There is always something new coming to Arlington. Take a look at some projects that are transforming the area.
By Lynn Norusis
Westmont Shopping Center Redevelopment
Under Construction: Build a 6-story mixed-use building on the site currently occupied by multiple retail businesses and a surface parking lot. The proposal would include 250 new residential units, approximately 23,000 square feet of ground floor retail, and two levels of below-grade parking containing approximately 345 parking spaces
Key Bridge Marriott
Approved: Proposed redevelopment of the 583-room hotel includes partially demolishing the building and reducing the number of hotel rooms to 447. The redevelopment would also construct a 300-unit apartment building on top of the existing parking structure, and two condo buildings totaling 151 units on the existing surface lot.
Rosslyn Gateway
Approved: JBG plans to demolish Rosslyn Gateway South (1901 N. Fort Myer Dr.) and an adjacent parking garage to construct a new 25-story office building and a 25-story hotel/residential building. Rosslyn Gateway North (1911 N. Fort Myer Dr.) will remain. The new office building will have 490,056 office SF and 8,688 retail SF. The residential/hotel building will have 148 hotel rooms and 133 residential units and 10,001 retail SF. The office building will be LEED Platinum and the hotel/residential building will be LEED Silver. (Lee Hwy., N. Moore St., 19th St. N. and Fort Myer Dr.). JBG has longer-term plans to add another residential building with 140 units and 7,687 retail SF.
Rosslyn Plaza
Approved: Redevelopment of a 7.65-acre superblock located along the eastern boundary of Rosslyn’s core into three new blocks with a total of up to 2.5 million SF of offices, residences, retail, a hotel and public open space. The redevelopment, a joint project of Vornado/Charles E. Smith and Gould Property Company, will occur in five phases over the next 25 years. When built out, Rosslyn Plaza will be the largest single redevelopment in Rosslyn. It will offer five new buildings; major public street improvements including two new streets; portions of a planned, vehicle-free esplanade that will front I-66, and a new public park.
Ames Center
Approved: Two new multifamily residential buildings with ground floor retail space, and incorporation of existing religious institutional and church uses. The mixed-use development will offer 740 residential units within 30-story and 31-story towers. Up to 225 units are proposed for interim hotel use for the first five years.
Harris Teeter Redevelopment
Under Construction: Redevelopment of the existing Harris Teeter grocery and American Service Center site with a mixed-use project, including a new flagship-level Harris Teeter, an additional ~13,000 SF of retail, 685 multi-family apartment units and a half-acre public park. The applicant proposes to re-zone the entire site to R-C, Multiple-family Dwelling and Commercial District, and to change the GLUP designation for 525 N. Thomas St. from “Low-Medium” Residential to “High-Medium” Residential Mixed-Use.
GMU Phase III
Under Constuction: The final phase of George Mason University’s Arlington campus is a $250 million expansion, including the Institute for Digital Innovation (IDIA), a tech research hub and future home of the School of Computing. The IDIA building is planned as LEED Platinum. The campus currently is home to Mason’s Antonin Scalia Law School, programs in Arts Management and the School of Business, the Schar School of Policy and Government, the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, and Continuing and Professional Education.
Rosslyn Holiday Inn
Under Construction: The applicant, Rosslyn Syndicate, LC (Dittmar), proposes new construction of a 732,600 SF building containing two towers of 26 and 38 stories. This building will consist of 375 hotel units, 37,417 SF of conference facilities, 502 residential units and 14,412 SF of retail space.
Amazon HQ2
Amazon has put a pause on Phase II of the Arlington development. Phase I opened this summer, and in March, Amazon announced they will move forward and still plan to employee 25,000 by 2030; however, they have not stated when they plan to move forward with Phase II.
You will also see a lot of workers about throughout the county as pedestrian and infrastructure projects are underway. You can read all about them here.
Take a look at our last Arlington Development Update for more upcoming projects for the area.
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