First Stage Of Wegmans Mixed-Use Development Moves Forward

ALEXANDRIA, VA—The City Council has unanimously approved a Stage 1 special use permit and amendments for the future mixed-use development at Hoffman Town Center, which will include Wegmans, other retail and three residential buildings.

The next step is the Stage 2 special use permit approval for the final site and building design. Approval by the City Council will allow the project to begin construction. Hearings could happen as soon as March.

The Stage 1 vote approved plans for a five-level building including parking and retail, a 10-level condominium building, a U-shaped apartment building and senior living building at Stovall and Mandeville Streets. Developer StoneBridge Carras is in talks with the city about affordable housing options on the site. The city's preferred option is allowing a non-profit to build a 75-unit building on site.

StoneBridge Carras has confirmed an 85,000-square-foot Wegmans store late last year, anticipating the grocery store's construction will begin in early 2019 have part completed by 2021. Other retail could include a fitness center and day care. The development will have an plaza area with room for outdoor dining, retail use and event space.

The development's current estimate is 252,421 square feet of retail space and 834,554 square feet of residential space. It will be located just north of the current Hoffman Town Center development across from the Eisenhower Avenue Metro.

Image of Fairfax Wegmans by Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press