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VHC Health promises new medical option, pedestrian upgrades with Graham Center overhaul

Published September 23, 2024 at 2:30PM

VHC Health and Intuitive Health are looking to redevelop Graham Center in West Falls Church with a combined emergency room and urgent care facility (via Fairfax County)

A joint emergency room and urgent care center that Virginia Hospital Center (VHC) says will be the first facility of its kind in Virginia took a step closer to becoming a reality last week.

The Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval on Wednesday, Sept. 18 of VHC Health’s proposal to redevelop Graham Center (7234 Arlington Blvd) in West Falls Church with a new medical facility — a project that county staff agreed will “significantly improve pedestrian safety” compared to the existing, aging shopping center.

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Vienna to get temporary library during renovation of permanent facility

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 24, 2024 at 11:30AM

Cedar Park Shopping Center in Vienna (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Some library services will still be available in Vienna while the town’s recently renamed Patrick Henry Community Library undergoes an extensive renovation starting early next year.

Fairfax County Public Library (FCPL) is planning to open a temporary branch at the Cedar Park Shopping Center in spring 2025 that will support a limited selection of materials and programming, such as storytimes.

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South Block lines up new juice shops in Fairfax City, Springfield

By Angela Woolsey

Published July 10, 2024 at 3:30PM

South Block has leased one of three new tenant spaces under construction at Fair City Mall in Fairfax City (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

South Block will continue its steady march to bring smoothies, acai bowls and cold-pressed juice to health foodies throughout Northern Virginia in 2025.

The Arlington-based chain anticipates opening its newest juice shops at Fair City Mall in Fairfax City and at Old Keene Mill Shopping Center in West Springfield early next year, founder and CEO Amir Mostafavi told FFXnow.

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Work on modernization of Pan Am Shopping Center to begin soon

By Angela Woolsey

Published June 20, 2024 at 11:30AM

Glory Days Grill at Pan Am Shopping Center in Merrifield (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

Construction will begin this month on a facelift and amenity upgrades at the Pan Am Shopping Center in Merrifield, property owner and developer Federal Realty announced today (Thursday).

Scheduled to start in late June and finish by the end of this year, the renovation will “refresh and modernize” the 228,000-square-foot shopping center at 3089 Nutley Street SW, according to a press release.

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Hybrid emergency and urgent care center could replace West Falls Church strip mall

By Angela Woolsey

Published February 22, 2024 at 2:30PM

Graham Center in West Falls Church (via Google Maps)

Graham Center’s days may be numbered.

The 61-year-old retail strip in West Falls Church has been targeted by the not-for-profit health system VHC Health for a future emergency department and urgent care center, according to a special exception application recently submitted to Fairfax County.

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McAlister’s Deli, unnamed ‘national grocer’ coming to Old Keene Mill Shopping Center

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 30, 2024 at 11:45AM

A "national grocer" will replace Whole Foods, along with new, smaller spaces for McAlister's Deli and other tenants (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Old Keene Mill Shopping Center is marshaling a new grocery store, multiple restaurants and other retailers to fill the void left behind by Whole Foods.

The space filled by the grocer until it opened a bigger store last October just down the road in Springfield Plaza is being subdivided into six different suites, and at least four of them have been leased, according to a site plan from property owner Federal Realty.

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Chinese noodle and Mexican restaurants to add locations in Merrifield Plaza

By Angela Woolsey

Published January 18, 2024 at 1:30PM | Updated January 18, 2024 at 5:03PM

The Chinese noodle shop Shi Miao Dao will soon open a franchise in Merrifield Plaza (staff photo by Angela Woolsey)

(Updated at 5 p.m.) A few new tenants are making their way to Merrifield Plaza, the H Mart and Lidl-anchored shopping center at Route 29 and Gallows Road.

The newcomers will include a franchise of Shi Miao Dao, a Chinese noodle shop that can also be found in Rockville, Maryland, among other locations. The Merrifield restaurant is part of the same brand, but the operator isn’t affiliated with the one in Rockville, says a broker for TSCG, which manages and leases Merrifield Plaza.

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UPDATED: Firefighters face explosion while responding to ‘utility emergency’ at Bailey’s Crossroads

By Angela Woolsey

Published November 7, 2023 at 6:10PM | Updated November 7, 2023 at 8:48PM

The Fairfax County Fire and Department responds to a utility emergency at Build America Plaza in Bailey's Crossroads (via FCFRD/Twitter)

(Updated at 8:45 p.m.) An explosion occurred while Fairfax County firefighters were addressing “a utility emergency” at Build America Plaza in Bailey’s Crossroads earlier this evening (Monday).

Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department personnel, including an investigator, were dispatched to the shopping center at 3819 South George Mason Drive around 4:30 p.m., according to scanner traffic on Open MHz.

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County board OKs housing in Annandale’s Eastgate Shopping Center

By Acacia James

Published October 27, 2023 at 11:45AM

Redevelopment of Eastgate Shopping Center is planned (Photo courtesy handout/Fairfax County Government).

Annandale’s Eastgate Shopping Center is closer to getting an apartment building.

During a meeting on Tuesday (Oct. 24), the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved a plan from developer Eastgate JV LLC to allow residential development on the 11.8-acre property at the corner of Little River Turnpike and John Marr Drive.

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Planning commission OKs housing in Annandale shopping center, but warns against ‘gentrification of retail’

By Melanie Pincus

Published October 12, 2023 at 11:45AM

Developer Insight Property Group has proposed redeveloping the Eastgate Shopping Center with a mixed-use apartment building (via Hord Coplan Macht/Fairfax County)

An apartment building is one step closer to construction in Annandale’s Eastgate Shopping Center.

At a public hearing yesterday (Wednesday), the Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve a plan from developer Eastgate JV LLC. The finished building would have up to 280 residential units — 8% of them workforce dwelling units — and up to 11,200 square feet of ground-floor retail.