Property owners are proposing to create a mixed-use condo building at 226 and 228 W. Glebe Road in Alexandria, dubbed "Le Glebe," according to an application filed with the City.
The building would feature four residential units and retail on the ground floor. The applicant is requesting to build at a height of 45 feet, 10 feet higher than currently allowed in that area.
The property, 226 and 228 W. Glebe Road, is located northwest of the intersection of Mount Vernon Avenue and W. Glebe Road in Arlandria. Currently, there are two single-family homes located on the property; one is used as a commercial business (dog grooming), and the other was a residence but is currently vacant.
To the north, across W. Glebe Road, lies St. Rita’s Catholic Church and School and a low-scale commercial retail building including a Sherwin Williams Paint Store (also known as the Safeway-Datatel site). To the rear or southwest of the site lies Grace Episcopal Church. There are low-scale commercial uses to the northwest along W. Glebe Road. To the southeast is a large surface parking lot for the Food Star retail strip center.
The Applicant proposes a mixed-use development of four large family-style residential units (over 1,400 square feet each) and 2,496 square feet of ground-floor retail in a three-story (45-foot tall) building.
The proposed siting of the building also screens the surface parking lot located at the rear of the property.
