800/900 North Glebe Road

Construction Status:  Approved

First Shovel of Dirt:  To Be Determined

Doors Open:  To Be Determined

Retail:   36,000 square feet
Office:  more than 400,000 square feet
Residential:  90-unit affordable housing apartment complex, plus 28 market-rate townhouses
Parking:  933 spaces

Tax Assessment: 800 North Glebe Road and 900 North Glebe Road

Just the Facts

• Located at Glebe Road and Wilson Boulevard, the project will include two office buildings, incorporating more than 400,000 square feet of office space and 36,000 square feet of retail space; 90 units of affordable housing, and 28 town homes.
  
  
• The site is 210,167 square feet (4.82 acres) in an “L” shape, comprising the roughly rectangular northwest corner of North Glebe Road and Wilson Boulevard and the southern portion of the block between North Wakefield and Woodrow Streets on the north side of Wilson Boulevard. It previously contained a mix of commercial and residential zoning: the former Bob Peck car dealership on the east block; a big box retail store (Staples) along Glebe Road, and two single family homes on the rear of the block along North Wakefield street.
  
  
• Developer for the project is The JBG Companies. Architect will be Cooper Carey.
  
  
• The two office buildings are proposed to achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. The 10-story office building at the corner of Glebe Road and Wilson Boulevard (Office Building A) will include 282,989 square feet of office space and 26,292 square feet of ground floor retail space. It is proposed to achieve Gold LEED certification. The seven-story office building, mid-block along Glebe Road (Office Building B) will include 132,827 square feet of office space and 9,949 square feet of ground floor retail. It is proposed to achieve silver LEED certification. A 6,600 square foot public plaza will be built south of this building.
  
  
• The project includes 28 market-rate townhouses -- 19 on the west block, between Wakefield and Woodrow Streets, and nine on the east side of Wakefield Street. They are proposed to achieve at least 175 points under the County’s Green Home Choice rating system for environmental sustainability. A four-story affordable apartment complex will replace the existing Jordan Manor’s 24 affordable rental units, and add 66 units, for a total of 90 affordable housing units. It is proposed to achieve at least 200 points for energy efficiency and other environmentally sustainable measures, through the EarthCraft rating system.
  
  
• AHC, Inc., a non-profit affordable housing developer, will own and operate the affordable apartment complex, and has agreed to keep the units affordable for a minimum of 30 years, and will work with the County to keep it affordable for 60 years. AHC owns and manages the existing 24-unit Jordan Manor apartment complex on the west block; that complex will be replaced, and an additional 66 units will be built, for a total of 90 affordable rental units. Projected rents range from $1,050 for a one-bedroom unit to just under $1,500 for a three-bedroom unit. Approximately seventy-five percent of the apartments will have two or three bedrooms.
  
  
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Community Benefits

• Substantial contribution of $5.9 million toward affordable housing, plus a total of 90 affordable housing units
• LEED certification of the two office buildings
• Utility under-grounding across the entire site
• Full streetscape along all frontages of the site, including sidewalk improvements along Wilson Boulevard
• Substantial open space including a 6,600 square foot plaza with outdoor seating
• New traffic signals and crossings
• Improvements to Wakefield Street
• After-hours public parking in the office building garages
• $75,000 contribution to the County for public art