Construction at the Dunn Loring Metro is rapidly progressing. Workers are swarming all over the 15 acre site to add to the already completed Avenir Place apartments. Once finished in 2015, the previous surface parking lot will be transformed into a walkable community composed of 628 residential units, 125,000 square feet of retail space – including a Harris Teeter, and 2,000 parking spaces.
The section appearing to near completion is in the northwest corner of the property and includes 7 retail stalls overlooking a small pocket park and serviced by 63 parking spaces. According to a promotional brochure found on JBGR’s website, the company leasing the retail space, it appears as if 3 of the 7 retail spaces have been leased – The Black Squirrel, Thai Thai, and Moby Dick House of Kabob all look to be coming to this area.
The JBGR brochure states that delivery was to begin the first quarter of this, but considering the current progress of construction, that appears unlikely. I’m guessing third quarter is a bit more realistic.