The King Street Project hosted a virtual community meeting Monday evening on YouTube to present the details of two new residential and retail projects in Old Town.
The King Street Project, by Alexandria-based Galena Capital Partners, is working on plans for two developments in Old Town that would replace current parking lots.
The parking lots are at 912, 916 and 920 King Street, and at 116 S. Henry Street. The projects include residential and retail space, as well as additional parking. The 116 S. Henry Street project proposal includes a high-tech garage that automatically parks cars.
Construction could start in 2021 and would happen in phases with the parking garage and Henry Street development starting first, followed by the King Street development.
912 to 920 King Street is the parking lot just east of Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams and Bloomers at the intersection of Route 1 North. A Capital Bikeshare docking station is in that parking lot. 116 S. Henry Street is a parking lot behind Killer ESP, Alexandria Cupcake and Hank’s Oyster Bar on King Street.
The company behind the development is Alexandria-based Galena Capital Partners. The City owns the parking lots and is in the process of selling those for development.
The concepts for two parking lots were to go before the Board of Architectural Review this Wednesday, April 1, but that meeting has been canceled.
For King Street (rendering below), Galena Capital's BAR application stated:
Winstanley Architects
"The proposed building is 4-story mixed-use development with residential at the upper three floors and retail below at the King Street frontage. The project additionally is seeking flexibility in either all retail at the ground floor or a mix with Live/ Work units at the south side facing the public alley. At the east property line, the building will be set back 10' from the existing buildings to provide open space at the street level. The building is set back at several strategic locations to address street context, increased light into the alley and break down the massing. The building mass is further [broken] down with horizontal layering of brick detailing at each floor level."
For South Henry Street (renderings below):
Winstanley Architects
"This site front two streets - S. Henry & S. Patrick with the majority of the development elevation facing a public alley. The development consists of three separate buildings: a townhouse condo with 2 units facing S. Patrick, an automated parking structure that will provide spaces for the new developments on this site, across the street on 912-920 King in addition to the public, and lastly a mix-used 4-story building on S. Henry with retail at the street level and residential above. The S.Henry building includes flexible live/work spaces (x2) at the ground floor. To address the length of the site, the massing is broken down further will vertical expressions on the exterior and strategic setback at the upper floors of the S.Henry & S. Patrick street frontage."
