Tag: development
Few options available to city officials hoping to relocate proposed Walgreens
By Derrick Perkins
Del Ray residents may not want a Walgreens along The Avenue, but city officials can do little to dissuade the national retailer.
The...
Mayor: VDOT should have kept residents, city in the loop on...
By Derrick Perkins
Mayor Bill Euille chided the Virginia Department of Transportation last week for keeping the potential sale of Hunting Towers under wraps.
The mayor,...
Though passed by council, waterfront plan remains fluid
The city council may have approved the contentious waterfront plan, but that doesn’t mean Alexandria’s elected officials can’t tweak the blueprint in the coming...
Gentrification fears fuel debate in Arlandria
City planners and developers have long viewed Arlandria as a neighborhood in need of a facelift, but as two massive, six-story buildings move closer...
Alexandria waterfront planning has cost taxpayers about $1.1 million so far
Waterfront plan critics and supporters hotly disagree on the costs and benefits of their dueling visions for Alexandria’s shoreline, but the roughly two-year process...
Opinion: Giving up a lot and getting little to nothing on...
To the editor:
The arguments that acting City Manager Bruce Johnson put forward for increasing density on the waterfront by 25 to 50 percent are...
Redevelopment means growing pains for public housing residents
Relocating 32 households has caused growing pains for some public housing residents
