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A new high-rise Hilton hotel opened for business yesterday (Tuesday) in Rosslyn, bringing new events spaces and an American restaurant to the former Holiday Inn site.

Guests are now welcome at the 36-story Hilton Arlington Rosslyn The Key, equipped with new amenities including a bar and two eateries: the Locket restaurant and Scott’s Coffee Shop & Mart.


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A freshly renovated hotel with 355 rooms and a new restaurant and patio hosted a ribbon cutting in Crystal City today (Friday).

The new AC Hotel Arlington National Landing, formerly the Crystal City Marriott, is the largest location in North America for AC Hotels, the European-inspired hospitality group owned by Marriott.


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The site plan to redevelop Rosslyn’s former Key Bridge Marriott has expired, raising even more questions for the future of the Langston Blvd property.

Plans for a renovated hotel and two 16-story residential buildings at 1401 Langston Blvd expired on July 1, county spokesperson Rachel LaPiana told ARLnow.


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A new high-rise Hilton hotel in Rosslyn has begun accepting reservations for this fall.

The 36-story building at 1900 N. Fort Myer Drive will receive its first guests on Nov. 15, according to its website. Two on-site restaurants, Locket and Scott’s Coffee Shop, are expected to open then as well, a Hilton spokesperson told ARLnow.


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The Arlington County Board has delayed making a final decision on a controversial Green Valley redevelopment proposal.

Board members voted 5-0 on Saturday to defer consideration of the 531-unit project that developer CC Rock Arlington Owner, LLC wants to put at 2480 S. Glebe Road — the current site of Hotel Pentagon and Comfort Inn Pentagon City.


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Demolition is in full swing at the Key Bridge Marriott site in Rosslyn, but it’s expected to take some time.

While a portion of the derelict hotel at 1401 Langston Blvd has already been reduced to rubble, people shouldn’t expect to see the whole structure come down at once.


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Demolition has begun at the Red Lion Hotel as plans to replace it with a 441-unit apartment building move forward.

Crews have been at work at 1501 Arlington Blvd, demolishing brick structures built in the 1950s as Reston-based Orr Partners plans to build an eight-story apartment building on the 2.2-acre site.


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Two new on-site restaurants are planning to open at The Key, Rosslyn’s forthcoming Hilton hotel.

Signage for Locket, a restaurant with “fine American cuisine,” and Scott’s Coffee Shop & Mart have appeared at 1900 Fort Myer Drive. Both plan to open alongside the hotel this fall, a representative for Dittmar Company, the building’s property manager, told ARLnow.


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Demolition is getting underway at the former Key Bridge Marriott, raising questions about what happens next at the Rosslyn property.

Current plans for 1401 Langston Blvd, approved back in March 2020, call for hundreds of new apartments and a renovated hotel. Property owner KBLH has until July 1 to either act on those plans or let them expire, county spokesperson Ryan Hudson told ARLnow.


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The former Marriott Crystal City at Reagan National Airport is emerging from renovations as the National Landing Hotel Crystal City.

The hotel, part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio, “is slated to complete its transformative renovation and rebranding in May 2025.”


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The former Key Bridge Marriott in Rosslyn might finally get torn down.

Arlington County, which declared the property a “public nuisance” in May 2024 and assumed responsibility to secure and demolish it, has returned the building to its owner for demolition.


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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.


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