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A First Look At A New 22-Story, 300-Unit Development Planned In Ballston

  • April 21st 2025

by UrbanTurf Staff

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Back in 2023, Aria Development Group acquired a commercial building in Ballston with an eye towards redeveloping the site into a large residential project. Now, we are getting a sense as to what that new building will look like. 

The development team has filed plans with Arlington County for a 22-story, 302-unit apartment project with 72 parking spaces at 4420 Fairfax Drive (map). The development, designed by Hickok Cole, will have retail on the ground floor as well as a pool and outdoor amenity deck on the 10th floor. As part of the plans, Aria has been working with the county on a new western entrance to the Ballston Metro station that will a part of the development. 

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A new residential building at this Fairfax Drive address has been nearly 20 years in the making. In 2006, the county board approved a site plan amendment that would allow for a 23-story, 237-unit apartment building to be constructed at the site. 

Look for an UrbanTurf rundown of other new developments in the works for Ballston in the coming weeks. 

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/a-first-look-at-a-new-22-story-300-unit-development/23421.

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