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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Ballston Mall Redevelopment Under Consideration

Redevelopment may include apartments, office space and retail, according to owner Forest City Washington.

Ballston Common Mall could evolve into a mixed-use development that includes apartments, office space and retail. The new Ballston Center by Forest City Washington, would include “more street-facing store entrances, two-level storefronts and outdoor terraces,” the Washington Business Journal reported. Forest City Washington, which also owns the Lenox Club apartments in Arlington, Twelve12 and The Yards in Washington, showcased the redevelopment plans this week at the International Council of Shopping Centers' 2013 Mid-Atlantic Conference at National Harbor in Maryland. Ballston Common Mall was built in 1986 and renovated in 2002. It is 1.3 million square feet including the movie theater, Macy's and the Sport & Health Club. The …

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Georgetown Park Secures Permits for Interior Facelift (in Georgetown Patch), Georgetown Bowling Alley Receives Zoning Approval (in Georgetown Patch), Springfield Town Center Construction Continues (in Kingstowne-Rose Hill Patch), and 1 more ›

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Arlington Board Paves Way for Mom's Organic Market on Lee Highway

New grocery store will be less than a half-mile from Courthouse Metro.

The Arlington County Board unanimously approved a series of measures on Saturday that will allow for the redevelopment of an eyesore on Lee Highway into a 10-story apartment building and bring a new specialty grocery store to the neighborhood. McCaffrey Interests plans to redevelop the former Bergmann's dry cleaning plant and an adjacent property, including cleaning up the environmentally contaminated site. The developer plans to lease much of the ground-floor retail space to Mom's Organic Market, a Rockvlle, Md.-based grocer that unabashedly declares itself an "environmentalist." The store buys local when possible, does not sell bottled water, relies on wind power and composts its biodegradable waste. The grocer would be less than a half-…

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Jason Spencer

2:22 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012

We had a reader questions about the "affordable" units. Per the county's agreement with the developer, the 11 committed affordable units would be considered affordable to individuals and families making up to 60 percent of the area median income — that's $64,500 for a family of four. Find the complete income guidelines here: http://patch.com/bvepW   more ›

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