Tuesday, December 18, 2012
City secures $30,000 donation for traffic-calming measures in adjacent neighborhoods.
Alexandria City Council approved plans for a 370,000-square-foot office for the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) in Potomac Yard Land Bay G Saturday. The office is the first non-residential complex to be approved for the development. The structure, which is located just south of the Target, is expected to be the focal point of a new town center in Potomac Yard. Keeping IDA in Alexandria was seen as an economic development priority by councilmembers. The agency currently works out of an office near BRAC-133 in the West End. The new structure will be composed of two, eight-story towers built on a connected ground floor. It will have a 580-space parking garage consisting of one level below grade and four levels above grade. The 1.88-acre …
Friday, December 7, 2012
Last-minute move secures $30,000 for traffic-calming money specifically for Del Ray.
The Alexandria Planning Commission approved Tuesday plans for a 370,000-square-foot office for the Institute of Defense Analyses in Potomac Yard Land Bay G, just south of where Target is currently located. The proposal will go before the City Council on Dec. 15. The office, the first non-residential building in the Potomac Yard development to enter the city’s approval process, is expected to be the focal point of a new town center. The proposed office is seen by city staff as an important addition to Potomac Yard, envisioned as a mixed-used center that also supports retail and other services. IDA has outgrown its current office, located next to BRAC-133 in the West End. Its proposed Potomac Yard structure is composed of two, eight-story …
Monday, December 3, 2012
With Potomac Yard development coming on line, Del Ray will have to actively seek traffic mitigation funds — or wait.
Alexandria city staff and Del Ray residents took the first step in developing a neighborhood traffic-calming plan at a community meeting Thursday night at Mount Vernon Recreation Center. While much of the talk in City Hall prior to the meeting centered on truck traffic and speeding cars on specific streets—mostly E. Howell and E. Custis avenues—Thursday’s meeting offered a chance for others to express their traffic and transportation issues and for city staff to explain what can be done. Residents also expressed concerns that current traffic problems will only get worse as development at Potomac Yard comes on line. Rich Baier, the director of Alexandria’s Department of Transportation and Environmental Services, and the Alexandria Police …
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11:08 am on Thursday, December 20, 2012
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