831 Units, Grocery Store, and Pedestrian Corridor: Rosslyn's 1401 Wilson Heads For Review

• May 20th

by UrbanTurf Staff

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Monday Properties' ambitious plan to transform a pair of vacant 1960s office buildings in Rosslyn into a major mixed-use development is moving through Arlington County's approval process.

The latest iteration of the project — two 27-story residential towers with 831 total apartments at 1401 Wilson Boulevard and 1400 Key Boulevard — goes before Arlington County's Site Plan Review Committee (SPRC) later this week, with discussions focused on parking, transportation, open space, and sustainability.

The broad strokes of the project remain consistent with what UrbanTurf first reported last August: a 300-foot Wilson Tower (South) with 506 units and roughly 11,900 square feet of ground-floor retail, and a 300-foot Key Tower (North) with 325 units anchored by a 17,004-square-foot grocery store. The unit mix skews heavily toward one-bedrooms, which make up just over 56% of the 831 total apartments, with two-bedrooms accounting for another 32%. Monday Properties is requesting a reduced residential parking ratio of 0.63 spaces per unit rather than the one-to-one ratio, citing the site's proximity to the Rosslyn Metro station, just two blocks away.

One of the more significant elements of the proposal is its contribution to Rosslyn's long-planned 18th Street Corridor — a pedestrian promenade envisioned as a ground-level replacement for the neighborhood's aging skywalk network. The 1401 Wilson portion would deliver approximately 20,800 square feet of ground-level public space, including a plaza with outdoor seating, terraced planters, vertical green walls, and a public elevator.

The project has been a long time in the making. The County Board first approved a site plan for this block back in 2014 — then calling for a 24-story office building alongside a 274-unit residential tower — but that approval was extended repeatedly as office demand dropped in the post-pandemic era. Monday Properties spent roughly four years reworking the vision into an all-residential proposal. 

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/831_units_grocery_store_and_pedestrian_corridor_rosslyns_1401_wilson_heads_/24647.