A Holiday Inn hotel in the Ballston area has closed and is now fenced off, apparently in preparation for a redevelopment project approved back in 2023.
Multiple tipsters contacted ARLnow this month after the hotel at 4610 Fairfax Drive closed its doors. The hotel has left IHG Hotels and Resorts’ system, a spokesperson said, although they did not say exactly when the location stopped admitting guests.
The project is led by developers Hoffman & Associates and Snell Properties, neither of which commented on the current status of the project. However, one permit from February seeks “removal of Asbestos prior to raze of building,” while another permit seeks to install an excavation support system.
Plans for the site call for demolishing both the hotel and the nearby Arlington Center Building, replacing them with 475 apartments and 29 townhome-style multifamily units. These will be spread across two buildings: a seven-story north building and four-story-plus-penthouse south building.
The development duo also plan to build a new private road and alley for parking and loading activity, as well as new sidewalks and streetscapes along them.
The former hotel — which is known as the Ballston Holiday Inn, although it is technically in the Bluemont neighborhood — was built in 1987 and had 221 rooms, according to a project page. The 162,800-square-foot office building was constructed in 1969.
No construction timeline is currently available. A website for the development project still says construction was supposed to begin in 2025.
