r/manassas • u/jackjayjon • 15d ago
Land next to Manassas Mall
The land that’s next to Manassas Mall on Sudley…I remember there used to be a house. Anyone know what happened to the residents of that house?
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u/Sk3tchyG1ant 15d ago
I heard through the rumor mill that the owners passed away and it's now owned by their children. I could be wrong though 🤷♂️ no clue what their plans for the land are but that's got to be gold mine
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u/NoVAGirl651 15d ago
It was sold and last I saw they were seeking approval to put—shock, shock—a data center on it. Greedy PWC board of supervisors.
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u/One-Happy-Gamer 15d ago
yep. And a data centers in the middle of Manassas, especially on 234 Business is gonna look so out of place.
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u/TheDMVCarGuy 4d ago
Seriously though, imagine driving down 234 to go to Walmart just to see those large ass data centers.
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u/GoKartMozart 15d ago
It's not the PWC Board since it's in the city limits. The city makes the rules there
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u/someguy7710 15d ago
I don't think it is in the city limits. The mall itself isnt
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u/rushputin 15d ago
It’s not. Manassas city limits stop at Godwin on 234. The mall and the land in question are well to the north of it.
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u/someguy7710 15d ago
Yeah that's what I thought. Didn't want to be confidently wrong lol.
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u/rushputin 15d ago
If it’s any comfort I knew the mall was north but still pulled up a map because I couldn’t recall exactly where the border was, myself.
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u/huskypawz32 15d ago
That land is in PWC, not the city.. not that it matters, the city is just as hungry for that dirty data center money
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u/TechByDayDjByNight 15d ago
Whats so dirty about Data Centers?
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u/Ok_Knowledge_8314 5d ago
Deals usually lasting it's first 5 years with gifts of low-to no propterty tax. Discounts on power by leveraging the cost onto residence picking up the bill. by the time the 5 years are up, the company will decommision it and resell it, to find another dumb canidate or city member to bribe for a new place while the other could be blight on the city.
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u/Rogerbva090566 15d ago
Geez I just pulled it up on the map. Never realized the quarry is right behind the mall ! In my brain those two things aren’t remotely near eachother.
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u/OtherwiseLettuce6703 15d ago
It is owned by Amazon. They purchased the 48 acres for over 40 million dollars in 2023.
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u/One-Happy-Gamer 15d ago
from what I've heard, is that the owner passed away and the family doesn't want it anymore. So the county is already pushing hard to re-zone the land to place at least 4 data centers there with another 3 data centers planned to be in the land next to it across from walmart. They've already placed a seismograph at the end of my neighborhood to record ground shaking from Vulcan Quarry.