Pentagon Centre

Pentagon Centre
Pentagon Centre entrance in 2005
Interactive map of the Pentagon Centre area
General information
StatusPartly complete; additional phases approved
TypeRetail center and mixed-use development
Location1200 S. Fern Street, Arlington County, Virginia, United States
Coordinates38°51′41″N 77°03′27″W / 38.8614867°N 77.0575257°W / 38.8614867; -77.0575257
OwnerKimco Realty
Website
https://www.simon.com/mall/fashion-centre-at-pentagon-city

Pentagon Centre is a retail center and mixed-use redevelopment site in the Pentagon City neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia, United States. The 16.8-acre site is located at 1200 South Fern Street and is bounded by 12th Street South, South Fern Street, 15th Street South, and South Hayes Street, adjacent to the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City.[1] The property, owned by Kimco Realty, has been planned for redevelopment from a big-box retail center into a larger mixed-use project with apartments, retail space, offices, hotel use, and public open space.[2][3]

The first completed residential buildings in the redevelopment are The Witmer, a 26-story apartment tower that opened in 2019, and The Milton, an 11-story apartment tower that opened in 2023.[4]

Site

Pentagon Centre is located near the Pentagon City station of the Washington Metro and is part of the broader Pentagon City and National Landing development area. In 2024, ARLnow described the site as containing Costco, Best Buy, Nordstrom Rack, and apartment buildings, next to the Pentagon City Metro station.[3] Kimco Realty describes the property as a multi-phase redevelopment of an existing 329,000-square-foot retail center above the Pentagon City Metro station.[5]

History and redevelopment

Before its redevelopment, Pentagon Centre was known primarily as a big-box retail center. In 2015, ARLnow reported that the property counted Best Buy and Costco among its tenants and that Kimco Realty had applied to redevelop it into six buildings in three phases.[2] The site had previously been approved for redevelopment in 2008, but Kimco sought revised phasing in 2015 after the recession and weakness in Arlington's office market changed the economics of the earlier plan.[2]

The Arlington County Board approved amendments to the Pentagon Centre phased development site plan on September 21, 2015.[6] County materials for the 2015 plan included a 25-story residential building with 440 units and ground-floor retail, a 10-story residential building with 253 units and ground-floor retail, and a seven-story above-grade parking structure with ground-floor retail.[6]

Residential towers

The first residential tower in the redevelopment was The Witmer, located at 710 12th Street South. In 2019, The Washington Post described The Witmer as a new 440-unit high-rise apartment building with retail spaces, within walking distance of Metro and across the street from the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City.[7] ARLnow later reported that The Witmer opened in 2019 and contained 440 units in 26 stories.[8]

The second residential tower, The Milton, is located at 1446 South Grant Street. ARLnow reported in June 2023 that construction had been completed on the 11-story, 253-unit building, which included roughly 16,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.[8] Multifamily Dive described The Milton as the second residential building in Kimco's Pentagon Centre development and reported that the broader Pentagon Centre plan also included offices, hotel space, and additional retail space.[4]

2023 and 2024 revisions

Kimco submitted a revised long-term plan for Pentagon Centre in the early 2020s. ARLnow reported in 2023 that the revised plan called for new high-rise residential and commercial buildings, with two office buildings, three additional residential towers, and nearly three acres of green space.[9] The revisions were described as a response to changes since the 2015 plan, including reduced demand for office space and the adoption of the 2022 Pentagon City Sector Plan.[9]

In 2024, Arlington County described the proposed amendment as a revision to the land-use mix, phasing, and layout of buildings and open space. County materials listed changes from the 2015 amendment that included reducing retail gross floor area from 346,600 square feet to 269,000 square feet, increasing residential gross floor area from 706,700 square feet to 1,959,000 square feet, increasing office gross floor area from 705,700 square feet to 1,039,000 square feet, increasing hotel gross floor area from 203,000 square feet to 229,000 square feet, and increasing open space from 143,000 square feet to 186,000 square feet.[1] Arlington County listed the board report, site plan set, and design guidelines for the amendment as approved on July 23, 2024.[1]

Bisnow reported in July 2024 that the revised long-term plan would increase the amount of approved development on the site from nearly 2 million square feet to 3.5 million square feet, and would increase the number of allowed residential units from 693 to 1,888.[10] The same report stated that the next phase of the plan would include a 25-story residential tower, a two-story retail building, and interim public space, while longer-term phases after Costco's departure would include office, residential, hotel, retail, and open-space uses.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "1200 S. Fern St. – Pentagon Centre". Arlington County, Virginia. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 Rothstein, Ethan (March 11, 2015). "Pentagon City Costco, Best Buy in Line for Big Redevelopment". ARLnow. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Egitto, Dan (July 8, 2024). "Greater density, more public space proposed in Pentagon City redevelopment plan". ARLnow. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
  4. 1 2 Salmonsen, Mary (June 15, 2023). "Kimco opens second multifamily tower near Amazon HQ2". Multifamily Dive. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Pentagon Centre". Kimco Realty. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
  6. 1 2 "1201 S. Hayes St. and 1200 S. Fern St. – Pentagon Centre". Arlington County, Virginia. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
  7. ↑ Lerner, Michele (July 31, 2019). "440 luxury apartments in mixed-use development rise near Amazon site". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
  8. 1 2 DeVoe, Jo (June 2, 2023). "Construction wraps up on second apartment tower in Pentagon Centre redevelopment". ARLnow. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
  9. 1 2 DeVoe, Jo (March 20, 2023). "Developer files new long-term plan for redeveloping Pentagon Centre". ARLnow. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
  10. 1 2 Banister, Jon (July 9, 2024). "Kimco Pitches 3.5M SF Development Plan For Pentagon City Costco Complex". Bisnow. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
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