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Board approves Crystal Drive adaptive reuse: 195 apartments and 344‑room hotel to replace two vacant office towers
Summary
The County Board unanimously approved converting two nearly vacant 11‑story office buildings in Crystal City into a 195‑unit residential building and a 344‑room hotel, a decision staff said would remove more than 523,000 square feet of obsolete office space while reactivating the Crystal Drive block.
The Arlington County Board on July 19 voted 5-0 to approve an adaptive reuse site‑plan amendment that converts two underused 11‑story office towers on the Plaza Block of Crystal City into a 195‑unit apartment building at 2200 Crystal Drive and a 344‑room hotel at 2100 Crystal Drive.
Staff presented the application under the county’s adaptive reuse policy, adopted in late 2024 as part of the commercial market resiliency initiative (CMRI). That policy streamlines review of conversions that repurpose obsolete office stock for housing, hotel and other uses deemed public priorities. Staff said the…
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