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WHAT’S HAPPENIN’ IN THE WEST END?

By Melinda Glazer, West End Coalition Representative for WAL, and Herb Treger, Alternate Representative

The developers will no longer go forward with redevelopment plans for Landmark Mall. Photo: Google Maps

Following is the current update from the West End Coali- Virginia Paving
tion of condominium and homeowner associations. This is the asphalt mixing plant on the left side of the Van
Dorn Street Bridge over the Norfolk Southern tracks when
Landmark Mall heading east towards the Metro—or the reason for that
Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC), the mall’s owner, traffic light on the ramp to the bridge on Van Dorn Street.
planned to redevelop it into an “open-air mixed-use com- Greenhill Realty Company is actively seeking its acquisi-
munity” of residential and retail in 2018. HHC hired a new tion. Greenhill Realty owns most of the land between Van
CEO in October 2019 and rolled out a “Transformation Dorn Street and Home Depot. The City Council has or-
Plan.” At the time, HHC stated that it was “accessing its dered it to close by January 1, 2027, and it may close
plans for this noncore asset.” Then, a City Council mem- sooner if the property is acquired by Greenhill Realty or
ber stated in March 2020 that HHC no longer desired to another entity.
redevelop the site. With Carpenter’s Shelter leaving in Ju-
ly, what will become of the Mall? Most likely, it will be up Vulcan Materials Site
for sale. Does anyone want to buy a mall? Lennar, the owners of the site, plans to construct multifam-
ily units, a hotel and small condo buildings across from
Victory Center Virginia Paving on Van Dorn Street. This will come be-
Many long-time residents remember the Victory Center on fore the Planning Commission and the City Council in the
Eisenhower Avenue as the Army Material Command. It is fall of this year.
a half-mile from the Van Dorn Metro Station on the left as
Watergate at Landmark is very active in the West End Co-
Landmark Mall Redevelopment alition. Residents will begin to see notifications when the
City requests public comments on items that may impact
plans have come to a halt. WAL and our quality of life in the West End.

Whenever there’s an update (including this one), it’ll be
one drives towards Old Town. Stonebridge acquired it in posted under the News tab of the website at
2019. They plan to build residential townhomes on the www.wateragateatlandmark.com.
east parking lot and to secure tenants for the office space.

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