The 10 New Developments in the Works for National Landing

• April 18th 2023

by UrbanTurf Staff

Even as Amazon delays construction of the second phase of its Northern Virginia headquarters, many new residential projects are moving forward in the National Landing neighborhood. 

Below, UrbanTurf takes an updated look at the developments in the residential pipeline in the National Landing area. If we missed a project, just shoot us an email editor(at)urbanturf.com.

In case you missed them, here are the other neighborhoods we have covered thus far this year:

• The Stacks, Brooklyn Bowling and a Vermeer: The 5 Developments on the Boards for Buzzard Point
• The 700 Units on the Boards Around The Wharf
• The 21 Residential Developments on the Boards For Downtown Bethesda
• The 1,100 Units That May (or May Not) Be Coming to Tenleytown and AU Park
• New Hotels, Mall Conversions And The 450 Units On The Boards For Georgetown
• Fitness Bridges, Food Halls and the 2,700 Units Coming to Navy Yard
• The 225 Units on the Boards in Adams Morgan
• The 560 Units in Development Along 14th Street
• The 6 Developments In the Works Along the DC Streetcar Line

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RiverHouse

JBG Smith has plans in the works to add 975 units to RiverHouse, a 36-acre, 1,670-unit community bound by Army Navy Drive, South Joyce Street and South Lynn Street (map). 

Overall, the plans would add 124 townhouses, 126 two-over-two units, and two six-story buildings with 725 apartments above 30,000 square feet of retail. Roughly 83,000 square feet of the residential space would be affordable for 30 years to households earning up to 60% of area median income (AMI), covering much of the affordability requirements of other projects by the same developer, listed below.

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Verizon Redevelopment

Work continues on the 19-story mixed-use building that will join the Verizon building at 400 11th Street South (map), delivering 306 residential units above 10,745 square feet of retail. Twelve of the units will be committed affordable for 30 years, and there will also be 149 vehicular and 123 bicycle parking spaces below-grade. LCOR is the developer and SK+I Architecture is the designer. 

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Americana Hotel Redevelopment

JBG Smith's redevelopment of the former Americana hotel at 1400 Richmond Highway (map) will go before the Arlington County Board this weekend. The redevelopment consists of a by-right 19-story building with 636 residential units above retail. There will be 191 on-site parking spaces across two below-grade parking levels, and an additional 200 spaces provided at the garage from The Bartlett apartments across the street. bKL Architecture is the designer.

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Crystal House Expansion

In 2020, nonprofit Washington Housing Conservancy (WHC; co-founded by JBG Smith) acquired the 828-unit Crystal House apartments off 18th and South Eads Street (map) in order to preserve the existing affordable housing on the site. In 2021, Amazon acquired the development rights for the site and donated them to the county.

Subsequently, Arlington County has begun soliciting development partners to develop an additional 819 units on the site, at least 75% of which will be committed affordable. As was also seen in previously-approved plans, the development will include two public parks and delivery of a protected bike lane. 

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Crystal City Blocks J-K

Work continues on JBG Smith's two-building mixed-use development at 1851 S Bell Street (map) and 1900 Crystal Drive (map). The 26-story north building will deliver 339 residential units above 18,060 square feet of retail, along with a pool atop the second floor.

The 27-story south building (at right) will consist of 472 residential units above 14,440 square feet of retail, along with a roof terrace on the 21st floor and an indoor/outdoor amenity atop the 27th floor. Dozens of the units in this building will be duplex-style, and the unit mix overall will span studios to three-bedrooms. 

The below-grade Crystal Mall parking garage is being partially demolished to create a shared, 289-space garage for the residents, another 350 shared spaces, and space for 811 bicycles. COOKFOX is the design architect and Torti Gallas is architect of record. The development is expected to deliver later this year.

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South Bell Street Buildings

JBG Smith is also at work on a two-building development at 2000 and 2001 South Bell Street (map), delivering a total of 758 apartments, over 22,000 square feet of ground floor retail, and shared below-grade parking. Some units will be affordable to households earning up to 60% of AMI, and each building will have a roof deck with pool and co-working spaces. SK+I Architectural Design Group is the architect of record.

The West building, designed by KPF, will be 25 stories tall and deliver 338 apartments above 15,000 square feet of retail, and the East building, designed by STUDIOS, will be 19 stories tall and deliver 420 apartments above 10,000 square feet of retail. The development is expected to deliver in 2025.

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Block M

In addition to the aforementioned under-construction buildings, Block M also includes plans to replace the building at 223 23rd Street (map) with two 30-story residential buildings, delivering a total of 1,440 units. 

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Century Center Redevelopment

MRP Realty has plans for a 290 foot-tall project that would deliver 334 units above 7,625 square feet of retail to 2351 Richmond Highway (map). There would also be 322 spaces of parking on three below-grade levels, along with 134 bicycle spaces for residents. Amenities would include a pet spa, a gym, a clubroom, a rooftop pool deck, and a co-working lounge. SK+I Architecture is the architect.

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Hazel & Azure at National Landing

ZMA Development is at work on a two-phase development that would deliver 490 residential units and ground-floor retail to the Landbay C-East site at Potomac Avenue between 29th and 33rd Streets S (map). 

The first phase will rise up to 15 stories and will deliver 297 apartments and nine townhouse-style units, 4,181 square feet of retail, and 229 parking and 130 bicycle spaces for residents. The second phase will rise up to 11 stories and will deliver 191 apartments, five townhouse-style units, and 5,000 square feet of retail. The unit mix for both will span from studios to three-bedrooms, and another two sites fronting Crystal Drive will also be developed eventually. bKL Architecture is the architect and LSG Landscape Architecture designed the outdoor space. 

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Potomac Yard Redevelopment

Nearby on the nearly 19-acre North Potomac Yard, where development is replacing the Regal Cinema and its surface parking at 3575 Richmond Highway (map), infrastructure work is ongoing alongside construction of a new, four-acre Virginia Tech Innovation Campus. The development is helmed by JBG Smith and master-planned by Elkus Manfredi Architects.

Two residential buildings closest to the upcoming Metro station would deliver a total of 732 apartments and are still under review by the city of Alexandria. There will also be 290,800 square feet of retail and 115,000 square feet of office along with 1,923 below-grade parking spaces. hord | coplan | macht designed the residential-only buildings. Meanwhile, the 50-acre South Potomac Yard is still at least 5-7 years away from seeing its first development action as leases run out on the big-box stores there.

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/the_10_new_developments_in_the_works_for_national_landing/20918.