What’s Happening in Clarendon?
Filed Under (Condo Updates) by Rick on 03-22-2008
If you have been through Clarendon recently, you may have noticed a building missing just south of Clarendon Blvd and bounded by N Highland St and N Garfield St. The building was demolished to make way for Clarendon Center, a mixed use project of 2 office towers, ground floor retail and rental apartments.
Here is a recent photo of the site:
Here is what it will look like in a couple years:
The block just to the north of Clarendon Blvd and directly east of the Clarendon metro station will also be part of the Clarendon Center project. This block is currently occupied by several low rise buildings, including Hard Times Cafe and Viet Garden restaurant. These will be coming down sometime in the future.
Clarendon Center will have 244 rental apartments, 76,000 sq ft of office space and 29,000 sq ft of retail in the south building. The north building will have 94,000 sq ft of office and 13,000 sq ft of retail space.
So how does this effect the condo market in Clarendon? The construction might be a nuisance for residents on the west side of Station Square in the short term, but long term, this project will only add value to the neighborhood.
There have been several new condo buildings in Clarendon the past few years during the condo boom – The Hartford (2003), Clarendon1021 (2005), Station Square (2006) and The Phoenix (2007), but no new condos in the pipeline. Any new residential construction is projected to be rental apartments.
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The building that holds the Hard Times Cafe and the Delhi Club is not part of the Clarendon Center project. It will be staying, you can see it in the picture above. The buildings behind that building are part of the project.
David,
Thanks for the clarification. I thought I heard they were just preserving the facades of the buildings, not the entire structure.
Rick