According to City, retail space along Eisenhower Avenue is expected to include more than 250 additional businesses by the year 2020. This will include a mix of shopping, dining and entertainment retailers, making the Valley a true destination for residents who live there and neighbors who live nearby.

Today, the Hoffman Town Center is the focal point of the burgeoning entertainment district on the Avenue. The Town Center currently has the state-of-the-art 22-screen AMC Movie Theater with seats for more than 4000 viewers, Ruby Tuesday Restaurant, San Antonio Bar & Grill, Cold Stone Creamery, Starbucks, Bread and Chocolate European Café and Bakery and Ted's Montana Grill. Additional restaurants are slated to open soon. According to planners, the site will be “a year-round, outdoor promenade for families and people to gather, experience the arts and stroll at night."

The Eisenhower Valley has a number of recreational amenities that families, couples and individuals from all over the City enjoy. These include:

• Cameron Run Regional Park, also known as Alexandria’s playground. A part of the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, this recreation complex includes a water park, an innovative miniature golf course, a batting cage, two group picnic shelters, family picnicking and Lake Cook, which is stocked by the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries as part of its Urban Fishing Program. It is also the home of the Partnership’s annual “Mini Golf Classic” which benefits the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria and the Partnership.
• Joseph M. Hensley Park is one of the largest sports facilities in the City located at 4200 Eisenhower Ave. It has a soccer field, three softball fields, kitchenette and storage facility. Also, there is a park shelter/gazebo. This facility is used by the Adult Sports Leagues, Bishop Ireton Varsity and Junior Varsity Softball Teams, ASA, Lacrosse practice and is sometimes used for special events.
• African American Heritage Park recognizes the contributions that Black Americans have made to Alexandria. The park’s centerpiece is Jerome Meadows’ sculpture “Truths That Rise From the Roots – Remembered.” The property holds historical importance. In 1885 the Black Baptist Cemetery Association established the land as a burial ground. The park wetlands also offers habitat for wildlife such as Mallard ducks, crayfish and painted turtles.
• Bike trails run throughout Eisenhower Valley, connecting not only Duke Street and Eisenhower Avenue, but intermixing with a network of trails throughout Alexandria and Northern Virginia.

The Eisenhower Valley is home to over 6,250 Alexandria residents. Residences located in the Valley going east to west include:

• The Royalton
• Meridian at Carlyle
• Post Carlyle Square
• Carlyle Square
• Carlyle Towers
• Carlyle Mill
• Avalon Apartments
• Townes at Cameron Parke
• The Exchange
• The Reserve
• Summers Grove

Eisenhower Avenue is also home to two major universities -- Strayer University and Florida Tech Graduate Center. Three hotels are located on the Avenue – Homestead Studio Suites Hotel, Alexandria Courtyard by Marriott and The Holiday Inn-Eisenhower. A fourth hotel, The Residence Inn by Marriott, is only a half block to the east on Duke Street.

The corridor currently includes nearly 3.7 million square feet of office space, 2.6 square feet of commercial space, and more than 400 businesses employing more than 25,000 employees. When fully built, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) is projected to bring 7,100 jobs and $6.4 million in annual net new tax revenue to the City.

Current businesses located in the Valley and a few expected soon include:

• A.G. Edwards
• A.T. Kearney
• American Trucking Associations
• Avalon Bay Communities, Inc.
• Baker Engineering
• Barrett's of Alexandria
• Bread and Chocolate European Cafe
• Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company
• Cold Stone Creamery
• CommonWealth One Federal Credit Union
• Department of Defense
• Eurest Dining at ATA
• Federal Express
• Oblon Spivak McClelland Maier & Neustadt P.C.
• Merrill Lynch
• Restaurant Depot
• San Antonio Grill
• Society for Human Resource Management
• Starbuck's
• Symantec, Inc.
• Ted's Montana Grill
• The Templar Corporation
• United Parcel Service
• US Federal District Courthouse
• US Patent and Trademark Office
• US Senate Federal Credit Union
• Whole Foods

Many of the businesses located along Eisenhower Avenue serve Alexandria residents. From Federal Express and UPS to automobile repair and florist shops, these businesses offer valuable services for residents City-wide.

The Avenue has an array of convenience services that serve citizens City-wide, including:

• The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles
• The Eisenhower Avenue and the Van Dorn Metro Stations
• Animal Welfare League of Alexandria's Vola Lawson Animal Shelter
• Alexandria Police Department/Public Safety Center
• The City of Alexandria Mulch Site and Recycling Center