The Nearly 2,400 Residential Units In The Works For Ballston

• July 30th

by UrbanTurf Staff

✉️ Want to forward this article? Click here.

Below, UrbanTurf takes an updated look at what's in the works in the residential pipeline in Virginia Square and Ballston. If we missed a large project in that area, shoot us an email at editor(at)urbanturf.com. 

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

• 18 And Counting: The Downtown Bethesda Rundown
• The 6 Big Projects In The Works For Shaw
• The Nearly 2,500 Units That Could Still Be In The Works For NoMa
• 6 Big Residential Projects (And Conversions) In The Works For Southwest DC
• The Two Projects That May (Or May Not) Be In The Works At DC's Starburst Intersection
• The Hotel, The Flatiron And 1,100 Units In The Works At Union Market
• The 5 Projects In The Walter Reed/Takoma Development Pipeline
• Mall Conversions, Trader Joe's And The Thousands Of Units Coming To Friendship Heights
• The Final Two Developments On The Boards Around The Wharf
• The Thousands Of Residences Still In The Works At National Landing
• The Nearly 3,000 Units Still In The Works At Buzzard Point
• Stalled Or Full Steam Ahead: The 3 Developments In The Tenleytown and AU Park Pipeline
• Jose Andres, Heating Plants And The 10 Developments Coming To Georgetown
• Podcast Studios, Outdoor Rooms and A Get Down: The 3,500 Units on the Boards For Navy Yard
• The 1,000 Units In The Works Along 14th Street
• The 7 Developments On The Boards Around Howard University

---

YMCA Redevelopment

It appears that plans are still in the works to redevelop the YMCA campus at 3400 13th Street N (map) into a new recreational facility and a 374-unit residential building, despite the developer partner pulling out earlier this year. 

---

Ballston Office Redevelopment

Aria Development Group acquired the commercial building at 4420 Fairfax Drive (map) in 2023 and is now moving ahead with development plans for the site. The development team filed plans with Arlington County earlier this year for a 22-story, 302-unit apartment project with 72 parking spaces. 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. 

---

Macy's Redevelopment 

Insight Property Group is in full demolition mode on the former Macy's/office building at 685 N. Glebe Road (map) in order to make way for a 16-story, two-phase development at the site. The first phase will deliver 343 units above the 41,500 square-foot grocery store; the second phase would front Glebe Road, delivering 210 units and creating a shared outdoor terrace on the third floor. The project would include 241 residential and 148 retail parking spaces on two below-grade levels, along with 222 residential bicycle spaces. SK+I Architecture designed the new development.

---

Ballston One

Penzance recently received approval from Arlington County for a 328-unit development at the site of the Ballston One office building at 4601 Fairfax Drive (map). The new project will be an adaptive reuse of a 239,678-square-foot office building that Penzance purchased from UBS Realty Investors LLC in September 2023. The project will have studios to two-bedroom plus dens, as well as 13 two-story loft homes. 

---

600 North Glebe Road

In early 2024, a new Harris Teeter opened its doors below 310 new apartments as part of a new three-phase development around 600 North Glebe Road (map). The second phase will raze the old Harris Teeter and construct another building with 197 apartments and a public park. The third phase will deliver 227 apartments with ground-floor retail and 687 below-grade parking spaces. The project will also include 294 long-term bicycle spaces; Southeastern Real Estate Group is the developer and DCS Design is the architect. 

---

4600 and 4610 Fairfax Drive

Hoffman & Associates and partner Snell Properties are planning to replace the office and hotel buildings at 4600 and 4610 Fairfax Drive (map) with a large two-building multi-family development. The hord|coplan|macht-designed project will consist of a seven-story, 432-unit building as well as three, five-story triplex style buildings with 12-15 units each, a parking garage and driveway. 

The new project will take the place of the Holiday Inn Arlington at Ballston hotel at 4610 Fairfax Drive, as well as the Arlington Center office building at 4600 Fairfax Drive. 

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/the_nearly_2000_residential_units_in_the_works_for_ballston/23735.