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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's a lot of nice upscale shopping and some ok restaurants there, but something about the Mosaic district feels very inorganic to me.  [/quote]

Agree. I've gone there multiple times to eat at Four Sisters and other restaurants and to the Home Depot nearby. It feels like a very serious attempt at creating a community, but with none of the visual/neighborhood characteristics needed for one. The area just before 50 has a 1/4 mile stretch of industrial warehouses/class D office space,  very dusty, broken-up wide roads and then you have a nice-ish mini-Reston Town Center like area after 50. Feels forced, but may make sense to not write off till its fully done and the landscape settles.[/quote]

The first phase of EYA townhouses sold out entirely.  It appears the market does not agree with your assessment, other than the observation that it's one part of a larger plan for the redevelopment of Merrifield.

This area of Fairfax has been appreciating much more in the last 2-3 years than closer-in areas that previously saw redevelopment like Arlington, though, so it's not a big surprise that some people try to damn it with faint praise.  [/quote]

Mosaic benefitted from a period of intense lack of inventory.  Plus, bet 50% of those town homes will be rentals in 2 yrs or less.

Again, lovely outdoor mall in the middle of an industrial park with mediocre schools. Would har made more sense just to build some new SFH developments like further up gallows.

Who is going to routinely cross rt 50 (all 8 lanes of crazy) to get to Dunn loring metro? I assume developers wanted to be closer but opted for the cheaper land south of 50.

And are to cheap to put in any non-revenue generating property, like a playground. [/quote]

Really stupid observations here on your part.  [b]It's obvious you aren't familiar with the broader redevelopment plans for the area of which Mosaic is just one part. [/b] And Mosaic was always slated to be south of Lee Highway and north of Route 50.  [/quote]

I'm the poster who wished Mosaic had a library (FTR: yes, Mosaic is too corporate, but a) name a development in recent memory that isn't - even if it gives more of a nod to civic space and b) when we moved in, that particular site read as ruined and desolate, so I am glad to have that many more options. I just wish it had a library, and yes, a real playground would be nice, but I think I've seen stroller mom fitness groups out there and kids go [i]nuts[/i] for that sprinkler in summer).

To your bolded point: what are the rest of the plans for the area? I remember that the Vienna metro redevelopment got scrapped, and the last time I looked around for more info, I couldn't find any. We had to drive to afford (which isn't too bad since DH's job is in NOVA, so living in DC would only add to his commute), and this is where we landed. I wasn't super pleased with the area, but it's been nice to see the changes.[/quote]

Plans can be found here:

http://www.fcrevit.org/merrifield/info.htm

It's definitely an upcoming area.  The haters are pathetic.  [/quote]

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