This is part of a series of stories updating the status of various development projects in and around Alexandria.
This story was updated on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024.
Upland Park, the plan to turn acres of single-family homes in Alexandria's West End into a townhome community, is moving forward with demolition.
First proposed before the COVID-19 pandemic, the project at 5165 Seminary Road (and the surrounding area) calls for several dozen new townhomes. The neighborhood of small, single-family homes on spacious lots will be demolished to make way for the new homes, and possibly multi-family residential buildings, along with a hotel and medical offices.
According to the development website, the neighborhood will have "401 multifamily residential units, 92 townhome units, a 171-key hotel, and 8,470 SF of ground level retail."
After a long delay to accommodate residents, all the homes in the neighborhood northwest of the intersection of Beauregard Street and Seminary Road are vacant and boarded up, and a few have been knocked down. Several have been used for firefighter or police training, with visible holes in their roofs.
Like most big projects, Upland Park is divided into phases. According to city documents, Upland Park's first phase is listed as being in the "final site plan" phase and the next step is to get building permits before construction starts. Upland Park Phase II is in the conceptual stage.
