The old Days Inn sign is down and a new fence is up at an Arlington Blvd (Route 50) site slated for redevelopment.
However, there are still no active construction or demolition permits for 2201 Arlington Blvd, a 251-unit project that the Arlington County Board approved in July 2023.
Despite ongoing concerns from residents in the surrounding neighborhood, the Melwood redevelopment project near Crystal City appears on track to be green-lighted early in the new year.
“This project is going to be approved. It is going to be approved 5-0 by the County Board in February,” predicted Nicholas Giacobbe, one of several neighbors who voiced concerns about the proposal at a Dec. 19 meeting of the county government’s site-plan review committee evaluating the plan.
Long-delayed plans to redevelop aging Rosslyn office buildings and a parking garage notably involved in the Watergate scandal could be getting a fresh start.
Developer Monday Properties has recapitalized the development site at 1400 Key Blvd and 1401 Wilson Blvd, home to two 12-story office buildings.
A cafe and juice bar across from the Clarendon Metro station closed permanently this month.
Waterhouse Coffee at 3033 Wilson Blvd served its last customers on Dec. 1. The cafe is the latest tenant to shutter on the ground floor of the office building amid redevelopment plans.
A forthcoming senior living development with 215 apartments has broken ground in Falls Church.
The Reserve — part of the expansive West Falls development project — will offer both independent living and assisted living, as well as memory care, through operator Experience Senior Living.
Arlington leaders are seeking help from the state government in boosting efforts to convert aging office buildings to residential use.
“We have some buildings that are great candidates” for conversion, County Board member Maureen Coffey said at a Dec. 3 work session with members of the county’s legislative delegation.
A security guard has pleaded guilty to illegally shooting a trespassing teen at the Key Bridge Marriott site in Rosslyn.
Ahmed Namnoom, 54, pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding last Thursday in Arlington circuit court, a charge that carries between one and five years in prison.
A new 420-unit apartment building in Crystal City has begun leasing.
The Zoe, a 19-story tower at 2051 S. Bell Street, is one of two buildings replacing the former Crystal Plaza One office building at 2001 Richmond Highway.
Plans to build a new apartment building and townhouse development near Columbia Pike have taken a significant step forward.
The Arlington County Board last month approved use permits for two projects, just a few blocks away from each other, with a total of 104 proposed housing units.
Common ground remains elusive in the proposal to redevelop the Melwood site near Crystal City.
At a Nov. 18 meeting, representatives for Melwood and Wesley Housing said they had come up with changes to reduce impacts on the surrounding neighborhood. The revisions also pay homage to the current building, which began life in 1923 as Nelly Custis Elementary School.
A development of around 16 townhouses is being proposed at the site of a three-story office building in Dominion Hills.
A proposal for a General Land Use Plan (GLUP) amendment to make this possible at 6045 Wilson Blvd received mostly positive feedback at a Long Range Planning Committee meeting last week.
Site plans for a proposed trio of Rosslyn residential towers with 862 apartments and condos were filed on Tuesday.
The One Rosslyn project would replace a pair of office buildings built in the 1960s at 1901 and 1911 Fort Myer Drive.
