Falls Church Downtown Revamp OK'd

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ALTHOUGH DEVELOPERS and officials still have some details to hammer out, the city of Falls Church's downtown is going to get a major facelift. As The Post's Kristen Mack reports, the city council approved plans for a $317 million mixed-use, four-block development early Thursday morning after eight hours of public comments and two days of deliberations.

While the site at Broad and S. Washington streets is mostly made up of parking lots, four small apartment buildings will have to be condemned. In their place, developers from Atlantic Realty envision an eight-story hotel, a Harris Teeter grocery store, a bowling alley and new residential construction, adding a million square feet to the current site.

Critics of the plan contend that the plan isn't all that different from other mixed-use developments in Northern Virginia and doesn't fit well with Falls Church's small-town feel.

Construction could begin this summer.

» "Council Approves Controversial Downtown Revitalization Project" [WaPo]