Comments on: Forecast: Tysons Won’t Trump Arlington

By: Angry Baby(formerly Naked Man)

Angry Baby(formerly Naked Man) — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:10:00 +0000

I like Arlington way better than Tysons! People are more accepting here.

By: Hi Riser

Hi Riser — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:48:00 +0000

I’d expect to see some federal leases going to Tysons due to the Silver line and lower prices. Then Booze and the other parasites will only have to go across the street to get their hands into taxpayers’ pockets.

By: NPGMBR

NPGMBR — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 01:39:00 +0000

In my neighborhood there are three new buildings; The Halstead, Penrose Square and Sienna Park. The Halstead and Penrose were originally slated to be condos but were reverted to rentals because there were coming online when the economy tanked. In addition another set of rentals along with town houses will soon replace the Rosenthal Dealership and another new building was recently completed at the Pike and Greenbrier with another set of rentals about to begin construction directly across the street.

Not only that, there were also a number rentals that were renovated to become condos but were also reverted back to rentals because they came online when the economy was bad.

All I’m saying is that there is plenty opportunity to bring more condos to market in Arlington and maybe the County should be doing more to convince developers to give us more condos vs. rents.

By: Mc

Mc — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:41:00 +0000

Tyson’s competition will be cheaper office space. Arlington is not attracting enough business employers, leaving residents to cover too much of tax base.

By: confused

confused — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:35:00 +0000

if you mean rentals vs Condos, given the number of condos that are being rented out, I am dubious that there are too few condos for the market.

By: confused

confused — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:34:00 +0000

Im not sure what you would have them do. Theres a limited amount of land available for development in the county, If they zoned it all for THs there still wouldnt be many new THs, and they would still be as pricey (if you are thinking SFHs the problem is even worse. Allowing multifamily generates the largest number of new residential units, by far.
If you mean they should zone more residential in general, and less office, that sounds reasonable to me.

By: acdc hack

acdc hack — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 22:25:00 +0000

Whole lot of people dressed as empty seats……

By: NPGMBR

NPGMBR — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:10:00 +0000

I
think the Arlington County Board would be making a mistake if they ignore the
limited amount of residential housing in the county. Currently, the vast
number of housing units coming onto the market are apartments and thats
problematic for those like myself who wish to buy in Arlington but find that
prices are far too high. I’ll start looking to buy my first place around
this time next year and Arlington is not in consideration. Oddly enough,
the Silver Line has my attention and I’m eagerly waiting to see what new condo
units might come onto the market in the coming year. If a significant
number of other Arlington renters see Tyson’s as an alternative, Arlington will
have to rethink it’s strategy.

By: Igor

Igor — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:52:00 +0000

“Interestingly, office rent in Arlington has remained high. The average
per-square-foot “asking rate” is $41.13 in Arlington, compared to $18.93
in Dallas, $26.10 in Philadelphia, $31.54 in Chicago and $48.52 in the
District of Columbia.”

Yeah, imagine that. Could be that the same developers setting rents in Arlington need to attract new tenants to the building they are developing out by the Silver Line. Keep Arlington’s rents up high to milk your remaining leases, while still being able to advertise lower rates in Tysons to attract pre-occupancy commitments for your new construction.

By: Josh S

Josh S — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 18:07:00 +0000

I think the point is that no one over the age of, say, 30 would actually use that term when making a public presentation of this nature. It’s probably kind to say he was using “youth lingo” as if he did it on purpose to be sort of ironic or funny.