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Staff reports: Lorwood Commons, Valor Crossing and other housing projects nearing completion or moving through approvals

October 30, 2025 | Winchester City, Frederick County, Virginia


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Staff reports: Lorwood Commons, Valor Crossing and other housing projects nearing completion or moving through approvals
City planning staff gave committee members a multi-project update on the residential development pipeline, reporting construction milestones, certificate-of-occupancy requests and timing for planned openings.

Sean (staff) said Lorwood Commons, at the former Wink FM site, is moving quickly with roughly three buildings and approximately 12–13 units left to be completed. He said Valor Crossing recently requested certificates of occupancy for roughly 12 units and that Harrison Plaza Phase 2 has a CO request for the central building, with two remaining buildings expected to follow in three to four months and the commercial building not far behind. Abrams Crossing Lot 1 has two rows completed and received occupancies, with the last row nearing completion.

On a separate project the transcript records as "0 Pack," Sean said the developer expects a phased opening over the next year as units are progressively completed. The transcript does not provide an alternate spelling or a corporate entity for that project; the name appears ambiguous in the record.

Committee members asked whether Winchester Grove (the site tied to removal of the Elms/Elwyn's Hotel) had a timeline; Sean said a site plan is under review and that economic development incentives linked to removal of the motel include timing triggers that could accelerate construction in the next one to two years. Regarding Cedar Creek Grama Nursing, Sean said earlier contracting and easement issues had delayed that project but that those issues have been worked out and the easement was recorded.

On the Rite Aid property redevelopment, Sean said the plan will include three commercial units on the ground floor and six residential units above; one ground-floor commercial tenant will be a pharmacy and a sign is already up, according to the staff report. A committee member asked about cottage housing standards in relation to Melodon Cottages; staff confirmed that the cottage-housing provisions specify different density and dimensional standards for cottage clusters.

No formal votes were taken on any of the project-status updates; committee members made clarifying inquiries and staff noted remaining steps such as site-plan review and CO issuance.

Provenance
- topicintro: transcript block starting at 03:26.540 ("And next, Sean is gonna continue with the residential pipeline.").
- topfinish: transcript block ending at 08:14.724 (motion to adjourn).

Speakers
- Sean — Staff member, planning department (first referenced at 03:26.540).
- Chair (unnamed) — Development Committee chair (first referenced at 00:00.240).
- Committee member (questioner) — unnamed committee member(s) asking follow-up questions (first referenced at 05:28.68).

Authorities
- policy: Comprehensive plan — referenced by staff as guiding neighborhood stabilization and development context (referenced_by:[]).

Clarifying details
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