On Feb. 26, 2024, the Falls Church City Council voted to approve the Quinn-Homestretch project. The new mixed-use building is slated to host senior living facilities, medical offices and a public park. The project will be built in the South Washington Street area, replacing its namesake Homestretch facility.
The 10-story project will include 145 independent senior living residences, 56 assisted living residences and 32 memory care units, along with ground floor retail facing South Maple Avenue. The Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation, a Falls Church African-American historical organization, will also be provided space in the building rent-free, for a minimum of 10 years.
The project is spearheaded by the Quinn family, which has run a local auction gallery in the city since 1995. The Quinn family decided to provide senior living facilities in response to Falls Church’s rapidly aging population.
“We’ve always thought that senior living was important. We don’t need residences that add more kids to the school system. And with the population aging as it is, we feel that, especially inside the beltway, there’s room for more senior housing,” David Quinn said.
The Quinn-Homestretch building will only take up about 50% of the development, with the remaining 50% to become a landscaped open courtyard and plaza, as well as more green space in the form of the planned Rolling Road Park.
Two thirds of the 33,900 square foot park will be made up of land from the Quinn-Homestretch development. The final third of the land will come from converting city owned property into a pedestrian promenade and additional public space.
Quinn believes that allowing multiple generations of families to remain in Falls Church is valuable.
“Falls Church is unique, and we want to be a part of that and allow families to be able to stay closer together. My brother’s mom passed away recently, and his dad is on the waiting list of three different senior living facilities. And none of them are that close. So we hope to keep families closer and keep the Little City feeling like Falls Church.”
