Crystal Houses 7 and 8 - Major Site Plan Amendment

Location

The 16.95 site is located at 1900 S. Eads Street in the Aurora Highlands Neighborhood. The site is located in the middle of the Crystal Houses block that is bounded between 18th Street S. on the north and 22rd Street S. to the south; South Fern Street to the west and South Eads Street to the east. The site is currently developed with the existing Crystal Houses buildings, which are two 12-story residential towers. It is within the boundaries for the Crystal City Sector Plan., Arlington, VA 22202  View Map

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The 16.95 site is located at 1900 S. Eads Street in the Aurora Highlands Neighborhood. The site is located in the middle of the Crystal Houses block that is bounded between 18th Street S. on the north and 22rd Street S. to the south; South Fern Street to the west and South Eads Street to the east. The site is currently developed with the existing Crystal Houses buildings, which are two 12-story residential towers. It is within the boundaries for the Crystal City Sector Plan. , Arlington, VA 22202

The 16.95 site is located at 1900 S. Eads Street in the Aurora Highlands Neighborhood. The site is located in the middle of the Crystal Houses block that is bounded between 18th Street S. on the north and 22rd Street S. to the south; South Fern Street to the west and South Eads Street to the east. The site is currently developed with the existing Crystal Houses buildings, which are two 12-story residential towers. It is within the boundaries for the Crystal City Sector Plan. , Arlington, VA 22202

Crystal Houses 7 and 8 - Major Site Plan Amendment

Status

Under Review

This reports the status related to the Site Plan Review Process only (Administrative Regulations 4.1).

SPLA24-00012

The applicant, CH 1900 Associates LLC, proposes a site plan amendment (SPLA24-00012) to construct three new multi-family residential buildings. The applicant is proposing changes to the site and buildings that were approved for Crystal House 7 and 8 in 2019. Additional site plan amendment details include:

• 42 multi-family units in 3, 3 story multi-family buildings with basement garage, back to back with front doors facing South Fern Street (west) and internal courtyards (east) (increase in 21 units from previous approval, no accessible units)
• Increase in height of 12 feet (one story) from previous approval
• 84 parking spaces for 42 units (decrease of 10 spaces from previous approval), with one compact and one standard space per unit, resulting in a ratio of 0.6 for the site as a whole (approved parking ratio for site is 0.65)
• 24 bike parking spaces (increase of 2 spaces from previous approval)
• 88,018 sq. ft. residential gross floor area (increase of 42,651 sq. ft.)
• 1,273 sq. ft. of density exclusions for ancillary spaces in underground parking garage for tenant storage
• Reduce and relocate transformers (from 5 to 3 transformers)
• Modify landscaping design to accommodate change in building footprint

Modifications to conditions regarding construction timing, LEED and EarthCraft, and affordable housing commitment to earn the increase in number of units.

Applicant Materials

Public Process

• This project will undergo public review via a Site Plan Review Process. Learn more.
• The SPRC Chair for the site plan review process is: Tenley Peterson

Related Plans & Processes

• Crystal City Sector Plan
• Residential Parking Guidelines for Metro Corridors
• General Land Use Plan
• Master Transportation Plan and Map