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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Council OKs IDA Office at Potomac Yard

City secures $30,000 donation for traffic-calming measures in adjacent neighborhoods.

Alexandria City Council approved plans for a 370,000-square-foot office for the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) in Potomac Yard Land Bay G Saturday. The office is the first non-residential complex to be approved for the development. The structure, which is located just south of the Target, is expected to be the focal point of a new town center in Potomac Yard. Keeping IDA in Alexandria was seen as an economic development priority by councilmembers. The agency currently works out of an office near BRAC-133 in the West End. The new structure will be composed of two, eight-story towers built on a connected ground floor. It will have a 580-space parking garage consisting of one level below grade and four levels above grade. The 1.88-acre …

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Planning Commission OKs IDA Office at Potomac Yard, Target (in Del Ray Patch), Route 1 Transitway Construction to Begin Soon, and 3 more ›

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Joseph M.

11:08 am on Thursday, December 20, 2012

http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/breaking_ground/2012/12/pentagon-rejects-post-sept-11.html?&page=all "The Pentagon has eliminated the stringent real estate leasing standards it put into place following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, opting instead for a more relaxed version widely used by federal civilian agencies."   more ›

Friday, December 7, 2012

Planning Commission OKs IDA Office at Potomac Yard

Last-minute move secures $30,000 for traffic-calming money specifically for Del Ray.

The Alexandria Planning Commission approved Tuesday plans for a 370,000-square-foot office for the Institute of Defense Analyses in Potomac Yard Land Bay G, just south of where Target is currently located. The proposal will go before the City Council on Dec. 15. The office, the first non-residential building in the Potomac Yard development to enter the city’s approval process, is expected to be the focal point of a new town center. The proposed office is seen by city staff as an important addition to Potomac Yard, envisioned as a mixed-used center that also supports retail and other services. IDA has outgrown its current office, located next to BRAC-133 in the West End. Its proposed Potomac Yard structure is composed of two, eight-story …

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Traffic-Calming Funding is Scarce as Concerns Mount in Del Ray (in Del Ray Patch), Route 1 Transitway Construction to Begin Soon, and Potomac Yard Metro Balloon Testing to Begin Soon

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Michael H.

12:23 pm on Saturday, December 8, 2012

91% of commuters in every part of the DC region? No. Perhaps among people in Loudoun and western Fairfax. But in Arlington and DC? Not even close. More than a third of residents in DC don't even own cars. In 2010, only 41% of employed DC residents drove to work. The majority used other forms of transportation, from MetroRail and Metrobus to cycling and walking. (And taxis too, though that was a …   more ›

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