The Arlington County Board gave final approval at its Saturday meeting to a major redevelopment project at 2601 Columbia Pike in Arlington, Virginia.

“The Elliott” will be a 6-story, mixed-use property, with 271 apartments and about 15,000 square feet of retail space. It will replace the Fillmore Gardens shopping center on Columbia Pike, east of Walter Reed Drive.

Under the redevelopment plan, a parking lot would be turned over to the county — to potentially become part of an expanded Penrose Park.

Several projects proposed for that strip fell through over the years, leaving the property empty as it fell into disrepair.

The strip mall housed the Salsa Room, Atilla’s restaurant, a CVS and a number of other small businesses.

Arlington Board Chair Takis Karantonis lauded the approval at

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