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Founded 1991 • Vol. XXXIV No. 3
The City of Falls Church’s Independent, Locally-Owned Newspaper of Record, Serving N. Virginia
New 10-Story Quinn Senior Living Project Ok’d By 5-2
Embracing the Arts
Final Council Approval Comes With Special Height Exception by Nicholas F. Benton
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The veritable embarrassment of riches that is now the restaurant scene in the City of Falls Church, with an array of serious top-drawer choices complementing an ever growing number of quality dining options, shows no signs of slowing down, according to the report issued by the City’s Economic Development Office (EDO) at this week’s meeting of the City Council’s Economic Development Subcommittee at City Hall.
While City Hall has not yet come up with an accurate way of measuring the success of the recent Restaurant Week, and the noted closing of one solid City restaurant last week, Pizzeria Orso, has caught a lot of peoples’ attention, the clear upside of the industry in the Little City is very evident, and it will get better when two new and classic steakhouses open their doors here in the next period. According to Becky Witsman of the City EDO, new businesses planning to open soon include two first-rate steak and seafood establish-
ments. One is a Korean steakhouse, Seoul Prime, being promised for the Founder’s Row development, though
no further details were provided this
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EDEN CENTER’S MURAL is the latest to grace the city of Falls Church. On display is works created by area children. (Photo: Brian Reach)
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The City of Falls Church’s latest large scale mixed use project was approved by the F.C. City Council by a 5-2 vote Monday night. Known as the QuinnHomestretch project, it has been OK’d as a single building to rise to 10 stories on 1.866 acres in the S. Washington Street area of Falls Church. It will provide 225 apartments for seniors, as well as medical offices, ground floor retail including a restaurant, and ample open space for a park and pedestrian friendly amenities. In terms of fiscal impact, the project will go onto property that currently contributes $159,562 in annual revenues to the City with a project that is projected to have a net positive revenue impact of $1,100,517 annually. The local family of Paul and Catherine Quinn and their two sons David and Matthew, initiated and have seen through the years-long process leading to Monday’s final approval. City