601 South Carlin Springs Property

Location

601 S Carlin Springs Road, Arlington, VA 22204  View Map

Status

Construction

Demolition of the property began in January 2023 and was completed in May. Native grass and a meadow were recently planted and final landscaping will occur through the end of fall. Typical work hours for this project are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., from Monday to Friday.

Learn more about recent and upcoming activities at the 601 S. Carlin Spring site:

• View details about the native grass and meadow planting, including the site maintenance schedule.
• Virginia Hospital Center (VHC Health) has proposed purchasing and transforming 5.8 acres into an advanced rehabilitation and behavioral health wellness facility.

About the Project

The County completed the acquisition of the South Carlin Springs property located at 601 S. Carlin Springs Road on Dec. 31, 2019. The 11.57-acre site was previously occupied by the former VHC Health urgent care facility and the County developed plans to remove the building because it was incompatible with any County uses. Learn more about the 2019 VHC Health land purchase agreement.

The former VHC Health urgent care center is undergoing demolition and deconstruction in two phases. Phase 1 included the decoupling the former urgent care building from the doctor's office building at 611 S. Carlin Springs Road, which was completed in late summer 2022. Phase 2 began in November 2022 and includes demolition of the former urgent care building and site restoration; estimated completion of the project is in fall 2023.

For your safety, please stay outside of the fenced construction area and obey all traffic signals around the site.

Documents

• Title Report–601 S. Carlin Springs Rd.
• Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
• Map
• Draft Facility Assessment Report
• Aerial view
• 6th Rd. and S. Carlin Springs Rd. Traffic Count
• 601 S. Carlin Springs Road ALTA-SURVEY
• 1974 Scenic Easement Deed
• Landscaping Summary and Maintenance Plan

Timeline

November 2016: Formation of County and School Board-appointed Joint Facilities Advisory Commission (JFAC). This was a recommendation within the 2015 Community Facilities Study. Learn more about the public process. 

June 27, 2017: JFAC determined that the community strongly endorses the idea of acquiring land for public facilities and, in its Phase 2 Status Report to the County Board, recommended that the County acquire both the S. Carlin Springs Road and Buck sites.

July 18, 2017: Board voted 5-0 to elect to acquire the S. Carlin Springs Road property, should VHC Health exercise its option to buy the County’s 1800 N. Edison St. property. (Item No. 54 on agenda)

July 2019: County acquires the 601 S. Carlin Springs Road site. Begins six-month lease-back period to allow VHC Health additional time to relocate facilities operated on the site.

Dec. 31, 2019: End of lease-back period. County takes possession of facilities at 601 S. Carlin Springs Road site.

Feb. 3, 2020: County and APS staff provided an update on site activity at the Glencarlyn Citizens’ Association meeting. View the presentation.

July 2020: Preconstruction activities began on site to decouple 601 S. Carlin Springs and 611 S. Carlin Springs. View the update presentation for more information on the phase 1 (decoupling) process.

September 2021: A contract was awarded to Landivar Associates to provide construction services for the decoupling of the former urgent care facility (601 S. Carlin Springs) from the currently operational medical office building at 611 S. Carlin Springs. Decoupling work is scheduled to begin winter 2022 and finish summer of 2022. 

November 2021: The project team provided a briefing to the Glencarlyn Civic Association. View the presentation.(PDF, 303KB)

September 2022: Phase 1 decoupling of the former urgent care facility was completed. The project team provided a briefing on the upcoming Phase 2 demolition to the Glencarlyn Civic Association. View the presentation.(PDF, 841KB)

 

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