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Morning Notes

Published January 23, 2019 at 8:45AM | Updated January 23, 2019 at 9:16AM

Memorial Bridge Potholes — Large potholes made for dangerous driving on the under-construction Memorial Bridge over the weekend, but crews started repairing the bridge’s pockmarked surface Tuesday. [Twitter, Twitter]

Poke Restaurant Coming to Ballston — Local restaurant Poke It Up is expanding with a second location. The restaurant, which first opened in the Pentagon City mall food court, is now planning to open this summer at 4401 N. Fairfax Drive in Ballston, next to a new soup shop, Zoup. [Eater]

Feature

Ballston-Based Startup Aims to be Uber for Transporting Cars

By Vernon Miles

Published January 21, 2019 at 11:45AM | Updated January 21, 2019 at 4:38PM

Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow.com, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups and their founders, plus other local technology happenings. The Ground Floor, Monday’s office space for young companies in Rosslyn, is now open. The Metro-accessible space features a 5,000-square-foot common area that includes a kitchen, lounge area, collaborative meeting spaces, and a stage for formal presentations.

So you’re on a winter trip down to sunny South Florida and you need to fly home ASAP, but you’re not sure how to get your car back home. You could use a car carrier service, but those can be costly and often have inflexible schedules.

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Rowing-Focused Fitness Studio Plans Expansion to Ballston

By Alex Koma

Published January 17, 2019 at 9:45AM

672 Flats apartments in Ballston

A D.C.-based rowing fitness studio is expanding to Ballston sometime later this year.

DC Row plans to set up shop in the base of the 672 Flats apartment building at 672 N. Glebe Road, according to Jordan Newsome, one of the studio’s executives. The new, mixed-use building is located just across Glebe Road from the Ballston Quarter development.

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Toy Store, Massage Therapist Set to Return to Ballston Quarter

By Alex Koma

Published January 16, 2019 at 9:45AM

Curious Kids Toys' new location in Ballston Quarter.

A pair of stores that once called the old Ballston Common mall home will soon re-open in the development’s new reincarnation, Ballston Quarter.

Curious Kids Toys and Refresh Therapeutic Massage have both posted signs announcing plans to return to storefronts on the development’s ground floor.

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New Men’s Barbershop Bound for Ballston Quarter

By Alex Koma

Published January 15, 2019 at 11:00AM

A high-end barbershop for men will soon join the new Ballston Quarter development.

The Grooming Store is “coming soon” to the revamped Ballston Common mall (4238 Wilson Blvd), according to the company’s website and Ballston Quarter’s online directory.

Feature

Ballston’s Algernon Solutions Provides Niche Services to Behavioral Healthcare Providers

By Jamie Rogers

Published January 14, 2019 at 11:45AM

Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow.com, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups and their founders, plus other local technology happenings. The Ground Floor, Monday’s office space for young companies in Rosslyn, is now open. The Metro-accessible space features a 5,000-square-foot common area that includes a kitchen, lounge area, collaborative meeting spaces, and a stage for formal presentations.

The founder of a small, Ballston-based healthcare startup says breaking things is his company’s key goal.

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New Soup-Focused Restaurant On the Way in Ballston

By Alex Koma

Published January 11, 2019 at 4:15PM

Zoup! Eatery on the way in Ballston.

A new soup and salad-focused restaurant is on the way in Ballston.

Signs posted at the base of an office building at 4401 Fairfax drive advises all “soupies and foodies” that “Zoup! Eatery” plans to open in the space soon.

Events

Second Amazon ‘Listening Session’ to Be Held in Ballston Tomorrow

By Alex Koma

Published January 11, 2019 at 3:00PM

Arlington leaders are convening their second “community listening session” on Amazon’s new headquarters in Ballston tomorrow (Saturday).

The event is set to run from 9:30-11 a.m., held at the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association building at 4301 Wilson Blvd and designed as a chance to let county residents air their concerns about the tech giant as it prepares to move into space in Crystal City and Pentagon City in the coming months.

News

Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published January 9, 2019 at 8:45AM | Updated January 9, 2019 at 9:16AM

Snow Coming This Weekend — Gas up the snowblowers: accumulating snow is likely this weekend. By county ordinance, all snowfall under 6 inches must be removed from sidewalks within 24 hours of the last flakes. That gets bumped up to 36 hours for 6 or more inches of snow. [Capital Weather Gang]

New ‘Best of Arlington’ List — The 2019 “Best of Arlington” list is in. Among food-related winners, Ambar was named Best Restaurant, Barley Mac was named Best for Date Night and Matt Hill of Liberty Tavern Group and Hungry was named Best Chef. [Arlington Magazine]

News

Parking Emerges as Key Concern as Virginia Square American Legion Redevelopment Advances

By Alex Koma

Published January 7, 2019 at 1:45PM

A rendering of the planned redevelopment of Virginia Square's American Legion post (via Arlington County)

As plans advance for the redevelopment of the American Legion post in Virginia Square, neighbors are raising a familiar question for developers in Arlington’s densest areas: what about parking?

The Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing hopes to eventually buy the 1.3-acre property at 3445 Washington Blvd and transform the current home of American Legion Post 139 into a building with 160 affordable apartments. The nonprofit would set aside space on the ground floor of the development for a new Legion post, and it even plans to reserve half of its homes for veterans.

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New Pilates Studio Opens Its Doors in Ballston

By Alex Koma

Published January 4, 2019 at 10:45AM | Updated January 4, 2019 at 3:34PM

Instructor Carey Galst Cavalcante leads a class at her Praxi Pilates studio in Ballston (courtesy of Praxi Pilates)

A new pilates studio has just opened its doors in Ballston, led by an instructor who formerly taught classes at a now-shuttered studio in Shirlington.

Praxi Pilates started offering classes over the last few weeks after moving into a space at 4141 N. Henderson Road late last year, owner and lead instructor Carey Galst Cavalcante told ARLnow. The studio is located in a mixed-use building off of N. Glebe Road, near the neighborhood’s Harris Teeter store.

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The Salt Line Plans Expansion to Ballston Office Building Next Year

By Alex Koma

Published January 3, 2019 at 3:00PM

Ballston's 4040 Wilson Blvd, part of the Liberty Center development

The Salt Line seafood restaurant is planning an expansion to Ballston next year.

The eatery is now set to open at the base of an office building at 4040 Wilson Blvd, part of the Liberty Center development, according to a news release. Chef Kyle Bailey is aiming to have the new location open by spring 2020.