Is there really demand for that? Commercial real-estate is not doing great. I'd assume all of the bars and restaurants will die off. I wonder if Alexandria gets a say? The biggest impediment to moving the commanders under Bruce Allen was a clause in the bill giving local governments a veto which ruled out Arlington, Alexandria and Fairfax . That meant Prince William which was never a viable option. Maybe the state government learned from their mistake
Along the lines of prepping and learning from previous processes, this is where the aforementioned zoning changes coming, which would not only on single-family zoning:
“Expansion of transit-oriented development: P&Z believes “the planned priority transit corridors in Alexandria West and the Duke Street corridor present an opportunity to add more market rate and affordable housing.”
“Wagner believes this aspect of ZFH needs more clarification from city staff. He said staff has “muddied the waters” and essentially declared large swaths of the city as priority transit corridors.
“If things are close to the Metro stations that should support higher density of development, that’s what we’d like to see,” Wagner said. “What [city staff has] done in the process is basically included almost all of the city [within enhanced transit areas].”
Also:
“A major criticism of ZFH is it’s all encompassing, which is overwhelming for the city and its residents. Many residents also said the initiative was just introduced, leaving them no time to properly review the documents and proposed changes.”
So who really knows how thoroughly the ground was laid on that front. Regardless, the place of these changes in the timeline seem anything but coincidental.
