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Annual Development Highlights

The Annual Development Highlights report summarizes residential and commercial development activity in Arlington and compares development trends over the last 10 years. This report contains an inventory of development projects throughout the County.

Development Highlights 2023

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The County Board approved 12 special exception development projects totaling 83,996 SF retail, 357,291 SF other space, 229 hotel rooms, and 3,877 residential units. On July 1, 2023, Expanded Housing Option (EHO) regulations went into effect. There were 26 EHO permits approved totaling 107 units.
11 projects were completed, adding 202,120 SF retail, 266,630 SF of other space, and 2,242 residential units to the County. The Metropolitan Park Phases 6 and 7/8 were completed, bringing over 2 million SF of office space and 69,545 SF retail to the County as part of Amazon Headquarters. The Virginia Hospital Center expansion was also completed which accounted for 239,086 SF medical space (90% of total other space completed).
Construction started on eight (8) projects. These projects are expected to add 90,000 SF of office space, 45,305 SF of retail, 232,485 SF of other space, and 1,792 residential units to the County. Three (3) mixed-use, multi-family residential projects located within the planning corridors started construction, accounting for 1,480 residential units (83% of total units that started construction).
There were six (6) major demolitions, including the demolition of Rosslyn Building (East), Ames Center, 31 units at Marbella Apartments, and the Americana Hotel in Crystal City. There was 30,000 SF of other space demolished at the Arlington Career Center which is approved for redevelopment of 261,000 SF of other space. The majority of demolitions are in anticipation of future development at the site.

Development Data: Access Development Tracking raw data through Arlington Open data.

Development Tracking Dashboard

As a companion to the report, the Development Tracking Dashboard provides an online interactive experience with development data for the current quarter, trends over the past 10 years, and development within and outside the planning corridors.