Arlington Board Paves Way for Mom's Organic Market on Lee Highway
New grocery store will be less than a half-mile from Courthouse Metro.
The Arlington County Board unanimously approved a series of measures on Saturday that will allow for the redevelopment of an eyesore on Lee Highway into a 10-story apartment building and bring a new specialty grocery store to the neighborhood. McCaffrey Interests plans to redevelop the former Bergmann's dry cleaning plant and an adjacent property, including cleaning up the environmentally contaminated site. The developer plans to lease much of the ground-floor retail space to Mom's Organic Market, a Rockvlle, Md.-based grocer that unabashedly declares itself an "environmentalist." The store buys local when possible, does not sell bottled water, relies on wind power and composts its biodegradable waste. The grocer would be less than a half-…
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Jason Spencer
2:22 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
We had a reader questions about the "affordable" units. Per the county's agreement with the developer, the 11 committed affordable units would be considered affordable to individuals and families making up to 60 percent of the area median income — that's $64,500 for a family of four. Find the complete income guidelines here: http://patch.com/bvepW more ›