An affordable independent living complex planned in the Lake Barcroft area near Falls Church has secured key financing to move forward.
At its meeting on Dec. 9, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously authorized the county’s Redevelopment and Housing Authority to issue $16 million in tax-exempt bonds for the $51.6 million Kindred Crossing project.
Supervisor Andres Jimenez, whose Mason District includes the property, called it a “much-needed project.” The county wants to add 10,000 new affordable housing units by 2034.
Kindred Crossing is proposed as a 95-unit complex for adults aged 62 and older. It will have 76 one-bedroom units and 19 two-bedroom units. Ten units will be fully accessible.
The project includes on-site laundry, activity rooms, a community room and an exercise room. The property will be served by a bus stop that connects to multiple routes. It will include 38 underground parking spaces and 46 surface parking spaces.
About 89% of the units will be available for residents earning 50% or less of the area median income limits set by the federal government for Fairfax County. The remaining 11% will be for residents at 60% or less of the AMI.
According to the county, for a two-person household, 50% of AMI is $65,600 and 60% is $78,700. The federal income guidelines are updated annually.
Based in the Huntington area, Kindred Crossing developer Wesley Housing serves low- and moderate-income families throughout the region and has several complexes in Fairfax County, including The Arden in Huntington, Madison Ridge in Centreville and Wexford Manor in Falls Church.
It is also currently developing Beacon Landing in Fairfax City, which upon completion will be the largest permanent supporting housing community in Northern Virginia.
Kindred Crossing will occupy a roughly 2.9-acre portion of property at 6163 Leesburg Pike, near Seven Corners, that Wesley purchased from the First Christian Church of Falls Church in 2018. The Board of Supervisors provided zoning approval for the project in 2023.
The complex will include a new, 5,000-square-foot home for the Culmore Clinic, a nonprofit health care provider operating out of the First Christian Church and providing low-cost services to uninsured county residents.
The $16 million in bonds will support $9.7 million already provided by the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority and $7.7 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Wesley expects to open the bond sale in February and close financing by March or April. Once financing is closed, construction will start and is expected to finish in 2027.
