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Monday, February 25, 2013

New Apartment Building to Replace Crystal City Post Office

The 11-story building will feature a rooftop pool and other amenities.

The vacant Crystal City Post Office will be replaced by an 11-story apartment building with rooftop pool. The Arlington County Board approved the necessary requests from a McLean developer this weekend to pave the way for the U-shaped new tower. The developer, Kettler, has spent much of the last three months negotiating with the county so that the pool and the associated bathrooms and lifeguard room satisfy Arlington's building height requirements. The residential building will be 208,899 square feet and hold 198 studio, one- and two-bedroom units, a slight decrease from the 203 units originally proposed. The project, at 1720 S. Eads St., is the first residential building to be approved since the county adopted the 40-year Crystal City …

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Arlington County: New Development Paves Way for Post-BRAC Crystal City

Board approved a new 24-story office building on Saturday.

The Arlington County Board on Saturday approved a new 24-story office building for Crystal City that's designed to help the area survive and thrive following the exodus of government agencies under BRAC. Following the actions of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission, several government agencies have left Crystal City, and still more are slated to leave in upcoming years. Arlington County adopted the 40-year Crystal City Sector Plan in 2010 in response to this, and Saturday's action was the first step toward realizing that plan. "We are beginning to see the community’s vision for a more vibrant, walkable and transit-oriented Crystal City take shape," Arlington County Board Chairwoman Mary Hynes said in a statement. The board on …

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