July was one of the largest collections of houses having sold for over $1 million to be demolished and then came August with a record NINE homes on single lots selling over $1,000,000 only to be demolished. This year 33 homes have sold for over One Million dollars and were then torn down. This month also saw a larger than usual number of homes coming down in National Register Historic Districts with a total of eight being demolished. These districts…
June was a slow month for applications being submitted for the demolition of single family homes. Only 6 permits were applied for with an additional 4 for a collection of garden apartments in the Rosslyn area. Of the six homes, one-third were in South Arlington and one-half were speculative. No homes were sold for over $1 million. The Marbella apartments in Rosslyn are being demolished to make way for a larger project of affordable units which will still be owned…
In May a total of thirteen demolitions permits were applied for in Arlington County. All were for single family homes with nine of them are in north Arlington and four in south Arlington. Just over half of the demolitions are speculative projects. The million dollar price tag for a tear down was on only one home with several properties just under $1 million and while one more home sold for over $1 million it is on multiple lots. A total…
This past April a total of thirteen demolitions permits were applied for in Arlington County. All were for single family homes with ten of them are in north Arlington and three in south Arlington. Just over half of the demolitions are speculative projects. The million dollar price tag for a tear down was on multiple properties this month but only four of them were on single lots. A total of five of the properties were located in National Register Historic…
For the last month of the year there were applications for 13 demolition permits. Eleven are for single family homes. One is for a major site redevelopment in Rosslyn and one is for a school. Only two of the homes are located in South Arlington with the remainder in North Arlington. Four of the homes were purchased for over $1 million, only to be torn down. Four of the homes are located in National Register Historic Districts. The designation does…
In this month, 16 demolition permits for homes were applied for in Arlington County. All were for single family homes. Four of the homes are located in South Arlington with the remainder in North Arlington. Three of the homes were purchased in the last two years for over $1 million, only to be torn down. Five of the homes are located in National Register Historic Districts. These districts provide no protection for the homes. The designation does provide an opportunity…
Fifteen demolition permits for homes were applied for in Arlington County in October 2022. All were for single family homes. three of the homes are located in South Arlington with the remainder in North Arlington. Five of the homes were purchased in the last two years for over $1 million, only to be torn down. Five of the homes are located in National Register Historic Districts. These districts provide no protection for the homes. The designation does provide an opportunity…
In September demolition permits were record for 27 properties in Arlington County. Twenty-six are for single family homes and one is for a commercial property. The commercial property is a major redevelopment in downtown Rosslyn. Of the homes, five are in South Arlington. It is remarkable to note that twelve of the homes were recently purchased for over $1million and ten of them were purchased by home builders. Nine of the homes are located in National Register Historic Districts and…
August recorded a total of twenty demolition permits applications in Arlington County. Nineteen are for single family homes and one is for a commercial property. The commercial property was purchased by Arlington County for $3.4 million and will be demolished. Of the homes, three are in South Arlington. It is remarkable to note that seven of the homes were sold recently for over $1million. Seven homes are in National Register Historic Districts and would be eligible for tax incentives if…
In February a total of five demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County. All demolition permits were for single family homes. Three were in North Arlington and two in South Arlington. Summary below: Only one property is located in a National Register Historic District:643 23rd Street South is located in the Aurora Highlands National Register Historic District