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Latest NewsPenzance Looks To Add 3 Residential Towers To Rosslyn Skyline
The D.C.-based developer is planning to construct 900K SF across three towers on the site of Rosslyn Gateway. It has filed site plans with Arlington County for the project, branded as One Rosslyn, the company announced in a press release Tuesday.
“This is a very special site,” Penzance partner John Kusturiss told Bisnow, adding that his company has been “keeping an eye on” it since it was entitled for redevelopment more than a decade ago.
Penzance is partnering with Boston-based The Baupost Group on the project, which is being designed by Hickok Cole and Studios Architecture.
The towers are planned to total 862 units and 15K SF of retail, a Penzance spokesperson told Bisnow. There are two rental towers planned, one with 461 units and the other with 319, and one condo building with 82 units.
“There is definitely a shortage of housing in the region, in Arlington and specifically in Rosslyn,” Kusturiss said. “The Rosslyn sector plan calls for more housing, and we think this is just a phenomenal location for more multifamily housing. So we’re bringing forward three residential towers that will be a mix of unit sizes and price points and ownership […]
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Office Property Near Herndon Metro Sells To Multifamily Developer Partnering With Japanese Firms
A 1980s-era office complex next to the new Herndon Metro station has been eyed for mixed-use development for years, but now a new team has taken over the project.
Penzance, which had been planning to redevelop the two-story office property since 2015, sold it to a partnership led by San Diego-based Fairfield Residential.
Fairfield Residential paid $18.25M for the 4.3-acre site on the Dulles Toll Road, Fairfax County property records show and Fairfield confirmed to Bisnow. It has partnered with […]
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School System Converts Vacant Office Space To Classrooms In Fairfax County
Fairfax County Public Schools has transformed 40K SF of a Herndon office park into educational spaces primarily focused on adult learning programs.
The school system leased one building and part of another at Penzance’s 420K SF Marker 20 campus at 450-485 Springpark Place, JLL — which negotiated the deals and managed the construction — announced Tuesday. The system initially agreed to lease 33K SF in December 2021, and then it expanded the deal by 6K SF in March 2022.
The buildings were converted to classroom, office and testing space to […]
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Penzance Buys 240K SF Arlington Office Building For $25M
Penzance has scooped up its second Arlington County property in as many months, this one a rare office building sale.
The D.C.-based firm acquired the Ballston One office building at 4601 North Fairfax Drive, it announced Thursday. The firm didn’t reveal the sale price, but property records show it sold for $25M.
The seller, UBS Realty Investors, was represented in the deal by JLL‘s Matt Nicholson, Andrew Weir, Jim Meisel, Dave Baker, Kevin Byrd and Kameel […]
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