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Demolition, displacement and redevelopment come as news to many Beauregard residents

Demolition, displacement and redevelopment come as news to many Beauregard residents

Despite the controversy surrounding the Beauregard redevelopment plan, many neighborhood residents remain unaware of the blueprint’s implications. The Alexandria City Council approved the contentious proposal in a 6-0-1 vote Saturday, paving the way for property owners [...]

Waterfront legal fight heads to circuit court

Waterfront legal fight heads to circuit court

City officials made good on promises to challenge the board of zoning appeals’ waterfront redevelopment plan decision in circuit court earlier this month. By reversing Planning Director Faroll Hamer’s rejection of a protest petition filed by [...]

What will the future hold for Alexandria’s GenOn site?

What will the future hold for Alexandria’s GenOn site?

The future of a major waterfront parcel is vague, but it could transform the Potomac’s banks in the coming years — once its owners decide what do with it. Pepco owns the land at 1400 N. [...]

Beauregard plan opponents to step up protests before city council decision

Beauregard plan opponents to step up protests before city council decision

Critics of the Beauregard redevelopment plan vowed to step up pressure on Alexandria’s elected officials as the proposal heads to city council. The city’s planning commission approved the measure 6-0 following a marathon public hearing Thursday. [...]

Planning commission OK’s controversial Beauregard plan

Planning commission OK’s controversial Beauregard plan

Despite pleas from West End residents, the controversial proposal for redeveloping the Beauregard corridor earned the planning commission’s stamp of approval early Wednesday morning. By a unanimous vote, the planning commission sent the blueprint – with [...]

West End residents rally ahead of planning commission hearing on Beauregard plan

West End residents rally ahead of planning commission hearing on Beauregard plan

Residents and community activists reiterated fears that the Beauregard redevelopment plan will displace thousands of tenants during a Market Square rally Tuesday. The city planning commission takes up the debate tonight. The demonstration — organized by [...]

Displacement is essential to Beauregard redevelopment plan

Displacement is essential to Beauregard redevelopment plan

Following an exhaustive tug-of-war over waterfront redevelopment, city planners, residents and developers have begun a new battle for the future of Alexandria, this time in the city’s northwest corner: the Beauregard and Mark Center neighborhoods. In [...]

Where have all the bookstores gone?

Where have all the bookstores gone?

Frayed book spines with faded print protrude from the homey, white shelves of the Book Bank on upper King Street in Old Town, one of just three nonspecialty bookstores left in the city. It’s a business [...]

Nando’s chicken eatery eyes King Street location

Nando’s chicken eatery eyes King Street location

Goodbye Cajun fried chicken and hello Peri-Peri flavored poultry. The South Africa-based Nando’s, a restaurant chain trading heavily on the Portuguese-style, flame grilled chicken dish catching fire in the Washington region, wants to open their latest [...]

Gelato shop approved in old icehouse building

Gelato shop approved in old icehouse building

After icing the project to compromise with city preservationists and planners, city council candidate Boyd Walker gained approval to open a gelato shop at 200 Commerce St. in Old Town last week. Built in 1931, the [...]