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3001 Park Center has been selected as Alexandria Beautification Award winner for 2011. Earlier this year, the Alexandria Beautification Commission members toured Alexandria and judged on the following criteria: visibility from the public right of way; plant colors, textures and forms, maintenance, proportion; landscaping accents and elements; relationship and enhancement to the neighborhood; and noticeable improvement.
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Co-developed by Erkiletian Development and the Jefferson Apartment Group, The Asher is a 206-unit luxury mid-rise apartment community located next to the Braddock Road Metro Station and within walking distance of Old Town Alexandria and the Potomac River. The Class-A amenities will include granite countertops, rooftop terraces with views of Washington, DC, a landscaped plaza, fitness center, business center and lounge. The development team will seek LEED certification for the project.... read more

KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced that its Building Group has been awarded a $33 million contract by Washington, D.C.-based development partners Erkiletian and Jefferson Apartment Group for the construction of The Asher, a planned mixed-use development in Alexandria, Virginia. “This important project for Erkiletian, one of Washington, D.C.’s most established and respected developers, follows the Building Group’s recent completion of several award-winning projects in the D.C. area.”... read more

The Asher, a 206-unit building near the Braddock Road Metro station being built by Erkiletian and the Jefferson Apartment Group. The team landed a $40.5 million construction loan from U.S. Bancorp and $7 million from Georgetown-based Federal Capital Partners.... read more

Erkiletian and McLean, Va.-based Jefferson Apartment Group are developing The Asher, a luxury multifamily property in Alexandria. Located one block from the Braddock Road metro station, the 206-unit property will offer one- and two-bedroom apartments, 6,400 square feet of retail space and a two-story, 256-space underground parking garage.... read more

Erkiletian hosted a ground-breaking reception for The Asher, their newest development in Alexandria, VA.... read more

Almost a year and a half after the city of Alexandria adopted a new vision for a redeveloped, high-density neighborhood by the Braddock Road Metro station, officials with Erkiletian and the Jefferson Apartment Group broke ground on a 206-apartment building [The Asher] just a block from the Metro station.... read more

The Braddock Road Metro station is getting its first new batch of apartments. Erkiletian and the Jefferson Apartment Group broke ground Friday on a 206-unit apartment building called The Asher. Erkiletian bought the site, home to a 60-year-old Security Storage warehouse that had been leased to the General Services Administration, in 2008 as the city of Alexandria was polishing the Braddock Road Metro Station Small Area Plan.... read more

This morning, we spoke with Bill Denton of Erkiletian, which along with Jefferson Apartment Group is beginning demolition in two weeks on The Asher in Alexandria. A GSA warehouse sits on the site now and provided the perfect site for testing floor plans and materials, Bill tells us. (Who wouldn’t want to turn a fire hose on an indoor apartment model as part of your workday?) The 218k SF, 206-unit luxury property, designed by Lessard Group, is a block from the Metro and includes 6,400 SF of retail space and 256 underground parking spots. Bill’s excited to be the first out of the gate with a multifamily groundbreaking under the 70-square-block Braddock Road Metro Small Area Plan, which also includes 884k SF of mixed-use from Jaguar and $250k SF from Equity Residential (to be developed by Trammell Crow), Bill says.... read more

Alexandria, VA - (November 11, 2010) Erkiletian, a family-owned real estate firm, and Jefferson Apartment Group, a highly-regarded multi-family developer will break ground today on The Asher, a six-story luxury apartment community located one block from the Braddock Road Metro station in Alexandria, Virginia. The Asher will include 206 one- and two-bedroom apartments, approximately 6,400 square feet of neighborhood-serving retail and a two-story underground parking garage with 256 spaces.... read more

Developers in Old Town Alexandria haven't had the stomach for starting large residential projects of late, but at least one thinks the timing is now right. Locally based construction and development company Erkiletian says it is just a few weeks away from starting work on The Asher, a 206 unit apartment building two blocks from the Braddock Road Metro station.... read more