Change appears to be coming to the Clarendon building housing music venue B Live and rooftop bar Coco B’s.
The property at 2854 Wilson Blvd, built in 1951 and formerly home to longtime local bar Whitlow’s, has been listed for sale or lease online. A brochure says the first floor and rooftop space, totalling nearly 8,000 square feet, “can be leased separately or together.”
While Coco B’s is still in business, B Live appears to have closed. All of B Live’s windows were covered up as on Monday, and a sign on the side of the building directed passersby to Coco B’s. An assortment of chairs, tables and other equipment was also collected outside.
Both businesses are owned by B Social Hospitality, who is still the lessee of the space. The group is “contemplating” a purchase of the building, according to co-owner Mike Bramson, who told ARLnow that any future plans for the B Live space are dependent on the status of the building’s sale.
A leasing agent for the landlord, NREB, did not comment, saying only that it was a “fluid situation.”
B Live opened in the space two years ago, ultimately bringing a karaoke presence to the neighborhood. The “tropical glam bar” Coco B’s opened a year later, featuring both interior and rooftop bar areas.
