New home development under construction in N Arlington (Washington Blvd/George Mason Dr)

[Anonymous]

For anyone else who saw the triangular piece of land with trees on it being cleared, near Lacey Woods Park and not far from Ballston-- I learned that nine (9) homes are being constructed on that plot of land, by right. The piece of land looked so much smaller than that, but I guess not.

[Anonymous]

Probably similar to those HUGE houses being put up on Carlin Springs right near Glebe - there used to be one house on that large lot and now I think it is going to be at least 6 huge ones there.

[Anonymous]

Huge is subjective , what is huge?

[Anonymous]

I drive by that plot everyday. Wondered what was going on. Will they be SFH or townhouses? It appears that 9 SFH would not easily meet the lot coverage ratio. But I have always wondered if developers get around that requirement anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Huge is subjective , what is huge?

http://www.theenclaveofballston.com/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huge is subjective , what is huge?

http://www.theenclaveofballston.com/

Those are a little larger then average but nothing that big.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I drive by that plot everyday. Wondered what was going on. Will they be SFH or townhouses? It appears that 9 SFH would not easily meet the lot coverage ratio. But I have always wondered if developers get around that requirement anyway.

It's a big piece of land. 9 "normal-looking" houses will fit with small yards. The builder has built clusters of luxury homes in N Arlington before like the homes on Little Falls Rd.

[Anonymous]

I remember when they tore down this small wooded area about the same size across the street from the hospital, now there are 11 (i think) homes on it. They had a sign up for S while saying "future site of 11 custom homes" or something like that and I did not believe they could fit that many houses there but they did. It's that group of house that are all oddly turned (none if the face the street or each other really it's kinda of weird).

Honestly I'm more surprised that area stayed like that for ad long as it did and was not torn down earlier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I drive by that plot everyday. Wondered what was going on. Will they be SFH or townhouses? It appears that 9 SFH would not easily meet the lot coverage ratio. But I have always wondered if developers get around that requirement anyway.

It's a big piece of land. 9 "normal-looking" houses will fit with small yards. The builder has built clusters of luxury homes in N Arlington before like the homes on Little Falls Rd.

They are being built by right so there was no getting around the lot coverage ratio -- I guess that plot of land was bigger than it looked.

It will be single-family houses, with small yards. Just across the street from it, the builder has already built two houses next to the huge, gorgeous old victorian mansion there.

The houses are actually nice and suited to the small lots, it is just such a huge change to see all those trees come down.

When was the development across from the hospital built- the brick houses? Must have been before I arrived in the neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

When was the development across from the hospital built- the brick houses? Must have been before I arrived in the neighborhood.

2004 or 5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

When was the development across from the hospital built- the brick houses? Must have been before I arrived in the neighborhood.

2004 or 5.

A large 18th Century cottage was demolished to build the new development.

[Anonymous]

"Homes on cul-de-sacs are always among the most desirable because they are integrated into the neighborhood yet tucked away from the heaviest traffic."

They put this on the website for their development on Carlin Springs Road, and

(A) Desirable unless you care about New Urbanism and traffic, in which case you know cul-de-sacs screw up traffic royally

(B) I don't think those houses are going to be immune to the noise on Carlin Springs Road and George Mason.

(C) How are they going to pitch the Wash Blvd/Geo Mason development? Are they going to figure out a way to make that into a cul-de-sac?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

When was the development across from the hospital built- the brick houses? Must have been before I arrived in the neighborhood.

2004 or 5.

A large 18th Century cottage was demolished to build the new development.

That was the Hall house, from the family that gave the land for Hall's Hill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Homes on cul-de-sacs are always among the most desirable because they are integrated into the neighborhood yet tucked away from the heaviest traffic."

They put this on the website for their development on Carlin Springs Road, and

(A) Desirable unless you care about New Urbanism and traffic, in which case you know cul-de-sacs screw up traffic royally

(B) I don't think those houses are going to be immune to the noise on Carlin Springs Road and George Mason.

(C) How are they going to pitch the Wash Blvd/Geo Mason development? Are they going to figure out a way to make that into a cul-de-sac?

It's a popular formula that sells. People like suburban homes in semi-urban environments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huge is subjective , what is huge?

http://www.theenclaveofballston.com/

Those are a little larger then average but nothing that big.

The houses are up to 5 bedrooms and 4400 sq ft. Huge in my book!