Community Meeting On Derelict Power Plant Site’s Redevelopment Planned: Report

ALEXANDRIA, VA — A community meeting on plans to redevelop the old Potomac River Generating Station in Old Town is set for May 4, ALX Now reports. The site’s owners, HRP Group, are organizing the meeting.

The meeting, which will be held from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. via Zoom, will cover the special use permits for Block B and Block C of the site, which are slated to hold apartment and condo buildings as well as retail space.

Residents are encouraged to register and submit questions in advance.

The plant site was purchased by developers the HRP Group in 2020. The city originally approved plans to redevelop the site in 2022, 10 years after it permanently closed. The plans envisioned a mixed-use district with up to 2,000 residential units as well as retail, office, arts and cultural and potential hotel uses. The amendments and conceptual design plan call for at least 58,333 square feet of affordable units and a potential public-private partnership for a 100-unit affordable housing project, as well as several acres of publicly accessible open space.

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