The Alexandria City Council has approved permits for new waterfront restaurants at Robinson Landing.
Momentum continues at Robinson Landing in Old Town as the first condominium building rises above ground, nearly half of the townhomes are occupied or ready for move-ins and plans for onsite dining to be operated by Alexandria Restaurant Partners (ARP) have been approved by the City of Alexandria.
The waterfront community, located on the city block bounded by the Potomac River, S. Union, Duke and Wolfe streets, remains on schedule to be completed mid 2020, according to EYA LLC.
The restaurant approvals affirmed recommendations previously passed by the City’s Planning Commission. Plans call for a fine dining restaurant and café both overlooking the water with an open air-seating concept that will activate the Robinson Landing Pier.
ARP, which operates six unique restaurants in Alexandria, plans a 5,000-square-foot, ground floor, fine dining space with sweeping views of the Potomac in the condominium building where Duke Street crosses The Strand along the new waterfront promenade.
Nathan Macek, Alexandria Planning Commission chairman and Waterfront Commission member, said he believes the restaurants will establish Robinson Landing as the southern anchor to the Alexandria waterfront.
Residential construction and site development at Robinson Landing is moving rapidly. The first of three, five-story condominium buildings is rising above Wolfe Street. Above-ground construction on the remaining two buildings begins later this spring.
“The community is taking shape,” said Goldman “and everyone in Alexandria is beginning to see how Robinson Landing is delivering on the City’s larger plan to beautify and enliven this previously undeveloped area of the waterfront.
Robinson Landing is a joint venture among EYA-affiliated companies; JBG Fund IX, a private fund managed by JBG SMITH Properties; and Mitsui Fudosan America (MFA). When completed in 2020, the project will include 26 townhomes, 70 condominiums with onsite dining and retail, waterfront promenade and a revitalized pier.