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Special General Land Use Plan (GLUP) Study Plus – A Land Use Analysis for Shirlington

 

GLUP Amendment

In December 2017, Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRIT) submitted to the Arlington County Zoning Office a formal application for a Special General Land Use Plan (GLUP) Study for a 5.45 acre area which includes the cinema real estate tax parcel and roughly half of the 8.43 acre Parcel 2 located within the Shirlington Phased Development Site Plan (PDSP) #106. The subject area is currently designated “Low” Office-Apartment-Hotel (up to 1.5 FAR for office, up to 72 units/acre for residential, up to 110 units/acre for hotel)  and zoned C-O-1.5 Mixed Use District. The subject properties of the GLUP amendment request are currently occupied by a cinema, retail and office development, as well as a surface parking lot. The applicant is requesting a GLUP amendment to “Medium” Office-Apartment Hotel (up to 2.5 FAR for office, up to 115 units/acre for residential, up to 180 units/acre for hotel) and a rezoning to C-O-2.5 Mixed Use District. The applicant is contemplating a future residential use redevelopment of the surface parking lot at the corner of South Arlington Mill Drive and South Randolph Street.

In May 2019, FRIT submitted a supplemental application to include the hotel site located near Campbell Ave. and Arlington Mill Drive and, in June, FRIT submitted a request on behalf of WETA to include its property along Quincy St. The current and requested GLUP and zoning categories are the same as those identified for the parcels included in the original application.

Location

The subject properties are located within the Village at Shirlington and are identified in the above map.

Scope of Study

The study will analyze the site in the context of the surrounding area and obtain feedback from the Long Range Planning Committee of the Planning Commission (LRPC) and the community on the appropriateness of the requested change. The scope of the study will include the following:

  • History of the GLUP and Zoning designations and PDSP / site plan approvals for the study site and surrounding area
  • Existing GLUP and Zoning designations and PDSP / site plan approvals for the subject site and surrounding area
  • Existing environmental and topographical features, land uses, densities, building heights for the study site and its surrounding area
  • Recommendations of County plans and policies, as applicable
  • Allowable uses, densities, building heights, etc. for requested GLUP designation and other GLUP designations to be studied
  • 3-D computer modeling of study site’s existing conditions, and various scenarios reflected requested GLUP designation and other GLUP designations to be studied
  • Preliminary transportation analysis for the study site and its surrounding area, including recommendations for improvements such as new streets and walkways, connections, etc.

Meeting Schedule

Meetings & Dates
LRPC Meeting #1
June 25, 2019
  • Overview of the Special GLUP Study Plus process
  • Background information on the site
  • Preliminary site analysis
  • Discussion and refinement of process and scope
    • Define the full and core study boundaries
    • Define GLUP scenarios to be modeled
LRPC Meeting #2
July 23, 2019
  • Walking tour with staff presentations followed by meeting
  • Discussion of opportunities, constraints, assumptions to inform scenario modeling, etc.
  • LRPC discussion and direction
LRPC Meeting #3
Sept. 25, 2019
  • Staff responses to questions raised at previous meetings
  • Emerging guiding principles
  • Presentation of scenarios
  • LRPC discussion and direction
Community Forum
Nov. 20, 2019
  • Community input on modeling and preliminary principles
LRPC Meeting #4
Dec. 11, 2019
  • Presentation of parking utilization report
  • Results of Community Forum and online survey
  • LRPC discussion and direction
LRPC Meeting #5
Jan. 21, 2020
  • Principles and vision discussion
  • Building heights discussion
  • LRPC discussion and direction
LRPC Meeting #6
Feb. 18, 2020
  • Transportation impacts analysis
  • Historic preservation discussion
  • Presentation of refined scenarios
  • LRPC discussion and direction
Transportation Commission

July 2, 2020
Planning Commission

July 6, 2020
County Board

July 18, 2020

 

Meeting Materials

Application Materials

Additional Materials