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County Board approves 1 Roslyn redevelopment with $11.2 million housing contribution amid safety and sustainability debate
Summary
The Arlington County Board voted 5–0 on July 22 to approve a rezoning, site plan amendment and related right‑of‑way vacations that will let the developer build three residential towers and a mixed‑use podium at 1901–1911 N. Fort Myer Drive. The project proposes about 845 housing units, 14,000 square feet of retail and roughly $11.2 million to the county’s Affordable Housing Investment Fund.
The Arlington County Board voted unanimously on July 22 to approve the 1 Roslyn redevelopment: a rezoning, phased‑development site plan amendment and related public‑right‑of‑way vacations for 1901 and 1911 North Fort Myer Drive that clear the way for three residential towers and a mixed‑use podium. The developer’s package calls for about 845 new dwelling units, roughly 14,000 square feet of ground‑floor retail and streetscape changes along Langston Boulevard, N. Moore Street and Nineteenth Street.
The approved plan included cash community benefits, most notably an $11.2 million contribution to the county’s Affordable Housing Investment Fund (AHIF), plus roughly $5 million in proposed cash for nearby off‑site public‑space and transportation improvements and a roughly $6.7 million payment tied to vacating certain county‑owned streets and utility easements that will be absorbed into the project site. County staff said the AHIF contribution is expected to enable many more deeply affordable units off‑site than could be produced on this high‑cost site.
Why it matters: The site sits at a key gateway to Rosslyn across from Gateway Park and has been the subject of multiple prior entitlements that did not move to construction.…
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