5257 Morning Mist Lane

Please enjoy this 3 bed, 3 full/1 half bath, 2-car garage, 2722 finished sq.ft. end unit TH in the Overlook community located at Alexandria’s West End.  The quality & scope of the upgrades throughout the house present a rarely found opportunity: A truly move-in ready home located inside the Beltway with immediate access to 395/495/95, but also within a tree-lined, green-space community surrounding Fairfax County's Bren Mar Park.

To learn more about Overlook, check out the Listing Agent's website on Overlook.  If you are viewing the non-branded version of this Property website, ask your agent for the URLs to both the branded Property website (for Community and WestEnd Alexandria project videos) and the Overlook website, which is a comprehensive source of visuals and information on choosing Overlook as your Home.  The Overlook website includes a Community video with spectacular aerial views and videos/info on restaurants, shopping, and other "Livability" benefits from proximity to everything, including the WestEnd Alexandria project, with the new Inova Alexandria Hospital Campus, and Old Town Alexandria.

More details are below about the house features & upgrades, the Overlook community, and the coming WestEnd Alexandria project that will bring a World-class hospital (the new Inova Alexandria Hospital Campus) and shopping, dining, & entertainment options five minutes from Overlook.

House Details: A focus on the details – both big and small – is apparent throughout the house, from the newly refinished Main Level floors in Jacobean color, to the upgraded light fixtures, to the Satin nickel hardware on every door in the house, with levers replacing knobs for a more elegant look and feel. An eye-pleasing color palette throughout the house will complement any design style preferred by the new homeowner, with the house interior newly painted.

• The house opens to view of the entire Main Level, with the Jacobean floor color complimented by the Espresso stair rails & post and the white spindles creating a visually dramatic scene.

• The Living Room at the front of the Main Level has a 10 foot ceiling with crown molding and two bay windows. The Living Room leads to the open kitchen through two columns as the “door” to this living space. 

• The kitchen has stainless GE Profile appliances (including a new counter depth French door refrigerator), granite counters with a tile backsplash, and an island with space for three stools. A gas fireplace is opposite the island, with a rear bump out sized for a dining table or seating area.  Three walls of windows provide Natural light throughout the Main Level.

• The kitchen leads to a Trex deck, then down to a fenced-in stone patio with a side gate for access.  The mature Crepe myrtle and maple trees behind the TH provide 3-Season green screen privacy to both the Main Level and the Owner's Suite.

• The half bath is located off the stairs to the Lower Level.  

• The Owner’s Suite is large enough to make a King-size bed look small, with two walk-in closets, hardwood floors, and separate seating area.  Three walls of windows provide natural light, with a view of mature trees.

• The Owner’s Suite Bathroom has two granite topped vanities, a soaking tub, walk-in shower, & a water closet.  The window in this bathroom is newly replaced.

• The 2nd & 3rd bedrooms are each sized for a Queen bed with a double door closet.  The two windows in each bedroom are newly replaced with UV filtering, vinyl-clad windows.

• The 2nd full bathroom has a granite topped vanity with tub/shower combo.

• The laundry is located on the bedroom level (in a walk in closet).

• The Lower Level has Luxury Vinyl Plank flooring, with newly instsalled LED recessed lighting.  This Level has a separate room behind glass framed French doors, which is currently set up as an office. The Lower Level also has a fully remodeled full bath, with a large walk-in shower & frameless glass slding door.

• The garage is a two-car, single door model, with a storage area. The driveway offers space for two parking spaces.

• Visitor parking is available across from the TH next to the open Common Area, as well as at the opposite end of Morning Mist Lane.

• The AC system was installed in 2014 (Trane). The water heater is a 2024 installation (scheduled for mid-September).

Overlook Details:

Overlook is a community of 443 homes that surrounds Fairfax County's Bren Mar Park.  This Park-setting is rare for a community located Inside the Beltway, providing not only green space for residents to enjoy, but also immediate access to 395/Beltway/95, with all the Living amenities available in the West End of Alexandria. ​

Dining, shopping, recreational, and cultural options found in Washington DC, Old Town Alexandria, Arlington, and Tysons are within easy reach.

A wide range of regular Life necessities are all within 10-15 minutes from Overlook. For example, The St. James, a 450,000 sq.ft. sport, wellness, and lifestyle complex is a 10-minute drive.

​Entering Overlook, you enjoy a drive up a tree-lined avenue, which gives the Community a feeling of calm apart from the rush of daily Life.

Bren Mar Park provides 32 acres of mature trees, Turkeycock Run stream, Truss bridges, and walking trails for Overlook residents to enjoy.

Overlook's green spaces and the Park, coupled with greater separation from other houses for better privacy, are quality of Life features that are rarely found in a community located inside the Beltway.

Overlook also offers its residents an outdoor pool, playgrounds, walking trails, and tennis/pickleball court.  As seen in the Overlook community video, the Community pool looks more like a Resort-level pool than a typical residential community pool.  You can see views of the pool in the Community video uploaded to this website (also at LivinginOverlook.com).  Verizon Fios is also available. ​

The Van Dorn Metro is located less than a 10-minute drive from Landmark Mews, with 361 daily parking spaces.  Bus service from the Overlook entrance at Winter View Drive is a six- minute ride to the Van Dorn Metro. 

WestEnd Alexandria Project (Landmark Mall Redevelopment):

Overlook is well positioned for residents to reap “livability” and house valuation benefits from the WestEnd Alexandria development project (formerly Landmark Mall) and other planned projects along the Landmark-Van Dorn Corridor.

On December 22, 2020, the City of Alexandria announced the plan to redevelop Landmark Mall, with Inova as the anchor client and Foulger-Pratt as the local developer.

The video section of this website (branded version) contains videos with full details on the WestEnd Alexandria project, the new Inova Alexandria Hospital Campus located at WestEnd, and current status of the project (updated through the December 2022 City approval of the development plan for Phase 1 Blocks), wihch was the last step before the infrastucture work that commenced in early 2023.

On February 2, 2022, Foulger-Pratt announced that the name of the redevelopment project will be "WestEnd Alexandria."

As part of the project, Inova will build a new World-class hospital complex with a:

• 230 in-patient hospital (all private rooms);
• Level II Trauma Center (1 of 3 in NoVa), providing 24-hour specialty services for brain injuries, complex fractures, and other trauma care;
• Level III NICU;
• Comprehensive cancer care center;
• Advanced services for obstetrics, heart & vascular, & neurosciences; and
• Medical office building for 50 specialty physicians.

WestEnd Alexandria is designed to be a community gathering place for Alexandria's West End, with residential, retail, and restaurants, 3.5 acres of public parks, a minimum of 25% open space for each block, a transit hub, and a new fire station.

Vertical construction will start in 2024, with the first non-Hospital buildings ready in late-2025.  Road construction has already started.  The new Inova Alexandria Hospital Campus is on schedule to open in the 3rd Quarter of 2028.

WestEnd Alexandria Project Timeline:

• July 2021:  The City approved the Coordinated Development District (CDD) Plan for the project.
• September 2021:  The City established the Landmark Community Development Authority (CDA) to address infrastructure improvements related to the project.
• November 2021:  The City purchased the first of three land parcels for the hospital.
• March 2022:  Inova submitted its concept plan for the Hospital Campus.
• May 2022:  Demolition Begins (First Demo on May 12th).
• Fall 2022:  Demolition Ends/Project Grading & Infrastructure Work Begins.
• December 2022:  The City approved the development plan for the first four non-Hospital residential blocks (Phase I - Blocks E, G, Eye, & K).
• February 2023:  Bids Due on City 395-Duke Ramp Project for Direct Hospital Access.
• March 2023:  City Approval of Inova's Development Plan for the Alexandria Hospital Campus.
• End 2023:  Final Site Plan Approval.
• 3rd Quarter 2024: Construction of Inova Hospital Campus begins.
• January 2025: Vertical Construction of Phase I starts.
• 3rd Quarter 2025:  Infrastructure Complete.
• 4th Quarter 2025:  Phase 1 (non-Hospital) Buildings Complete (Blocks E, G, Eye, & K).
• 1st Quarter 2028:  Blocks L & M (For Sale 2-over-2 condos & townhouses) scheduled for completion.
• 3rd Quarter 2028:  Inova Alexandria Hospital Opens.

In addition to bringing a World-class hospital and shopping, dining, & entertainment options five minutes from Overlook, the Landmark Mall project will be a catalyst for other planned development projects that will bring additional options for livability benefits along the Landmark-Van Dorn Corridor, such as Overlook at West End, Greenhill West, the Vulcan site redevelopment, and others.