Outlook: The city received the necessary approvals from the Architectural Review Board to demolish the Savage building at 707 Princess Anne St. and the existing Judicial and Domestic Relations Court at 701 Princess Anne St. and build the new courthouse there. The demolition could begin as early as summer. Work is currently under way to construct interim court facilities for the J&DR Court in Executive Plaza.

--Robyn Sidersky

EAGLE VILLAGE

The story so far: The University of Mary Washington Foundation has already transformed the U.S. 1 corridor in Fredericksburg with the first phase of its Eagle Village mixed-use development. A pedestrian bridge spans U.S. 1, and there is retail, office and student apartment space in red-brick buildings.

Outlook: Phase two of the project will begin soon with the start of construction on a 95-room Hyatt Place hotel. The retail space between (but not including) the Giant grocery store over to the road cutting through Eagle Village from College Avenue will be demolished for the hotel. A road connecting Eagle Village and the Mary Washington Hospital campus was also recently completed.

--Bill Freehling

EMBREY MILL

The story so far: Newland Real Estate Group and North America Sekisui House (NASH) in January purchased 831 acres in Stafford County's planned Embrey Mill subdivision. Over time the partners plan to develop about 1,800 housing lots at Embrey Mill, which is just west of Interstate 95 between Courthouse and Garrisonville roads. The joint venture is also responsible for extending Mine Road as a four-lane divided road from where it ends at Austin Ridge Drive all the way to Courthouse Road.

Outlook: Nash Stafford LLC, as the joint venture is known, plans to start developing Embrey Mill by the end of June subject to receiving the necessary permits. The developer anticipates having finished lots for home builders to start models early next year, and for the general public to buy homes by the middle of 2013.

--Bill Freehling

FALL HILL AVENUE PROJECT