A construction project at the former Red Lion Hotel on Arlington Blvd is moving forward as scheduled with plans to start leasing next summer.
The 441-unit project at 1501 Arlington Blvd, dubbed “Elara,” is on track to welcome its first tenants in June 2027, David Orr, founder and CEO of Orr Partners, told ARLnow.
Construction is starting on the conversion of a vacant Virginia Square office building into 94 apartments — a project now named Renley.
Gilbane Development announced the start of work on Monday. The developer acquired the six-story, 121,200-square-foot building at 3601 Wilson Blvd, a block from the Virginia Square Metro station, in March 2025 and proposed the conversion soon after.
Weekend construction work has wrapped up early at the Crystal City Metro station, shaving two weeks off of the original schedule of closures.
The era of shuttle buses operating on the weekend at Crystal City is over, and Blue and Yellow Line trains are back to operating as usual, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority announced on social media.
Construction of the 250-foot-high triumphal arch that President Donald Trump wants built near Memorial Bridge could occur 20 hours per day, year-round, as officials push to complete the project within three years.
That’s according to a preliminary assessment by the National Park Service.
The Costco in Pentagon City is temporarily closing its food court for a couple months of renovations.
The wholesale retailer at 1200 S. Fern Street is planning to overhaul its dining area with updated kitchen equipment and fixtures, resulting in a closure starting today (Tuesday), General Manager John Ward told ARLnow.
Construction is underway at the long-vacated Cosi restaurant in Rosslyn — but it’s not for a new dining tenant.
Instead, the Department of State is expanding its lobby, located next door, into the empty retail space at 1801 N. Lynn Street, an agency spokesperson told ARLnow. The expansion is intended to “accommodate security upgrades, visitor badging, and updated finishes” at the building, which is home to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security.
A redevelopment project at the site of two former hotels in Green Valley has broken ground, promising new apartments and townhouses in early 2028.
NOVEL Arlington, located at the former site of the Hotel Pentagon and Comfort Inn Pentagon City, is getting underway at 2480 S. Glebe Road — promising a mix of 493 apartments, 37 for-rent townhomes and 549 parking spaces.
Construction on a row of new townhomes is getting underway at Crystal House Apartments, with completion expected in about a year.
The Highlands Row development of 42 townhouses along S. Fern Street — each with three bedrooms, two and a half baths and a price tag of about $1.2 million — is currently expected to begin foundation work next month and finish in May 2027, ARLnow is told.
Travelers heading south to Reagan National Airport should budget extra time this weekend because the Crystal City Metro station will be closed.
The station will be closed from Saturday, Feb. 14, through Monday, Feb. 16, in the first of 10 weekend closures between now and June.
Arlington National Cemetery’s southern expansion project continued to take shape in 2025, preparing the way for 80,000 additional spaces for graves and urns just north of Columbia Pike.
In a video update posted last week, the cemetery spotlighted a new parking garage and other buildings under construction in a forthcoming service complex, along with progress on improved pedestrian access to the Air Force Memorial and the realignment of a portion of Columbia Pike to accommodate the expansion.
After more than two years, a proposal for a new apartment and townhouse development off of Columbia Pike is primed to start moving forward in 2026.
The project at 1001 and 1101 S. Glebe Road, first pitched in June 2023, has an updated design and the team is gearing up to begin working with the county on the proposal, Andrew Schneider, executive director of the Columbia Pike Partnership, told ARLnow.
The construction phase of a project bringing a new group home for adults with intellectual disabilities to the Reeves Farmhouse is expected to begin soon.
A year after the local Habitat for Humanity chapter and HomeAid National Capital Region broke ground on the historic structure at 400 N. Manchester Street in October last year, HomeAid and the construction company Toll Brothers announced that they’re ready to start work on the next stage.
