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East Braddock Road
LEED Gold mixed-use commercial development at the corner of East Braddock Road, completed 2013–2015 by Jason Yates and his wife Loren on the long-blighted parcel his father John Yates John Yates d. 1989 Navy veteran and Alexandria service-station owner. Purchased his first service station in 1964 and the Braddock Road Mobil station in 1977 — the property his sons would later … had purchased as a Mobil service station in 1977. Anchors include Lena’s Wood-Fired Pizza & Tap (named for Jason’s mother Lena Yates, d. 1990), a 7-Eleven, Yates Drycleaners, and Yates Automotive.
- 2013
- Mid-rise mixed-use commercial (LEED Gold)
- Extant
Place narrative
Yates Corner stands on the Braddock Road parcel that John Yates John Yates d. 1989 Navy veteran and Alexandria service-station owner. Purchased his first service station in 1964 and the Braddock Road Mobil station in 1977 — the property his sons would later … purchased as a Mobil service station in 1977 and that sat blighted through the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. Beginning in 2005, Jason Yates and his wife Loren Yates led the parcel’s redevelopment into a mixed-use commercial complex completed in stages between 2013 and 2015. The 7-Eleven opened in December 2013; Yates Automotive and Yates Drycleaners followed in spring 2014; Lena’s Wood-Fired Pizza & Tap — named for Jason’s mother Lena Yates, who died in 1990 — opened in October 2015. [1] Alexandria Legends — Jason & Loren Yates Website
The development was constructed using LEED green-building technology and is reported to have achieved LEED Gold certification, with specific features including geothermal heating and a rain-catchment system. The complex is the public anchor of the three-generation The John Yates family The John Yates family Three-generation Alexandria business family. Patriarch (Navy veteran; deceased 1989) bought his first service station in 1964 and the Braddock Road Mobil station in 1977. His sons … business and employs approximately one hundred and fifty staff across its constituent businesses. The exact LEED certification number, the architect of record, and detailed construction-cost documentation have not yet been surfaced; those remain research targets to be confirmed against City of Alexandria building-permit records and contemporary trade-press coverage. [2] Alexandria Library Special Collections Manuscript
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Yates Corner first phase opens [1] Source Alexandria Legends — Jason & Loren Yates
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- Mid-rise mixed-use commercial (LEED Gold)
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John Yates
d. 1989
Navy veteran and Alexandria service-station owner. Purchased his first service station in 1964 and the Braddock Road Mobil station in 1977 — the property his sons would later …
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Braddock Road
Named for General Edward Braddock — British commander killed at the Monongahela, 1755, c. 1755.
Sources
- 1.
Living Legends of Alexandria, "Jason & Loren Yates" profile, written by Jeanne Theismann.
- 2.
Alexandria Library, Local History/Special Collections, Barrett Branch, Alexandria, Virginia.
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