Renovation of a mixed-use development in Alexandria, Virginia. Conceptual plans call for the renovation of a office development.

Interim leased or City owned facility swing space will be required while City Hall is fully vacated and unavailable for use during the complete building renovation. Current office space occupants and City Hall functions will be moved to temporary operational space, or some possibly permanently relocated depending on ultimate programming, occupancy, and use decisions for City Hall. Leased or City owned building facilities within the City of Alexandria will be identified and selected during the separate initial City Hall Swing Space Study and then renovated and fit out for relocated City Hall staff and functions. The interim facilities will be renovated utilizing principles in accordance with the City’s Green Building Policy and Environmental Action Plan, to the degree feasible for short term occupied facilities. The City is not currently planning to seek formal third-party sustainable design verification (e.g. LEED) for these short-term occupancy project's. In response to the pandemic, the City revised the Workplace Standards Guidelines in order to amend and update how the City can maintain the best qualities and most workable features of the original Guidelines document, yet promote safer, more flexible places of business. With the COVID-19 pandemic the number of city employees working from home increased substantially, thereby also increasing the level of unused or infrequently used office space. When COVID-19 is no longer an issue, substantial work from home could remain. If so, this will trigger a rethinking of office space use including how City Hall office space should be designed for this new future of work. Project is in City of Alexandria capital budget FY 2025-2034. As of August 20, 2025, the current funding request is for a portion of the estimated design and will be updated in the FY 2026 CIP development process, once the swing space study is completed. *Project information has been obtained through a public capital improvement plan (CIP). A CIP is a financial schedule for short- and long-range projects which is updated regularly. Information listed in the CIP often evolves based on funding availability and the project details, including timeline and value, are subject to change. The content management team will continue to pursue additional details as they become available.