JBG Cos., fresh off winning approval for its massive Central Place project, is eyeing another large-scale development in Rosslyn.
Rosslyn Commons would span almost an entire block of Clarendon Boulevard just west of its intersection with Wilson Boulevard, and would stretch south to 16th Road North, according to county documents.
The development would comprise a 275-unit, L-shaped high-rise apartment building fronting Clarendon Boulevard and North Oak Street, and 54 four-story town houses on the remainder of the site.
More than 30 of the town houses would be built on the interior of the site and would not face a street, according to the proposal.
JBG would demolish the two three-story, garden-style apartment buildings, built in the 1930s and 1940s, that are currently on that plot of land.
The proposal is in the initial phase of Arlington County‘s review process.
The county’s Site Plan Review Committee has reviewed the project and found a few potential problems with the proposal.
“The existing buildings have been surveyed as part of the Historic Resources Inventory,” a committee report said. “Some of the buildings have preliminarily been ranked as ‘important’ on the inventory.”
The county also has been considering changing the zoning for the area to allow it to be used for retail instead of residential, according to the report.
A representative from JBG was unable to be reached for comment Friday.
JBG has invested heavily in Rosslyn over the past several years.
The company last year completed Waterview, a large office and condo complex that also houses Hotel Palomar.
JBG’s Central Place project will be a 30-story residential building and 31-story office tower across the street from the entrance to the Rosslyn Metro station, within view of Rosslyn Commons.
Rosslyn Commons
Proposal: 275 apartments in a 14-story building; 58 four-story town houses with two-car garages
Location: Clarendon Boulevard between North Ode and North Oak streets
