Fairfax County planners are fine with a Maryland developer jettisoning retail options for two all-residential buildings at Kingstowne Towne Center near Alexandria.
At its March 18 meeting, the Fairfax County Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of Halle Companies’ proposal to convert a parking lot into 646 units at the shopping center.
The parking lot is one of the few undeveloped parts of the 35-acre Kingstowne Towne Center. It was originally planned for office buildings before Halle switched to housing after the 2008 recession, but nothing ever came to fruition…