A dermatology studio in Clarendon has closed, leaving a 3,000-square-foot vacancy in a shopping center undergoing significant changes.
Ever/Body, located between Chip City and The Golden Fox Boutique, shuttered after two years in business at 2800 Clarendon Blvd. The closure comes as the nearby Barnes & Noble undergoes remodeling and The Crossing Clarendon prepares to welcome a new restaurant.
The McDonald’s on Langston Blvd has been torn down, making way for a new, “modernized” McDonald’s on the same site.
Construction at 4834 Langston Blvd is scheduled to begin the week of June 23, area construction manager Michele Miller told ARLnow.
This regularly scheduled column is written by Eli Tucker, Arlington-based Realtor and Arlington resident. If you would like to work with Eli and his team in Northern Virginia and the greater D.C. Metro area, you can reach him directly at [email protected].
Question: How much of an impact do you think the ROAD to Housing Act will have on housing affordability in Arlington?
Answer: The Road to Housing Act became law ten days ago, with the stated goal of improving housing affordability in the United States.
I don’t see many policies in the Act that will improve affordability in the Arlington/Northern VA/DC Metro markets, outside of incentives for more affordable multi-family housing, but there are policies that should improve affordability in other markets that are more saturated with institutional investors that own swaths of single-family homes (e.g. Atlanta and Phoenix) and for manufactured/mobile homes.
The Local Conversation Needs to Change
If we are going to improve affordability in our market, most of the change has to be done locally/regionally, not nationally, but it requires a paradigm shift in how we discuss and solve for housing affordability.
Affordability Disconnect: Near Term Expectations Not Realistic
A disconnect between housing affordability expectations and reality prevents the right community and political conversations from happening. We expect/demand housing affordability immediately, ignoring the difficulty, and consequences, of achieving it that quickly.
Stable and healthy housing affordability is a long-term process requiring gradual change over a 10-15+ year period.
Demand-Side Solutions Won’t Work
Demand-side solutions, such as lower interest rates or easier financing, artificially inflate home values, as seen during the COVID-era housing boom and early 2000s. They are not a good long-term solution to affordability because they push values even higher (along with your property taxes) and affordability gets worse when rates/lending normalize and no longer provide artificially low monthly payments.
Supply-Side Solutions Are Not Immediate
Most policy discussions focus on supply-side solutions: building more/faster and denser housing (e.g. Arlington’s Missing Middle/Expanded Housing Option), incentivizing more existing home sales, or disincentivizing concentrated ownership by companies and individuals. Econ 101 tells us that more supply = lower prices = affordable housing (winner winner!).
This is the only path to stable, long-term housing affordability…BUT, at current interest rates, prices must drop 30-35% in the United States to become affordable, at current income levels. A 30-35% drop in home values would devastate the economy, so a supply-side solution won’t (shouldn’t) provide immediate affordability. (more…)
A vehicle overturned on a residential street between Route 50 and Columbia Pike this morning.
It happened around 8:15 a.m. on the 300 block of S. Highland Street, a couple of blocks from Thomas Jefferson Middle School, in the Arlington Heights neighborhood.
Join us on August 1 between 10 AM to 2 PM for a drop‑in event for the whole family! Explore our Dojo—the high‑tech, STEAM‑driven space where you can dive into activities like MakeCode Arcade, Roblox, Minecraft, robotics, 3D printing, drones, VR, and more. While you’re here, take advantage of our amazing enrollment specials, or simply enjoy a fun day of coding, meeting new friends, high fives, and plenty of Hi‑Yahs!
After over four decades at Arlington Blue Top Cabs, the owner of Arlington’s second-largest taxicab company is planning to pass the baton.
John Massoud, who has been involved with the company since its founding in 1984, is seeking the Arlington County Board’s permission to sell to employees Wahid Raheem and Mindy Gaber.
Join the Rosslyn BID and Arlington Arts at the 34th Rosslyn Jazz Fest 2026 featuring live jazz, food trucks, local vendors, and family-friendly activities in the heart of Rosslyn! This year’s lineup is bringing a diverse mix of performers and bands redefining the jazz music genre including Plena Libre, Sally Baby’s Silver Dollars, Parlor Greens, and Dogo du Togo & the Alagaa Beat Band.
A proposal to replace two single-family homes in Falls Church with 12 townhouses is facing pushback from local officials and planning staff.
Developer Madison Homes is seeking to rezone a 0.5-acre site on the 100 block of S. Lee Street to allow for the project, which would involve demolishing one home built in the 1920s and another built in the 1970s.
Khan Suri Recounts Arrest — “”I saw a guy, masked, jumped out of this car, and then he said, ‘Are you Badar?’ I was shocked,” Badar Khan Suri told a town hall crowd at a Busboys and Poets on 14th Street NW Tuesday night. “How he knows my name? He was masked, he was not wearing any kind of uniform, no badges, nothing, he looked like a proper militia guy. How he knows my name? I said, I was, like, petrified.” Agents arrested Khan Suri outside his home in Arlington, Virginia, in March.” [NBC 4]
New Energy Center in Va. Square — “NuScale Power Corporation, the industry-leading provider of proprietary and innovative advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology, today announced the opening of its latest Energy Exploration (E2) Center™ – the largest of its kind in the United States. Established in partnership with George Mason University’s College of Engineering and Computing, the E2 Center is located in George Mason’s new Fuse building at Mason Square in Arlington.” [Press Release]
New Commander at JBMHH — U.S. Army Col. Keith Sandoval succeeded Col. Tasha Lowery as commander of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall during a change-of-command ceremony held Wednesday at Conmy Hall. Col. Lowery served as commander of the joint Army-Marine base since May 2023. Representing Arlington at the ceremony was County Board member Julius “J.D.” Spain, Sr. –Scott McCaffrey
New Daycare in Ballston — “Monday Properties… today announced that Two Birds, a Reggio Emilia-inspired childcare and preschool for infants and children, birth through pre-kindergarten, has signed a 10,824-square-foot, 15-year lease at Three Ballston Plaza. Monday Properties recently completed a comprehensive renovation of the lobby and arrival experience at its 16-story premier office tower.” [Press Release]
New Sheriff’s Deputies — “Tuesday, June 3, 2025, seven new deputies of the Arlington County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) graduated yesterday from the Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Training Academy (NVCJTA) as part of Session 152.”[ACSO]
Robbery Along Langston Blvd — “At approximately 9:12 a.m., the male victim was in the area of Langston Boulevard and N. Glebe Road with the male suspect and female suspect, who are known to him, when the male suspect allegedly stole the victim’s wallet. The suspects then attempted to run from the area during which the victim confronted them. The male suspect made threatening statements towards the victim before both suspects fled the scene. No injuries were reported.” [ACPD]
Video: Crash on I-395 — “PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: Making a left turn on an interstate highway may be hazardous to your health and to the people around you. Someone didn’t want to miss their exit on I-395S at Exit 8C. No serious injuries. The crashes are fewer thanks to @VaDOTNOVA’s improvements, but they still happen.” [Dave Statter/X]
Va. Senators Blast GOP Budget — “U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine (both D-VA) today responded to a new analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) revealing that 16 million Americans would lose their health insurance under the Republican tax plan.” [Press Release]
It’s Thursday — Expect mostly cloudy conditions with a high near 86 and south winds between 6 to 8 mph. Thursday night will also be mostly cloudy with a low around 65 and south winds from 3 to 7 mph. [NWS]
The Arlington Housing Choice Voucher Program Public Hearing Announcement
The Arlington Housing Choice Voucher Program
5-Year PHA Plan for 2025-2029 and 2025 Annual PHA Plan
Now available for review and public comment!
These plans are available for public review on our website at www.arlingtonva.us/AHCVP-plans and available for distribution at the Arlington County Department of Human Services (DHS) main office located at 2100 Washington Blvd. 3rd floor Arlington, VA 22204 Monday -Friday from 8 a.m.-5 p.m EDT.
A public hearing regarding these plans is scheduled for Friday, July 25, 2025, from 4:00-5:30 p.m. at DHS located at 2100 Washington Blvd. lower-level auditorium Arlington, VA 22204. The public may also submit written comments prior to the public hearing by emailing [email protected] with the subject line, “Public comment AHCVP Plans”.
If you or anyone in your family requires language interpretation services and/or is a person with disabilities and require a specific accommodation to fully utilize our programs and services, please contact the AHCVP office at 703-228-1450/TTY: 703-228-2737.
Good Wednesday evening, Arlington. Let’s take a look back at today’s stories and a look forward to tomorrow’s event calendar.
The following articles were published earlier today — Jun 4, 2025.
Here is what’s going on Thursday in Arlington, from our event calendar.
Expect mostly cloudy conditions with a high near 86 and south winds between 6 to 8 mph. Thursday night will also be mostly cloudy with a low around 65 and south winds ranging from 3 to 7 mph. See more from Weather.gov.
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
– Peter Drucker
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Crandal Mackey was born in a Confederate field ambulance at the conclusion of the Civil War, and lived long enough to catch the first glimpses of the space race.
As the summer is winding down, Art House 7 is gearing up for August Classes! Offerings include painting, drawing, cartooning, mixed media, and printmaking. Some highlights: Animals of the Serengeti, k-2nd; Digital Art, 4th-6th grades; Painting Metal with Watercolor, Adults. Classes are 3-4 weeks: a short commitment for a lot of creative output. Check out everything on our website.
August Classes at Art House 7:
