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Planning commission recommends approval to convert vacant building at 2525 Mount Vernon Ave to retail, daycare and 30 short-term residential units

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The commission voted 7–0 to recommend approval of a special-use permit to reduce required parking and allow conversion of an existing building at 2525 Mount Vernon Avenue to mixed commercial uses on the ground floor and 30 short-term residential units on the second floor; staff and applicant cited transit access and neighborhood support.

The Alexandria Planning Commission voted 7–0 to recommend City Council approval of a special-use permit allowing conversion of the vacant building at 2525 Mount Vernon Avenue to a mixed-use configuration with ground-floor retail, restaurant and a daycare plus 30 units of short-term residential rental on the second floor.

Katie McDonald, planner with Planning and Zoning, said the site is zoned CL (commercial low) and is in the Potomac West small-area plan and Mount…

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