The Couty board has voted to add 819 new housing units, two public parks and a small amount of ground-floor retail space to their 17-acre site in Crystal City.
Approved Crystal Houses Development plan
This new project by Developer Roseland Residential's Crystal Houses project seeks to add four new apartment buildings and three rows of townhouses along the edges of the two-block site at 1900 S. Eads St., which already has two 12-story apartment buildings. This surpasses the 2017 project that only sought to add a building and 252 units to the site.
To justify their request for additional density, the developer allocated part of the site to the County for affordable housing purposes. This will add to more affordable houses being built on the site than is allowed in the Crystal City Sector Plan. The developer also agreed to donate around $1.65 million to the County's Affordable Housing Investment Fund.
In a press statement, Arlington County Board Chair Christian Dorsey said that the redevelopment will provide them with an opportunity to increase Arlington's affordable housing inventory.
"The combination of affordable and market-rate housing, much-needed parkland and greater walkability along S. Eads Street that this redevelopment will provide will enhance the urban fabric of this neighborhood in a manner consistent with the Crystal City Sector Plan," said Dorsey.
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