Progress continues to be made on the various development projects in the Columbia Pike corridor:

▪  The Halstead’s 8-story concrete structure is now visible from many vantage points near the Pike, and the project is on track to complete major construction by July 2008. Retail spaces will then be turned over to tenants for interior work, and the building is expected to open in November of 2008. Real Estate leasing firm KLNB is now marketing the project’s 34,000 sq. ft. of retail space.  For information call Julie Cyphers at 703-722-2707. 

Click here for an artist’s rendering of the completed project---Halstead Image

▪  Excavation is underway for the Columbia Village project (Columbia Pike at S.
Greenbrier) which will be a 10-story mixed-use building. The developer, Fairfield Residential, recently completed the relocation of water lines that ran under the site, installing them under Columbia Pike. The  photo to the left, taken from the 9th floor of the Carlyle House condominium next door, shows the site in mid-January, 2008. Fairfield is also interested in identifying a new name for the project.  Suggestions may be submitted to jwhittaker@columbiapike.org. To see an image of the completed project click here--Columbia Village Image

▪  Demolition of the former Safeway building at Columbia Pike and S. Wayne is now complete and will make way for the new 6-story Siena Park. The project’s developer, Woodfield Investments, says a 24-month construction schedule is planned. Removal of debris and excavation are now underway, as shown in the photograph to the right. Utility work is also being performed on S. Adams and S. Wayne Streets. The east side of S. Adams St. below the entrance to the Giant will be closed. The site contact is Eric Resnik of Paradigm Construction who can be reached at 301-879-1231.  Click  here for a rendering of the completed project-- Siena Park Image

▪  Carbon Thompson and B.M. Smith, the developers of Penrose Square (Columbia Pike and S. Barton St.) have hired a new architectural team to assist them with their final plans and designs. In addition, the County has hired a consultant to assist a public working group in the design of the new public square.  The existing  Giant grocery store will remain open through March. Demolition is now planned for Spring 2008.  Click on the two links below to see renderings of the completed project:

Penrose Square Front Image      Penrose Square 9th Street Image

• At its January 29 meeting the County Board endorsed the Arlington Mill Community Center Concept Plan, making it possible to meet the application deadline for an affordable housing tax credit program offered through the Virginia Housing Development Authority. The project includes a 6-story building at the corner of Columbia Pike and S. Dinwiddie St. that features a new community center with a large gymnasium, residential apartments, some ground floor retail, and a public plaza. To the north along Dinwiddie will be a 5-story residential building. Altogether the project includes just over 200 residences, of which approximately 61 will be affordable units for those at 60% of the area’s median household income level. In order to accommodate this plan, technical adjustments to the Form Based Code were approved by the Board on December 15. These include redrawing the revitalization district boundary to include the northern portion of the Arlington Mill property, designating a portion of Dinwiddie St. as “Avenue” site frontage, and modifying the planned width of Dinwiddie St. For more information go to: www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/ParksRecreation/forums/arlingtonmill/pdfs/page60672.pdf

▪  At Majestic Oaks on S. Glebe Rd. just below the Pike eleven new two-car garage townhomes are soon to be under construction.

 

Profiles of Significant Projects on the Pike

The Halstead at Arlington—The 269 unit residential project with more than 40,000 square feet of retail and 450 underground parking spaces is the first Columbia Pike Form Based Code project to be approved.  In addition to the residential, retail and parking elements, the project includes a restoration of the Arlington Hardware building façade and a permanent home for the Arlington Free Clinic.  The developer is DSF Advisors.

Penrose Square—Owners B.M. Smith Associates are working with Carbon Thompson Development to bring a full size Giant grocery store to the site.  The project will include additional street-front retail space, with 299 residential apartments above.  In addition to the parking provided for retail/grocery customers and residents, the project will include more than 250 public parking spaces.  This development will also lead to the construction of a public plaza framed by Columbia Pike on the south; S. Barton St. to the east; new shops to the north; and the Fillmore Shopping Center on the west.  The building will be six stories on Columbia Pike and will include a 3 ½ story multi-family component on S. 9^th St.  

Siena Park (former Safeway Site)—More than 32,000 square feet of new retail space on Columbia Pike will fill the ground floor of this six story building along with 14,600 sq. ft. of office space. 188 residential apartments will be constructed on the upper floors.  Parking will be below ground.  The developer is Woodfield Investments.

Columbia Village-- Fairfield Residential is developing a 10 story retail/residential building at 5500 Columbia Pike.  This property is allowed additional height within the Columbia Pike Form Based Code as it is surrounded by high-rise buildings.  More than 230 condominiums will rise above the street-level retail.  Parking for the project will be underground.

Arlington Mill--  A public/private partnership between Arlington County and the team of Edgemoor Real Estate Services/ Davis Carter Scott is leading the redevelopment of this site. It will feature a 6-story building at the corner of the Pike and S. Dinwiddie St. with space for a new community center including a large gymnasium, residential apartments, a small amount of retail space and a new 17,000 sq. ft. public plaza. To the north along Dinwiddie a 5-story residential building will be constructed. Altogether, the project includes 203 residential units, 61 of which will be affordable to households at or below 60% of the area’s median income level.

Majestic Oak—developed by Courtland Homes, is a new community made up of 11 single family homes and 11 garage townhouses just two blocks south of Columbia Pike on the western side of S. Glebe Rd.