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Planning commission approves North Sound Logistics Center design with condition to break up north wall
Summary
Arlington City Planning Commission approved the North Sound Logistics Center design review with a condition that the project add modulation to the north elevation to avoid a large uninterrupted wall; lighting details will be conditioned to permit review.
The Arlington City Planning Commission approved the North Sound Logistics Center design review on a motion that included a condition requiring the applicant to add modulation to the building's north elevation.
The project covers 9.71 acres on the west side of 50 First Avenue Northeast near the intersection with Longhouse Trail Lane Northeast in the light-industrial zone. The applicant proposes one new logistics/office building, on-site parking, walkways, landscaping and perimeter lighting, plus frontage improvements along 50 First Avenue and an unopened segment of 40 Seventh.
The commission's decision followed staff presentation and discussion about two principal concerns: the long, largely unarticulated north façade facing a nearby residential outpost and incomplete lighting…
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