Arlington County
“Local preservationists are calling for changes to a plan to tear down
a Columbia Pike church and replace it with affordable housing. The Arlington
Partnership for Affordable Housing is proposing to demolish the Arlington
Presbyterian Church at 3507 Columbia Pike and replace it with an affordable
apartment complex.
APAH worked in partnership with church leaders to develop a plan that
would build a new, 7,100 square foot church within a five-story, 142-unit
apartment building. The proposal also includes a space for nonprofit child care
and ground floor retail intended for a coffee shop. The church approached APAH
with the idea of building affordable housing on its site, according to a
presentation the church made to its congregation in August. APAH laid out a
timeline that would start with signing a lease by the end of the year, starting
demolition in early 2016 and opening in late 2017.”
~Writes Ethan Rothstein of Arlington Now
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