Is FCC going to become the next Clarendon?

[Anonymous]

I’m concerned that the addition of all the new apartments in Founders Row 1 and the proposed 2 across the street (primarily studios and one bedrooms) in combination with the development near the metro is going to add a lot of people in their 20s. I’m curious about what others think?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m concerned that the addition of all the new apartments in Founders Row 1 and the proposed 2 across the street (primarily studios and one bedrooms) in combination with the development near the metro is going to add a lot of people in their 20s. I’m curious about what others think?

Broad and Washington, One City Center, Founders Row 1, Founders Row 2, West End Development in around 1.5 mile radius, already drives FCC well past Clarendon in terms of retail. There are substantially less apartments though.

FCC is going to look shiny but the small town vibe will be gone.

[Anonymous]

How high will SFH prices go after all this? Is 2 mil going to be the new 1 mil in FCC?

[Anonymous]

FCC is full of empty storefronts yet they keep building more. It’s mystifying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How high will SFH prices go after all this? Is 2 mil going to be the new 1 mil in FCC?

$2m is already the new $1m.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCC is full of empty storefronts yet they keep building more. It’s mystifying.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m concerned that the addition of all the new apartments in Founders Row 1 and the proposed 2 across the street (primarily studios and one bedrooms) in combination with the development near the metro is going to add a lot of people in their 20s. I’m curious about what others think?

eh- I doubt it. It doesn't have the bar collection that clarendon has, so I don't see FCC becoming a destination. Also, the metro is in the center of Clarendon- metro is on either end of FCC.

[Anonymous]

No. Clarendon has much more and more developed commercial space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCC is full of empty storefronts yet they keep building more. It’s mystifying.

+1

It’s almost seems as though are in a pandemic.... oh wait, we are

[Anonymous]

... no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m concerned that the addition of all the new apartments in Founders Row 1 and the proposed 2 across the street (primarily studios and one bedrooms) in combination with the development near the metro is going to add a lot of people in their 20s. I’m curious about what others think?

Broad and Washington, One City Center, Founders Row 1, Founders Row 2, West End Development in around 1.5 mile radius, already drives FCC well past Clarendon in terms of retail. There are substantially less apartments though.

FCC is going to look shiny but the small town vibe will be gone.

OP here - which one is one city center? Is that where the 4Ps is? And Broad and Washington is where the game store and Applebees are? I can't keep track!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCC is full of empty storefronts yet they keep building more. It’s mystifying.

An empty strip mall storefront that used to be a small business or family-operated restaurant is very different than what will go into a shiny new building storefront. Do we need another OrangeTheory or Madewell? I'll miss Rare Bird Coffee, personally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Clarendon has much more and more developed commercial space.

Don't you remember what Clarendon looked like 20-30 years ago? I do. There were a lot of small vietnamese restaurants and crappy strip malls with small businesses. Sound familiar?

[Anonymous]

Same thing starting up on Maple Ave in Vienna. I guess it’s just a slow westward expansion of development. They turned Clarendon into a sterile potempkin village and now they’re moving on to the next metro stops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. Clarendon has much more and more developed commercial space.

Don't you remember what Clarendon looked like 20-30 years ago? I do. There were a lot of small vietnamese restaurants and crappy strip malls with small businesses. Sound familiar?

Mmmm. Queen Bee was so good.