for a treat, as the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) has announced it will be staying in Alexandria during the FIFA World Cup this summer.
The team’s base camp will be in Alexandria, where players will stay at the AKA Hotel at 625 First Street in Old Town and train at Episcopal High School as they participate in the World Cup. Games will take place across Canada, Mexico and the United States from Jun. 11 through July 19.
During a community menorah lighting last night (Monday), Mayor Alyia Gaskins condemned Sunday’s deadly shooting on the first night of Hanukkah at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.
Rabbi Mordechai Newman, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Alexandria-Arlington, hosted the organization’s 23rd annual menorah lighting yesterday at The Lyceum at 201 S. Washington Street.
Mayor Alyia Gaskins shared possible initiatives to preserve Alexandria’s dwindling affordable housing supply during a conversation with an editor at The Atlantic last night (Monday).
Gaskins and Yoni Appelbaum, author of “Stuck“, met at The Lyceum to discuss affordable housing, the history of zoning laws and how Alexandria should approach ongoing efforts to update its Housing Master Plan.
Northern Virginia residents and Alexandria officials gathered last night (Monday) for the city’s annual World AIDS Day commemoration to encourage public health education and community testing.
The event featured musical performances by the Northern Virginia World AIDS Day Choir and musician Tony Craddock, a Q&A panel and free HIV testing available afterward. Mayor Alyia Gaskins also read a proclamation acknowledging the day “to show solidarity and strength against HIV stigma.”
Mayor Alyia Gaskins and an editor at The Atlantic are scheduled to participate in a public discussion on affordable housing expansion and policies next week.
The discussion with Gaskins and the magazine’s Deputy Executive Editor, Yoni Appelbaum, will offer “timely insight into the policy choices and historical decisions that have shaped today’s [housing] crisis — and what leaders can do differently moving forward,” according to a release.
Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins joined hundreds of people Sunday at a major rally in Herndon launching a statewide push for affordable housing legislation, part of a growing coalition effort that drew nearly 1,000 participants.
Gaskins was among several Alexandria officials at the assembly organized by VOICE (Virginians Organized for Interfaith and Community Engagement) and the Commonwealth Housing Coalition. Vice Mayor Sarah Bagley also attended.
Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins outlined the city’s response to the ongoing federal government shutdown and provided updates on significant infrastructure projects during her monthly virtual conversation with ALXnow on Tuesday.
The mayor emphasized that Alexandria has proactively prepared for the shutdown’s impact on the community, which includes nearly 16,000 federal workers employed full-time and part-time in the city. A resource page on the city’s website offers information on housing assistance, food assistance, and property tax payment plans.
The second season of “Neighborhood Favorites with George Worrell” launched Monday night with a watch party at Cooper Mill in Old Town, bringing together local business owners and community members to celebrate the show’s continued spotlight on small businesses.
Alexandria Mayor Alyia Gaskins served as the special guest, delivering opening remarks that emphasized the city’s unique character driven by its independently owned businesses.
