In the First Quarter of 2024, a total of 46 demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County. All but one were for single family homes. – 85% of the homes are in North Arlington; – 74% are speculative developments; – 42% are on land that sold for over $1,000,000 – 35% are in National Register Historic Districts; and, – 12% are to make way for Expanded Housing Options (EHO) developments (aka Missing Middle). – 60% of the EHO projects…
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…
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 late 2020 the County went “live” with a new permitting system. In such demolition permits are tracked differently and we are still catching up to the new system. In April a total of thirteen demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County. Eleven were for single family homes and two were for a commercial properties. Of the homes, three are in South Arlington and at least four are speculative developments. One of the commercial properties is the former Doctor’s…
In 2020 the County went live with a new permitting system for planning, development and inspection services. The transition has been smooth. However, it did cause some confusion with how Preservation Arlington recorded and tracked demolition permits. This is part one two posts on trying to catch up. It is difficult to correlate the old info with the new info, but we do know that 39 permits had February dates on them. There are an additional three dozen homes that…
Arlington does not have a large inventory of homes from the 19th Century. And few of them make it to the market. This one is in good shape and has been well maintained. In the pictures you see many of the old features of the house — hardwood floors and doors. While other parts of the house are modernized. Located at 2813 2nd Street South, it is 3 BR, 3 BA and listed at $869,900. It is open December 15…
In July 2018, a total of twenty-one (21) demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County. July is an interesting month with great variation in the number of application for demolition permits with previous years proving this: July 2017 was 6; July 2016 was 20; July 2015 was 32; and, July 2014 was 6. Single Family: Seventeen (17) of the permits were for single-family homes. One of which was in South Arlington. At least twelve of the permits were for…
In November 2014, a total of twenty (20) demolition permits were applied for in Arlington County. All were for single-family homes. One was a re-application from June 2014. One permit was for the demolition of a construction site that has been inactive for months. There were no permits for commercial property. North Arlington accounted for fifteen of the permits and South Arlington had four of the permits. Six of the properties are in National Register Historic Districts. Two of the…