An Alexandria apartment complex along a narrow stretch between West Braddock Road and N. Beauregard Street is about to get a little denser.
Property owner KMF XII Alexandria, LLC wants to convert former laundry rooms into 11 new apartments at the three-building 122-unit garden-style property, while keeping the number of available parking spaces for residents as-is at 152.
The Planning Commission will review the proposal on Tuesday (May 6), and City Council will consider the matter at its hearing on May 17.
This is the second project of its kind that KMF XII Alexandria, LLC, is bringing to the city for approval this month. The company bought this property, The Oliver, and The Alante Apartments nearby at 4800 Kenmore Avenue in 2018, added washers and dryers to the apartments and have proposed converting the old communal laundry rooms into apartments.
City staff is recommending approval.
According to the city:
The applicant proposes to convert the former common laundry rooms into eleven new apartments (one studio, ten one-bedrooms) for a new total count of 133 units. The units would be entirely within the existing buildings and would not require any new square footage…
The site currently has 122 apartments and 152 parking spaces, with a parking ratio of 1.24 spaces per unit. The complex was constructed in the late 1960’s and has maintained approximately the same number of parking spaces since that time. With an additional eleven units, there would be 133 units, and a parking ratio of 1.14 spaces per unit, which is in line with what is being proposed with similar new residential developments in the West End.
