The board of directors of the Unit Owners Association of the Monroe Condominium at Virginia Square Metro issued the following statement on Tuesday, June 11:
The Monroe Board urges Arlington County officials to reject the Site Plan application for Latitude Apartments, a high-density apartment complex proposed for 3601-3625 Fairfax Drive. The application is in opposition to longstanding County Board policy on Land Use and would violate the Virginia Square Sector Plan. The Sector Plan calls for an office building on the site.
The Virginia Square Sector Plan was an important guide for home buyers who invested in the Monroe and surrounding properties. It provided assurance that the county intended to preserve the peaceful, livable community that exists today. Approval of the Latitude Site Plan application would violate the trust between the county and residents by ignoring long-standing land-use policy without meaningful community input.
The Latitude Apartments proposal is ill-conceived. It will have a disastrous effect on the Virginia Square community. It will upset the desired residential/commercial balance, over-burden on-street parking, and overwhelm the small Virginia Square Metro station.