Old Town North is a hot spot of redevelopment in Old Town, with multiple projects slated to begin in the next two years.
The Ladrey building, an 11-story building at the corner of Wythe and Royal streets, has about 170 units, primarily for seniors and residents with disabilities. Combined with a second plot of land at 600 Royal St., also owned by the Alexandria Redevelopment and Housing Authority (ARHA), there's more than an acre of land for new housing.
The redevelopment plan calls for demolishing the existing building and constructing a new mid-rise building that will replace all existing units and add a significant number of units that are affordable for people who live and work in Alexandria. The new building will have about 270 units. (Read more about the project here.) Construction may start in 2025.
Nearby, AHRA is also moving forward with plans to redevelop the Samuel Madden Housing development. The two-story buildings take up several blocks in Old Town North. There are 66 units of affordable housing in the development, which were built in the 1940s as military housing. Those 13 buildings will be knocked down and replaced with a much larger development that will include 530 units of combined affordable, workforce and market-rate housing.
In addition, two more buildings are slated to come down in the next year or two:
The office building at 901 N. Pitt St. is called Waterman Place and is a three-story brick building with triangular accents. The Carr Companies plans to construct an eight-story building with up to 250 multifamily units and retail on the ground floor.
The Montgomery Center, the block-sized, one-story white building bordered by Montgomery, North Fairfax, Royal, Madison and North Royal streets, is slated for redevelopment as well. MC Property (c/o Carr City Centers) plans to construct "a multifamily building with a total of 327 units with an arts and culture anchor and ground floor retail." Several businesses have already moved out of the complex and redevelopment could start early next year.
One of Old Town North's biggest projects, the redevelopment of the power plant, is also moving forward. The decommission power plant will turn into a multi-building, mixed use development including parks.
