Wheels in Motion to Update Ballston Mall

Archicture firm Cooper Carry has been asked by Ballston Mall owner Forest City Enterprises to develop a repositioning strategy for the Arlington shopping center.

From the firm:

The proposed urban strategy includes turning the retail out to the street and expressing the destination retailers, such as Sport and Health facilities, in the restyling of the façade. Street level tenants will include restaurants with outdoor dining.

Because the indoor mall will remain, a variety of other recommendations are being proposed to improve the feeling of connectivity including the addition of an ‘arch wall’ feature to connect the exterior architecture at the mall entrances and enhance the mall public space. Circulation will be improved by reshaping and reorganizing the vertical circulation and stair entry features and the primary galleria.

ARLnow reports that the shopping center owner is coordinating with interior shops to end their leases to make way for the update.

The county still has to approve plans. Read ARLnow’s story here.