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Sun Gazette VOLUME 39
GREAT FALLS McLEAN OAKTON TYSONS VIENNA
NO. 33
MAY 10-16, 2018
Downsized Vienna Development Wins Approval Condos, Retail to
A HALF-CENTURY OF SERVING LOCAL CHILDREN
Anchor Former Marco Polo Site BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
in exchange for 102-acre Langley Oaks Park, located nearby along the George Washington Memorial Parkway. Officials have completed an environmental assessment and hope to have an agreement in place by year’s end. Lang-
Nearly two years after the initial proposal went down in an unusual defeat, a somewhat-smaller version of the “Vienna Market” mixed-use redevelopment proposal won unanimous approval May 7 from the Vienna Town Council. Developer Doug D’Alexander will build 44 townhouse-style condominiums and 8,200-square-feet of retail space on consolidated properties at 245 Maple Ave., W., and 101, 107 and 115 Pleasant St., N.W. The nearly 2-acre site now is home to the former Marco Polo restaurant, some low-rise commercial buildings and the Vienna Arts Center. The retail space will occupy the ground level of a 51-foot-tall mixed-use building along Maple Avenue and have condominiums located atop it, plus 33 underground parking spaces. Other condominium buildings along Pleasant and Church streets, N.W., will be three or four stories tall. The project also will feature a landscaped corner plaza at Maple Avenue, W., and Pleasant Street, N.W., which will have space set aside for future public art. The Town Council’s decision came after a discussion that lasted nearly two hours, despite a lack of serious opposition to the project.
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Teacher Gerri Browner and preschool student Caroline Lu, 2, play with plastic dinosaurs April 11 at the Falls Church-McLean Children’s PHOTO BY BRIAN TROMPETER Center, which recently celebrated 50 years of serving children in the community. See coverage on Page 4.
MCA Wants Medium Level of Development at Park BRIAN TROMPETER Staff Writer
Agreeing with the views of Fairfax County and National Park Service officials, the McLean Citizens Association (MCA) board of directors on May 2 unanimously passed a resolution calling
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for a medium level of development at Langley Fork Park after a long-awaited land swap with Langley Oaks Park is approved. County and National Park Service officials for years have been trying to effect the swap, which would turn the 52-acre Langley Fork Park over to the county
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