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Demolition begins at Red Lion Hotel, with new apartments expected by fall 2027

Published March 12, 2025 at 11:15AM

Demolition at the Red Lion Hotel site at 1501 Arlington Blvd (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

Demolition has begun at the Red Lion Hotel as plans to replace it with a 441-unit apartment building move forward.

Crews have been at work at 1501 Arlington Blvd, demolishing brick structures built in the 1950s as Reston-based Orr Partners plans to build an eight-story apartment building on the 2.2-acre site.

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Large public company arrives in Ballston, relocating headquarters from Maryland

By Dan Egitto

Published March 12, 2025 at 9:45AM

4075 Wilson Blvd (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

A large, publicly traded company has landed in Arlington, noting the convenient location and nearby amenities of its new spot in Ballston.

Argan, Inc. — which pulled in $257 million in revenue in the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2025 — has relocated its headquarters to Two Liberty Center at 4075 Wilson Blvd.

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Another office-to-apartment project could bring 269 units to Ballston

By Dan Egitto

Published March 11, 2025 at 1:15PM

Renderings of a proposed office-to-residential conversion at 4100 Fairfax Drive (via Arlington County)

Even more Arlington office space could become apartments after plans for another adaptive reuse project in Ballston were filed last month.

The owner of 4100 Fairfax Drive, the 13-story tower home to Bronson Bierhall, proposes to convert the structure into an apartment building with 269 housing units. Site plans call for 186 one-bedroom apartments, 66 two-bedroom apartments and 17 studios.

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E-CARE canceled due to double booking with APS job fair targeted at federal workers

By Dan Egitto

Published March 10, 2025 at 11:15AM

E-CARE event in 2021 at Yorktown High School (photo courtesy of Arlington County)

A popular drop-off event for electronics and hazardous household materials has been canceled, due to high expected attendance at an Arlington Public Schools job fair.

Arlington County announced on Friday that its spring E-CARE event, originally scheduled to happen this Saturday at Wakefield High School, was being canceled due to an APS recuitment event set to happen around the same time.

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As Arlington parking project continues, some spots will now cost $4.25 an hour

By Dan Egitto

Published March 10, 2025 at 9:00AM

A sign in Courthouse indicating parking rates in October (via Arlington County/X)

A year into a project experimenting with parking prices, the divide between the most and least expensive street parking in Arlington continues to widen.

The latest round of changes increases the prices of 29% of parking spots included in the program, but decreases the cost of 12% of parking spaces.

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New self-storage facility proposed to replace Lyon Park office building

By Dan Egitto

Published March 7, 2025 at 9:00AM

Plans for a storage facility at 3138 10th Street N. (via Arlington County)

A five-story storage facility is proposed to replace a brick office building in Lyon Park.

The Lock Up Self Storage has filed plans to rebuild the headquarters of the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions as a storage facility with 5,580 square feet of retail space.

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Lawmakers to face lobbyists in annual Ballston hockey match this month

By Dan Egitto

Published March 7, 2025 at 8:15AM

Teams at the Congressional Hockey Challenge in 2024 (via Congressional Hockey Challenge/X)

The annual hockey match between federal lawmakers and lobbyists is happening in Arlington this month.

The 2025 Congressional Hockey Challenge is scheduled to take place at the MedStar Capitals Iceplex in Ballston on Tuesday, March 25.

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Office-to-residential project proposes 94 new apartments in Va. Square

By Dan Egitto

Published March 6, 2025 at 3:45PM | Updated March 7, 2025 at 8:05AM

Plans to convert 3601 Wilson Blvd into an apartment building (via Arlington County)

A six-story office building in Virginia Square could be converted into a 94-unit apartment development.

Site plans filed late last month by Gilbane Development Company call for an adaptive reuse project at 3601 Wilson Blvd. Instead of tearing down the existing building, built in 1999, Gilbane proposes to keep the outside largely intact but rebuild much of the interior as apartments.

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Rep. Beyer planning resource fair for federal workers this weekend

By Dan Egitto

Published March 6, 2025 at 8:15AM | Updated March 6, 2025 at 3:38PM

Wakefield High School (staff photo by James Jarvis)

Arlington’s U.S. congressman is hosting a resource fair for federal workers and contractors this weekend.

The event — hosted by Rep. Don Beyer (D-8) in partnership with Arlington County, Fairfax County, the City of Alexandria and the City of Falls Church — will run from noon to 5 p.m. at Wakefield High School on Saturday.

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State Department building in Rosslyn eyed for federal cuts

By Dan Egitto

Published March 5, 2025 at 3:45PM

The State Department building at 1801 N. Lynn Street in Rosslyn (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

A U.S. State Department building in Rosslyn might be going up for sale amid ongoing federal spending cuts.

The office building at 1801 N. Lynn Street, home to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, was among 443 federal properties identified as “not core to government operations” in a federal list posted yesterday.

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EXCLUSIVE: Amid immigration raids, a quiet resistance movement builds in Arlington

By Dan Egitto and Katie Taranto

Published March 4, 2025 at 3:45PM | Updated March 4, 2025 at 4:04PM

Private property signage at AFAC's headquarters in Shirlington (staff photo by Katie Taranto)

As fears of immigration arrests flare, a network of Arlington organizations has been quietly but rapidly mobilizing to help undocumented residents and hinder immigration enforcement.

Local communities were already on the alert when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement carried out multiple raids in Northern Virginia yesterday and today (Tuesday).

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Renovations at Army association’s headquarters bring Courthouse sidewalk closures

By Dan Egitto

Published March 3, 2025 at 11:15AM

Association of the U.S. Army's headquarters in Courthouse (staff photo by Dan Egitto)

Renovations are coming to the Association of the U.S. Army’s headquarters in Courthouse, bringing sidewalk closures starting this week.

Pedestrian traffic on a portion of sidewalk near 2425 Wilson Blvd will be closed as the 32-week project gets underway. To perform structural repairs and improve below-ground waterproofing, work crews will be temporarily removing the sidewalk, planters and the building’s accessibility ramp.