July was one of the largest collections of houses having sold for over $1 million to be demolished AND the highest percentages of tear downs being speculative in nature. 47% of the homes sold for over $1 million and 60% of the homes are being torn down by speculative development. All but one of the homes are in North Arlington A total of four of the properties were located in National Register Historic Districts. These districts provide some tax benefits…
In December there were a total of twenty-one demolition permits applied for in Arlington County. One was for a commercial property in National Landing and one for a County building to make way for a new park. The remaining were nineteen were single family homes. All but one of the homes were in North Arlington. 70% of the permits are for speculative projects. In comparison, last December there were 7 demolition permits for single family homes. December demolition permits have…
In October 2014, a total of twenty-one (21) demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County. Eighteen were for single-family homes. Three of the permits were re-applications from previous months. There were no permits for commercial property. North Arlington accounted for all but one of the permits. Two of the homes are in the Cherrydale National Register Historic District (1818 North Monroe Street and 1713 North Taylor Street) and one each in the Lyon Village National Register Historic District (1704…