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Fairfax Circle Plaza redevelopment moving forward with Giant on board
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Joke Insurance
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Date: October 16, 2017 02:47PM
https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/08/24/fairfax-city-redevelopment-moving-forward-with.html
Aug 24, 2017
With a grocery anchor now in place, Combined Properties expects to break ground on its mixed-use Scout on the Circle project in Fairfax city late this year or early 2018.
The developer announced earlier this month that Giant Food will lease the 54,000-square-foot grocery space at the $150 million complex. Combined plans 400 apartments and an additional 29,000 square feet of retail for the project located near the confluence of Routes 29 and 50.
Combined spokeswoman Linda Dreyer said there has been renewed interest in retail leasing since Giant came on board. Dreyer said Combined had been in previous negotiations with Harris Teeter.
Combined’s plans are a good example of emerging suburban transformation in Fairfax, where in 2012 the city passed a long-discussed Fairfax Boulevard master plan to encourage a more walkable area. Combined has owned — and has been eyeing redevelopment of — the roughly 9-acre Fairfax Circle Plaza for more than a decade.
The project's rezoning was approved in May 2014, but it has taken years for leases to run out at the existing center, formerly home to a Hudson Trail Outfitters, Subway, RadioShack and Staples, among others. It's now empty.
"It's been a long slog to get this going," said Combined President and CEO Kathy Bonnafé. "We are hoping to be the gateway to the city. We are hoping it is the start of transforming the face of Fairfax."
Combined plans a mix of studios to three-bedroom units over ground-floor retail and garage parking. Scout on the Circle is about two miles from the Vienna Metro station.
Giant will have competition though. There are several other grocery stores, including an Aldi, a Safeway and an additional Giant within three miles of the project.
The former Fairfax Circle Plaza was built by the Haft family in 1964 — predating the Ronald Haft-founded Combined by about 20 years. The company currently counts two dozen D.C.-area properties in its $1.9 billion portfolio, including the Shoppers Food-anchored White Flint Plaza, Safeway-anchored Courthouse Plaza in Fairfax, and Sully Plaza in Chantilly, which features an Aldi.
Also in the works for Combined Properties is South Alex, a similar mixed-use project at the former Penn Daw Plaza at Kings Highway and Route 1 in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County. The developer plans 400 apartments, 41 townhouse and 44,000 square feet of retail.
Dreyer said the company hopes to announce a tenant for the 25,000-square-foot specialty grocer space soon. Fresh Market had signed a letter of intent with the project, but pulled out in August 2016.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/16/2017 02:48PM by Joke Insurance.
Aug 24, 2017
With a grocery anchor now in place, Combined Properties expects to break ground on its mixed-use Scout on the Circle project in Fairfax city late this year or early 2018.
The developer announced earlier this month that Giant Food will lease the 54,000-square-foot grocery space at the $150 million complex. Combined plans 400 apartments and an additional 29,000 square feet of retail for the project located near the confluence of Routes 29 and 50.
Combined spokeswoman Linda Dreyer said there has been renewed interest in retail leasing since Giant came on board. Dreyer said Combined had been in previous negotiations with Harris Teeter.
Combined’s plans are a good example of emerging suburban transformation in Fairfax, where in 2012 the city passed a long-discussed Fairfax Boulevard master plan to encourage a more walkable area. Combined has owned — and has been eyeing redevelopment of — the roughly 9-acre Fairfax Circle Plaza for more than a decade.
The project's rezoning was approved in May 2014, but it has taken years for leases to run out at the existing center, formerly home to a Hudson Trail Outfitters, Subway, RadioShack and Staples, among others. It's now empty.
"It's been a long slog to get this going," said Combined President and CEO Kathy Bonnafé. "We are hoping to be the gateway to the city. We are hoping it is the start of transforming the face of Fairfax."
Combined plans a mix of studios to three-bedroom units over ground-floor retail and garage parking. Scout on the Circle is about two miles from the Vienna Metro station.
Giant will have competition though. There are several other grocery stores, including an Aldi, a Safeway and an additional Giant within three miles of the project.
The former Fairfax Circle Plaza was built by the Haft family in 1964 — predating the Ronald Haft-founded Combined by about 20 years. The company currently counts two dozen D.C.-area properties in its $1.9 billion portfolio, including the Shoppers Food-anchored White Flint Plaza, Safeway-anchored Courthouse Plaza in Fairfax, and Sully Plaza in Chantilly, which features an Aldi.
Also in the works for Combined Properties is South Alex, a similar mixed-use project at the former Penn Daw Plaza at Kings Highway and Route 1 in the Alexandria section of Fairfax County. The developer plans 400 apartments, 41 townhouse and 44,000 square feet of retail.
Dreyer said the company hopes to announce a tenant for the 25,000-square-foot specialty grocer space soon. Fresh Market had signed a letter of intent with the project, but pulled out in August 2016.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/16/2017 02:48PM by Joke Insurance.
Re: Fairfax Circle Plaza redevelopment moving forward with Giant on board
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botpc
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Date: October 16, 2017 02:58PM
Another traffic clusterfuck. Just what we need.
Re: Fairfax Circle Plaza redevelopment moving forward with Giant on board
Posted by:
HEBHD
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Date: October 16, 2017 03:51PM
You're kinda late on posting this "news." It has been mentioned in several threads in the past several weeks.
Re: Fairfax Circle Plaza redevelopment moving forward with Giant on board
Posted by:
Joke Insurance
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Date: October 16, 2017 08:37PM
HEBHD Wrote:
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> You're kinda late on posting this "news." It has
> been mentioned in several threads in the past
> several weeks.
Nah. Not several weeks.
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> You're kinda late on posting this "news." It has
> been mentioned in several threads in the past
> several weeks.
Nah. Not several weeks.
Re: Fairfax Circle Plaza redevelopment moving forward with Giant on board
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FFX Circle Area
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Date: October 16, 2017 09:11PM
By the way, that's right where that great Arthur Treacher's used to be. The one with the amazing fish and chips and multiple flavours of Fanta.
Re: Fairfax Circle Plaza redevelopment moving forward with Giant on board
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Sir Harry Haddock
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Date: October 16, 2017 10:19PM
Right then . They jolly well should bring Arthur Treachers back. That would be good show old chap. Cheerio!
Re: Fairfax Circle Plaza redevelopment moving forward with Giant on board
Posted by:
Dis Gruntled
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Date: October 16, 2017 11:49PM
They should've lured Lidl instead of the dinosaur, union-infested Giant.
Re: Fairfax Circle Plaza redevelopment moving forward with Giant on board
Posted by:
Jorge22
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Date: October 17, 2017 09:47AM
Why oh why does it have to be the same as anywhere else? The buildings all look the same as any other new development. It's all souless and uninspiring because it could be new buildings in Fairfax City or anywhere else.
Re: Fairfax Circle Plaza redevelopment moving forward with Giant on board
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KJHC6
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Date: October 17, 2017 05:26PM
Joke Insurance Wrote:
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> HEBHD Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > You're kinda late on posting this "news." It
> has
> > been mentioned in several threads in the past
> > several weeks.
>
> Nah. Not several weeks.
Yes. August 24, 2017 to October 16, 2017 is several weeks.
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> HEBHD Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > You're kinda late on posting this "news." It
> has
> > been mentioned in several threads in the past
> > several weeks.
>
> Nah. Not several weeks.
Yes. August 24, 2017 to October 16, 2017 is several weeks.