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Published April 26, 2018 at 8:30AM | Updated June 29, 2018 at 10:11AM

Hotel Planned for Pike Development — Attendees at yesterday’s Columbia Pike Progress Luncheon learned that Orr Partners — which is redeveloping the Food Star grocery store and adjacent sites at Columbia Pike and S. George Mason Drive — has partnered with WhyHotel for the mixed-use project. WhyHotel touts itself as an operator of “pop-up hotels in newly built, luxury apartment buildings.” [Twitter]

County Launches LGBTQ Resource Website — Arlington County has partnered with the Human Rights Commission to develop a website with local, state and national resources for the LGBTQ community. The resources cover a range of topics including housing, domestic violence, sexual assault, health and youth needs. [Arlington County]

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Civic Groups Plan Meeting on Potential Cherrydale Senior Living Center

By Alex Koma

Published April 25, 2018 at 3:45PM | Updated April 25, 2018 at 4:06PM

A new senior living center could be coming to Cherrydale on a property along Lee Highway.

McLean-based Artis Senior Living is considering building a new facility on the north side of Lee Highway near the intersection with N. Taylor Street. Representatives intend to bring some development ideas to an April 26 community meeting convened by several civic associations.

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By ARLnow.com

Published April 20, 2018 at 8:55AM | Updated April 20, 2018 at 9:29AM

Clement to Face Kanninen Again — “The 2018 Arlington School Board race is likely to be a rerun of 2014. Audrey Clement and incumbent Barbara Kanninen have qualified for ballot access, county elections chief Linda Lindberg told the Sun Gazette, setting up a reprise of their campaign from four years ago.” [InsideNova]

PenPlace Sketches Released — JBG Smith has released new sketches of its planned PenPlace development in Pentagon City. The development includes “two seven-story apartment buildings totaling 300 units, 40,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and a future park.” [Washington Business Journal]

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Morning Notes

By ARLnow.com

Published April 19, 2018 at 9:55AM | Updated April 19, 2018 at 10:12AM

Petition in Support of Affordable Housing Project — The website Greater Greater Washington is helping to promote a petition that intends to counter resident complaints about a proposed affordable housing project on the former Red Cross site along Route 50. Neighbors are concerned that the project might “defile” the Buckingham neighborhood, with increased traffic and school overcrowding and a loss of green space. [GGW, GGW]

‘A Friend’ Writes Thank You Note to ACPD — From the Arlington County Police Department Twitter account: “To the citizen who left this unexpected note on one of our cruisers, thank you. ACPD is grateful for the support we receive from the community and small gestures like this mean a lot to our officers.” [Twitter]

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County Board to Consider Removing Black Box Theater from Va. Square Development

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Published April 18, 2018 at 2:55PM

Rendering of original plans for the nine-story office building at 3901 Fairfax Drive. (Image via Arlington County)

A black box theater is expected to be formally removed from the plans for a development in Virginia Square at this weekend’s Arlington County Board meeting.

The County Manager’s office has recommended that a new site plan amendment be approved that would remove the theater from the development’s required community amenities.

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Photos: Ballston Quarter Construction Coming Along

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Published April 2, 2018 at 10:55AM

Construction at Ballston Quarter

Construction on the renovated Ballston Quarter mall is coming along.

Signs up at the site still point to a fall 2018 opening for the redeveloped and rebuilt space, formerly known as the Ballston Common Mall.

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New PenPlace Site Plans Dramatically Scaled Back

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Published March 19, 2018 at 9:45AM

A PenPlace illustration from updated site plan documents

After initially fighting hard for increased density, an amended site plan for Pentagon City’s proposed PenPlace features drastically scaled back development desires.

The initial office-oriented plan called for five buildings between 16 and 22 stories high on a 10.2 acre parcel, including a 300-room hotel. Now, the plan calls for a more minuscule residential development of 300 apartments between two buildings at a height of seven stories.

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JBG Smith Seeking Feedback on Crystal City ‘Central District’ Development

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Published March 15, 2018 at 10:00AM | Updated March 15, 2018 at 8:37PM

A rendering of a proposed office building to residential highrise conversion in 2018 (via Arlington County)

(Updated at 8:30 p.m.) An older office building in Crystal City may be converted into apartments, and developer JBG Smith is soliciting public feedback on the project.

JBG Smith is looking to convert a 12-story office building at 1750 Crystal Drive into a 21-story residential building. The building, across from the Crystal City Water Park, would be 257 feet in height.

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Red Top Has Moved Cab Maintenance to Falls Church

By ARLnow.com

Published March 13, 2018 at 10:55AM | Updated March 13, 2018 at 11:15AM

Red Top Cab maintenance facility in Clarendon (file photo)

The long-time Red Top Cab maintenance facility in Clarendon is now idle.

No longer are taxicabs busy coming and going from the facility, which is located along N. Hudson Street, just back from Clarendon’s main strip of bars. The facility’s parking lot, meanwhile, is largely empty.

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Board Set To Approve County Government HQ Renovation

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Published March 12, 2018 at 1:45PM | Updated March 12, 2018 at 2:11PM

Arlington County government offices/headquarters at 2100 Clarendon Blvd

The Arlington County Board is set to approve a $2.6 million contract for the design of interior upgrades to the Ellen M. Bozman Government Center in Courthouse.

County staff has recommended awarding the contract, including a five percent contingency, to Architecture, Inc., a Reston, Va., company. County Board members are expected to consider the approval during its Saturday, March 17 meeting.

Schools

Yorktown High School Modifications Set For Approval

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Published March 7, 2018 at 3:45PM

Yorktown High School modification plan presentation slide

The final design of Yorktown High School modifications that will increase the building’s capacity to 2,189 seats is set to be approved at the Arlington School Board meeting on Thursday (March 8).

Per the plan, at least six classrooms will be created by converting a computer lab, a computer alcove, and several teacher work rooms. A copy room will turn into a new “teacher collaboration space,” and other teacher work space and offices will also be reconfigured.

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Nauck Demolition Includes Previously Bee Beset Building

By Bridget Reed Morawski

Published March 6, 2018 at 4:45PM

Nauck Town Center demolition (photo by Daniel Wanke via Instagram)

Demolition has begun in preparation for the Nauck Town Center project, and the neighbors might not be the only ones buzzing with interest.

The building torn down last week is none other than the former home of about 70,000 honey bees, which the county relocated in July 2017 after realizing they had not only purchased a former office building but an apiary abode as well.