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RD.their two children to attend good schools.
Their children, now grown, loved swim-
ming in the pool, walking to the shopping
center and exploring the banks of Sugar-
land Run, which borders the community,
she said.
Steven Edwards, president of the Great
Falls Chase homeowners association, said
he considers the shopping center to be one
of three “crown jewels” of the neighbor-
hood, along with the recreational center
and the commuter bus stop at Great Falls
Plaza.
Over the past few years, the association
has made significant investments to up-
grade its recreational facilities, which in-
clude the pool, tennis courts, a basketball
court and two playgrounds, he said.
“It was time to refresh... because we
were trying to attract younger, newer resi-
dents,” Edwards said. “Those facilities are
all very important for the vitality of the
community.”
Edwards, who moved to Great Falls
Chase in 1999, said the nearby commuter
bus stop is also a big plus. Residents can
walk there and ride nonstop to the West
Falls Church Metro station, he said.
Mandie Lockridge said that the “fairly
priced” t ownhouses are appealing to young
families like hers. She moved to Great Falls
Chase from Reston in 2016 with her hus-
band and infant daughter because of the
amenities and location, a relatively easy
drive from Ty sons Corner, Reston, Chantil-
ly and Leesburg.
“The location is perfect for us,” s he said,
adding that “everybody is super-nice.”
Lockridge loves walking to Cold Spoon
for a chai latte and running into neighbors
at Food Lion.“There are a lot of families in the
neighborhood who use the walkability of
this little, small area that we’re in,” s he said.
“You see a lot of familiar faces. You like to
know who you’re living around.”
Living there: HOA fees are about $109 a
month. The association provides trash and
recycling services and maintains the recre-
ational facilities and private streets. Loud-
oun Water provides water and sewer.
Over the past year, according to Azzam,
the average sale prices were $469,000 for a
townhouse and $705,000 for a single-fami-
ly home. The lowest-priced home sold was
a three-bedroom, four-bathroom town-
house for $410,000. The highest-priced
home sold was a single-family house with
five bedrooms and four bathrooms for
$730,000.
There are three homes on the market,
ranging from a townhouse with three
bedrooms and four bathrooms for
$460,000 to a single-family house with
four bedrooms and four bathrooms for
$680,000.
Schools: Horizon and Lowes Island ele-
mentary schools, Seneca Ridge Middle and
Dominion High.
Transit: Loudoun County Transit buses
stop at the Great Falls Plaza shopping
center, providing weekday connections to
the West Falls Church Metro station. The
community is about two miles from the
intersection of Route 7 and Fairfax County
Parkway, the main commuting arteries.
[email protected]BY JIM BARNESGreat Falls Chase is a place that might
appeal to Goldilocks — not too big and not
too small.
A compact community in the eastern
corner of Loudoun County, Great Falls
Chase is large enough to support such
amenities as a swimming pool, tennis
courts and a shopping center, but small
enough that everything is within easy
walking distance and neighbors recognize
one another.
Unlike Great Falls, the larger, older
community across the Fairfax County line,
Great Falls Chase is dominated by town-
houses. Of 442 units, 336 are townhouses,
the rest single-family homes. It is bordered
by Sugarland Run to the west, Algonkian
Parkway and the Great Falls Plaza shop-
ping center to the north and east, and the
community of Great Falls Forest to the
south.
All homes are no more than a few blocks
from Great Falls Plaza, a bustling shopping
center at the edge of the neighborhood
with a Food Lion, a Rite Aid and nine
restaurants. Among them are highly re-
garded Mokomandy, which serves Korean
and Cajun cuisine, and Cold Spoon, a
popular neighborhood gathering spot that
offers coffee, tea and Greek yogurt made
on-site.
“We love the fact that, right here in this
little shopping center, we have our own
grocery store, our own bank, and then a
bunch of restaurants and coffee shops,”
said Dina Azzam, a real estate professional
who lives in the community. “It’s great
because we have all that we need and
more.”
Great Falls Chase was built by multiple
developers on forested land in the 1990 s, a
decade after Great Falls Forest, its neigh-
bor to the south. Azzam, who has been
selling homes in the area for 15 years, said
that Comstock and Ryland were among the
main builders.
Most of the houses were designed with
open floor plans and attractive modern
features, such as high ceilings on the main
level and large closets and kitchens, Azzam
said. Many of the townhouses have one- or
two-car garages.
Azzam and her husband moved to a
single-family home in Great Falls Chase in
- They selected the community be-
cause of its proximity to Dulles Airport,
where he worked, and because they wanted
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“There are a lot of families in the neighborhood who use the walkability of this little, small area that we’re in,” says Mandie
Lockridge. who moved to Great Falls Chase in 2016 with her husband and daughter. “You see a lot of familiar faces.”