This storefront is located at the intersection of North Kings Highway and Richmond Highway.
The large building used to be the site of a Rite Aid pharmacy, but it has been vacant for more than a year. On April 5, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will host a public hearing to discuss a plan to consider options for residential mixed-use with ground floor retail.
The building is a located near Books-A-Million and the new King's Crossing development.
So, what would you like to see occupy this storefront? Is there a type of business you think your community needs?
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I agree! I would love a good frozen yogurt place. (I'm a bit of a Yogiberry addict...) Thanks for commenting and reading! -Jessie Biele, Local Editor
It would be a great location for a statue of Mozart... Whatever goes there, we certainly don't need any more chain restaurants, Pleeeeease, we're already fat and unhealthy enough.
But, maybe that land would be better used as part of the solution to unsnarl traffic in that area. As I recall, in the few months that building was actually used, it was very dificult to get in and out of, and it complicated the already horrible traffic flow. Maybe that spot would be best used as tne entry ramp for a clover leaf into Penn Daw and King's Crossing?
Rite Aid actually bought out Eckerd and Brooks pharmacies a few years ago, so they're the same big company now. Love the roller rink idea! Thanks, Beth Lawton, Regional Editor
As far as a skating rink, while I like the idea of family-friendly businesses in our area, I don't see how that could ever work in that space. It may be a 2 acre parcel, but it's oddly configured. A roller rink building has to be big and square/rectangular, that land is an irregular triangle. It also seems like a significant safety hazard, placing a business designed for young people to congregate on a lot bordered on three sides by highly trafficked roads (Rt. 1, Kings Highway, Shields Ave.). Unless more traffic lights are added, you would undoubtedly see even more traffic accidents and pedestrian fatalities.
However, I would close off the entry/exit on US1, and make all traffic enter/exit from Kings Highway. People coming out of the opening onto US1 seem to think it's their right to dive across four lanes of traffic despite conditions.