Rosslyn in the News Archive
Monday, December 22, 2008
Monday Properties Secures Boeing, Several Others Despite Slow Leasing Pace
Washington Post
The deal is the biggest in Monday's December flurry of leases. But for the New York firm to fulfill its greatest ambition in the Washington area -- building a 30-story tower above the Rosslyn Metro station next year -- clients must step up and commit to some of the 580,000 square feet of office space so construction financing can be secured, said Tim Helmig, executive vice president and chief development officer of Monday.
For the full article:
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/21/AR2008122101888_pf.html
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Recession? What Recession?
The Connection by David Schultz
JOHN MCCLAIN, a professor at George Mason University who specializes in studying the local economy, said that Arlington will feel few, if any, of the effects of the economic recession that is currently gripping the nation.
In a speech to the Arlington Chamber of Commerce last week, McClain said that the fundamentals of the region’s economy are “pretty good” and that the Washington area may experience a net gain in jobs over the next year, when many economists expect the national recession to worsen.
“It’s not likely this region will enter into a recession,” McClain, an economist who lives in Arlington, said. “But some areas will be affected.”
For the full article:
connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=323520&paper=60&cat=104
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Lighting the Way in Rosslyn
Washington Post by Michael Laris
Ambitious Public Art Project Would Provide a Luminous Look And 'Embrace the City' Through a Stretch of Urban Arlington
Cliff Garten is standing in the Corridor of Light. Except right now it's not so much a Corridor of Light as a strip of asphalt in Rosslyn dotted with a Chipotle, a McDonald's and a jumble of aging office buildings and new towers.
"You're going to see four on these four corners right here," says Garten, a Venice, Calif.-based artist who last week stood at Lynn and 19th streets. "There will be one between the crosswalk and the tree here."
What there will be, if all goes according to plan, is a succession of soaring and electro-polished stainless steel sculptures, wired with environmentally friendly programmable lights, between the Key Bridge and the Iwo Jima Memorial. Garten calls the 20 towers "Luminous Bodies." He also hopes to link the permanent public art installation with reimagined streetlights that would be part of a coordinated display. The works would be in contrast, Garten said, to the "opacity" of the capital's monuments.
For the full article:
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/10/AR2008121001224_pf.html
Friday, December 5, 2008
Rosslyn tenant renews, expands
Washington Business Journal by Tierney Plumb
Professional Risk Management Services renewed and expanded its lease at its Rosslyn headquarters, taking a total of 13,900 square feet at 1515 Wilson Blvd.
“Professional Risk Management’s expansion and renewal underscores the success we’ve had in 2008 as we continue to work with our tenants to grow in fully occupied buildings,” said John Wharton at New York-based Monday Properties, the largest commercial landlord in Rosslyn.
Monday Properties relocated a tenant to another building within its Rosslyn portfolio to provide immediate growth space for Professional Risk Management.
For the full article:
bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/12/01/daily88.html?t=printable
Monday, November 10, 2008
"Cultural Center Will Be an Economic Success Story"
Letter to the Editor by Cecilia Cassidy
Editor: An Arlington cultural center at the former Newseum site is fiscally smart art.
For nearly 40 years, the county has envisioned a cultural center that could have cost $50 million - dollars the county doesn’t have to spend.
Arlington County negotiated 10 years’ use of the site - rent-free - for a cultural or museum use, as a major element of the community benefit package for Rosslyn’s 1812 North Moore Street project. Approved by the County Board in May, the space is also available for another 10 years, at a graduated rent. The total value of this community benefit is $20 million.
For the full article:
sungazette.net/articles/2008/12/11/arlington/opinion/acmt805c.txt
Monday, September 29, 2008
'Host and Guest': Back With a Vengeance
Washington Post by Peter Marks
With heart-stopping artistry, Paata Tsikurishvili has brought back one of his signature pieces, "Host and Guest." And six years after its unveiling, it is still a stunner.
The production may now be, in fact, the best that it's ever been. Tsikurishvili has assembled a sterling cast for Synetic Theater's restaging of its original play; it features what has evolved into a reliable stable of company stars. Ben Cunis, Dan Istrate, Philip Fletcher, Irakli Kavsadze and Irina Tsikurishvili, Paata's choreographer-wife, play principal characters in this shattering story of eye-for-an-eye, and they do so with a passion and sure-footedness that seem to rev up more intensely the tale's dramatic engine.
For the full article:
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/28/AR2008092802552.html
Monday, September 29, 2008
Caution: Dip Ahead
Special to the Washington Post by Cecilia Cassidy
It had been easy to get into the rhythm. I got the turn. I got the spin. But the dip! The dip required a full-body free fall into the arms of my new dance instructor.
For the full article:
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/28/AR2008092802191.html
Wednesday, August 20, 2008; Page C01
Synetic Theater Stages a Reaction To Georgia War
Washington Post by Peter Marks
Synetic Theater Stages a Reaction To Georgia War
Washington Post by Peter Marks
As rehearsals were gearing up last week for their first show of the season -- an original stage adaptation of the vintage horror film "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari" -- the leaders of Synetic Theater faced an uncharacteristic problem: They lacked the energy to care.
Half a world away, Russian tanks were rolling into their homeland, the small, mountainous nation of Georgia, from which Synetic's founders, Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili, emigrated more than a dozen years ago, and where several other Synetic actors and musicians also were born.
For the full article:
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/19/AR2008081902941.html
Wednesday, August 20, 2008; Page C05
Washington Shakespeare Company's New Season
Washington Post by Jane Horwitz
While still waiting to move into Arlington County's new Rosslyn theatrical venue in the former Newseum building, WSC will migrate to Adams Morgan to do Tennessee Williams's1972 play "Small Craft Warnings" (April 9-May 10), about a group of drinkers coming to grips with their lives. It will be performed upstairs at Chief Ike's. Jay Hardee will direct.
For the full article:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/19/AR2008081902705.html
Friday, August 15, 2008
The Next Hot Spot - Rosslyn
Washington Business Journal by Timothy Burn
There’s something curious happening these days at the corner of Fort Myer Drive and Wilson Boulevard in the heart of Rosslyn. Looking around, the visual elements start to add up: Wilson rolls down a steep hill, through a canyon of tall buildings, bumps into a striking tear-shaped glass office building where a large TV screen flashes the news as commuters walk by. Lunchtime crowds line up for burritos, sushi and salad bowls. Cranes overhead lift and place more glass and steel. Looking north, Key Bridge arches over the Potomac, and to the east the dome of the old Newseum space hovers above the street.
For the full article:
bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/08/18/focus13.html
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Shadow Watching
The Connection by David Schultz
AT EXACTLY 9:32 a.m. last Friday, a group of a few dozen people gathered at Dark Star Park in Rosslyn to stare at shadows.
Aug. 1 is the day when the shadows of the sculptures at Dark Star Park align perfectly with outlines drawn around them.
Arlington County Public Art officials had thought that 9:32 was the exact time when the shadows would fall into place. But when the time came, the shadows were still a little off.
As it turned out, the Earth’s axis had tilted ever so slightly since the last time the shadows had been observed. The alignment this year occurred at 9:33 and 50 seconds.
“It worked!” said a jubilant Angela Adams, the County’s Public Art administrator. “We will correct our time.”
For the full article:
connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=318150&paper=60&cat=104
Thursday, July 24, 2008; 1:00 PM
The Going Out Gurus
of the washingtonpost.com City Guide
Washington, D.C.: I'm turning 30 next month, so of course, I want to have a celebration. I'm not looking into anything big (maybe 30-40 people) nor in the club scene. Actually, I'm thinking of something like Rocket Bar where you can play games, drink, and just have fun (without the thumping of techno). And I'm also looking on the relatively inexpensive side too. Are there any other places that you would recommend in D.C. that have that atmosphere? Also open to Virginia, but I don't know anything about VA. Thanks.
Fritz: Similar to Rocket is its sister bar Continental in Rosslyn, which has a funkier decor as well as the expected pool tables, darts, shuffleboard tables and board games. You can reserve private or semi-private areas if you hit certain minimum food/booze sales. I'd consider Breadsoda, too, for pool/darts/Wii/shuffleboard, but that place gets slammed on the weekends already -- if that's when you're thinking of having the party.
For the full article:
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/07/17/DI2008071703211.html
July 23, 2008
Trio of Projects to Bring 1.7M SF to Suburban DC
Commerical Property News by Barbra Murray, Contributing Editor
The souring economy hasn't altogether dampened development activity. In the Washington, D.C., suburb of Arlington, Va., news has emerged about three new office and mixed-use projects that will bring a total of 1.7 million square feet to an area just minutes from the District.
The Arlington County Board has been doing its part to facilitate development in the area, having worked late into the night yesterday to complete the approval of a Phased Development Site Plan for Pentagon Centre (pictured), a mixed-use development that will sit in the Pentagon City submarket. Kimco Realty Corp. is behind the project, the first phase of which will create a 20-story office building with 333,00 square feet of office space and 13,000 square feet of retail space; an eight-story structure featuring 150,000 square feet of office space with 14,600 square feet of ground-level retail; and a seven-story parking structure.
Additionally, the Board convened last Saturday to green light developer Ashton Park Associates' Founders Square, a 660,000-square-foot office complex highlighted by 23,000 square feet of ground-level retail and two residential towers encompassing 362 units in Arlington's Ballston submarket.
And Monday Properties has gotten in on the development frenzy, too. The company just revealed plans to build a 580,000-square-foot high-rise in Rosslyn, Va. Upon completion, the 35-story structure will be the tallest of all presently existing buildings in Metropolitan Washington, D.C. With an address of 1812 N. Moore St., the building--which will also encompass 11,000 square feet of retail--will sit just across from a Metro station on a site that Monday Properties acquired last year. The land is presently home to a 108,000-square-foot, 46-year-old office structure that will be demolished this month. Development is scheduled to reach completion 2011. All three of the projects are transit-oriented developments and are being designed to adhere to LEED certification standards, with Monday Properties seeking LEED Platinum certification that, if achieved, will make 1812 N. Moore the only LEED Platinum-certified building in the State of Virginia.
For the full article:
cpnonline.com/cpn/content_display/regions/midatlantic/washington-dc/e3iafc46ce4f23b8d837f327aefc1af0976
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 - 5:28 PM EDT
Restaurants, small retailers set sights on D.C. area
Washington Business Journal - by Tierney Plumb Staff Reporter
Retail is not dead in D.C., as evidenced by Monday's slate of retailers that announced plans to locate or expand in the Washington region this year.
With about 2,300 attendees inside the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the International Council of Shopping Centers Inc.'s Mid-Atlantic Idea Exchange, held in D.C. for the past four years, acted as matchmaker for retailers and brokers eager to land real estate deals.
The majority of retailers looking for a bigger piece of the market in 2008 are a part of the growing fast-casual restaurant segment. New York-based Chop't Creative Salad Company LLC will open a third regional location in Rosslyn at 1735 N. Lynne St. March 25. Redding, Conn.-based Sandella's Flatbread Cafe is building six stores in Washington, with an anticipated seven to 10 opened this year and 20 to 25 next year around the area
For the full article:
bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2008/03/10/daily22.html
Posted 11:15 am Sat February 23, 2008
Dominion To Lay Underground Lines in Arlington
WJLA Website
Dominion Virginia Power says it will begin construction next month on nearly 3 miles of underground electric transmission lines in Arlington. The company says it will cut into roads, not private property, to install the lines between the Virginia Square and Rosslyn Metro stations. The work will be done in 100-foot-long sections.
For the full article:
wjla.com/news/stories/0208/498416.html
Thursday, February 7, 2008; VA10
Giving the Arts More Room to Grow
Old Newseum in Arlington Poised To Host Cultural Groups for Free
Washinton Post By Kirstin Downey
Cultural groups throughout the region are lining up for a new kind of casting call, hoping to be chosen by Arlington County to play a leading part in the county's transformation from a suburban bedroom community to an artistic mecca.
Arlington County recently finalized a deal with a Rosslyn developer that will allow it to offer the former Newseum rent-free for 10 years, presenting arts organizations with the prospect of getting a world-class performance space.
Many groups have expressed interest. The prestigious Corcoran Gallery of Art in the District has sought the county's permission to use the 45,000-square-foot space for exhibits and educational programs, and two innovative theater troupes are among the local groups vying for a shot at the property as well.
For the full article:
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/06/AR2008020601606_pf.html
February 6, 2008
Arlington Hopes To Turn Newseum Into Performing Arts Center
NBC4 by Jane Watrel
Arlington Hopes To Turn Newseum Into Performing Arts Center. Arlington County wants to turn the former Newseum building in downtown Rosslyn into a multipurpose performing arts center. The 45,000-square-foot...
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nbc4.com/news/15236813/detail.html