Morning Poll: Public Benefit Requirements = Corruption?

Does asking developers to contribute to affordable housing funds or to pay for improvements to nearby roads constitute "official corruption?" That's what Arlington resident and conservative...

Morning Notes

Major Redevelopment Proposed for Rosslyn -- A developer has proposed tearing down four office buildings and two residential towers between N. Kent Street and Arlington Ridge Road in Rosslyn, and...

Apartment Building Planned for Courthouse Delayed

A 16-story, 254-unit mixed-use apartment building planned for Courthouse is still on hold thanks to a lack of financing. The Washington Business Journal reports that this month the Arlington...

Morning Poll: Widen The R-B Corridor?

Could Arlington's insistence on preserving the single-family home communities along the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor be the reason why it seems every new apartment building in the corridor is a...

High-Rise Apartment Proposed for Crystal City Post Office Site

The former Crystal City Post Office will be transformed into an 11-story apartment complex under a plan announced by local real estate development firm Kettler today. Located at the corner of 18th...

Development Update: Garfield Park Apartments

  Just six months ago, the Garfield Park apartment building in Clarendon was only beginning to take shape at the corner of Washington Boulevard and 10th Street N. Today, insulation wrap is...

Clarendon is the Second Fastest-Growing Metro Station

Two Arlington Metro stations are among a list of the top 10 fastest-growing stations in the entire Metro system in terms of ridership. The Clarendon Metro station is the agency's second...

PenPlace Development Enters Review Process

A proposed development that could bring more than 2 million square feet of new office and hotel space to Pentagon City has entered the site plan review process. The first of several expected...

Apartments, Grocer Proposed for Bergmann’s Site

A development proposal being examined by Arlington's Site Plan Review Committee tonight would build a new apartment tower and a new grocery store on the Bergmann's Cleaning site on Lee...

Morning Notes

Ballston Parking Garage Rate Hike Approved -- On Saturday the Arlington County Board approved a proposed increase in parking rates at the Ballston Public Parking Garage. The parking rate hike,...

Crystal City Motel Torn Down

The Crystal City Motel is no more. The deteriorating, long-vacant motor lodge off of Old Jefferson Davis Highway was torn down this week to make way for the future Boeing regional...

Morning Notes

Chopper Called in for Suspect Search -- The U.S. Park Police Eagle 2 helicopter hovered over the Claremont neighborhood -- near Wakefield High School -- for about half an hour last night while...

Plan: Affordable Apartments Would Replace Gas Station

The Shell station at the corner of Columbia Pike and S. Greenbrier Street would be replaced by affordable housing under a development plan that's currently seeking sources of funding. The plan,...

Office Building Would Replace Restaurants in Courthouse

  Update at 5:15 p.m. on 2/1/12 -- The site plan is no longer expected to come before the County Board in February. It may, however, come before the Board as soon as March or April, according to...

Renderings of Pike ‘Rosenthal’ Development Released

New renderings of the development planned for the Rosenthal Jeep/Chrysler dealership site on Columbia Pike have been released on the Arlington County web site. The renderings show the front...