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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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First Look: New renderings show Alexandria’s proposed tallest building

By James Cullum

Published July 10, 2025 at 5:30PM

A rendering of the proposed 700,000-square-foot, 350-foot-tall residential-over-retail building at 2425 Mill Road, as seen from the intersection of Mill Road and Stovall Street (via City of Alexandria)

New renderings for the proposed 31-story tower in Alexandria’s Carlyle neighborhood are in, and the developer will soon present them to a local review board for discussion.

So far, the mixed-use development at 2425 Mill Road includes 767 residential units and 40,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. The Aldie-based Red Fox Development Co. project could result in the tallest at-grade building in the city, and new development plans will be discussed next Thursday, July 17, at a public hearing with the Carlyle/Eisenhower East Design Review Board (DRB).

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Repaving set for these Alexandria streets next week

By James Cullum

Published July 3, 2025 at 4:45PM

Eisenhower Avenue and Mill Road intersection (staff photo by James Cullum)

Get ready for some road repaving in Alexandria this month.

Three Alexandria roadways will be repaved from July 7 to 18, according to the city. The street repaving will affect Trinity Drive (from Fort Williams Parkway to Yale Drive), Canterbury Lane (from Trinity Drive to End) and Mill Road (from Mandeville Road to Eisenhower Avenue).

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31-story tower with up to 775 apartments proposed in Alexandria’s Carlyle neighborhood

By James Cullum

Published March 10, 2025 at 11:30AM

Concept for a 31-story apartment building at 2425 Mill Road in Alexandria's Carlyle neighborhood (via Red Fox Development Co.)

A proposed 31-story tower in Alexandria’s Carlyle neighborhood could become the tallest at-grade building in the city, according to a new report from the Washington Business Journal.

Aldie-based Red Fox Development Co. wants to build a 700,000-square-foot, 350-foot-tall residential-over-retail building at 2425 Mill Road.