Gray brick — Pedestrian perspective from the southeast of the project at 802-808 N. Washington Street (via City of Alexandria)
Red brick — Pedestrian perspective from the southeast of the project at 802-808 N. Washington Street (via City of Alexandria)
Gray brick — Pedestrian perspective from the southwest of the project at 802-808 N. Washington Street (via City of Alexandria)
Red brick — Pedestrian perspective from the southwest of the project at 802-808 N. Washington Street (via City of Alexandria)
Gray brick — Perspective from the northeast of the project at 802-808 N. Washington Street (via City of Alexandria)
Red brick — Perspective from the northeast of the project at 802-808 N. Washington Street (via City of Alexandria)
Gray brick — Perspective from the north northeast of the project at 802-808 N. Washington Street (via City of Alexandria)
Red brick — Perspective from the north northeast of the project at 802-808 N. Washington Street (via City of Alexandria)
Aerial of alley of the project at 802-808 N. Washington Street (via City of Alexandria)
Aerial of alley of the project at 802-808 N. Washington Street from the north west (via City of Alexandria)
A gray brick N. Washington Street facade (via City of Alexandria)
A red brick N. Washington Street facade (via City of Alexandria)
Twilight streetscape detail of the 802-808 N. Washington Street entrance (via City of Alexandria)
A plan to convert a former motel on N. Washington Street into a multifamily building and a townhouse is heading to the Board of Architectural Review on Thursday (June 5).
Maryland-based PT Blooms is asking the Board of Architectural Review to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness to redevelop the property at 802 and 808 N. Washington Street into The Whitley — Phase 2, a 48-unit building with one- to three-bedroom condos. That’s the former Towne Motel property, which closed in 2017 and didn’t reopen as a Holiday Inn Express as planned.
The proposed concept includes an underground parking garage with 47 spaces and a roof deck. The developer is seeking input on whether to use red or gray-colored brick for the project.
The property at 802-808 N. Washington Street was sold to its new owner, 808 Washington LLC, for $6.3 million last October, according to the city. PT Blooms also owns The Whitley at 805-823 N. Columbus Street, a 78-unit multifamily condo building, in development on the same block.
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