The Crossing Clarendon

The Crossing Clarendon is an outdoor mixed-use development on Clarendon Boulevard in the Clarendon neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia. The property combines retail stores, restaurants, grocery shopping, and residential buildings in a pedestrian-oriented center serving both nearby residents and the wider Arlington community. Its tenant mix has included fashion, electronics, food and dining businesses, and a Whole Foods Market grocery store. The development opened in November 2001 under the name Market Common Clarendon. It was developed by McCaffery Interests as part of the continuing redevelopment and urban intensification of Clarendon, an Arlington neighborhood with access to Washington, D.C., and the region's public-transit network. The center is located a few blocks from the Clarendon Metrorail station and near the Courthouse area, giving it a position within a transit-accessible commercial corridor rather than functioning as a conventional suburban shopping mall. TIAA-CREF acquired Market Common Clarendon from McCaffery Interests in 2002, shortly after the project's opening. In 2016, Regency Centers and AvalonBay Communities acquired the complex for $406 million. The transaction brought together a retail-focused real-estate operator and a residential property company, reflecting the site's combination of commercial and residential uses. In 2021, Regency Centers renamed the property The Crossing Clarendon. The current name emphasizes the development's role as a connection point between retail, dining, housing, and the surrounding Clarendon neighborhood. The property is best understood as a place-based real-estate development brand rather than a consumer-goods company. Its principal offering is the managed environment itself: a collection of shops, restaurants, grocery services, residential buildings, and public-facing outdoor spaces. Available reference material does not provide a complete tenant directory, detailed residential inventory, management roster, official website, or operating metrics.

The Crossing Clarendon is a mixed-use development in the Clarendon neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia. The property occupies a prominent position along Clarendon Boulevard, within an urbanizing and transit-accessible part of Arlington located across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. Rather than operating as a standalone enclosed shopping mall, it was conceived as an outdoor center incorporating shops, restaurants, grocery retail, and residential buildings. McCaffery Interests developed the project, which opened in November 2001 as Market Common Clarendon. Its format reflected the growing use of mixed-use redevelopment to combine commercial and residential activity within established urban neighborhoods. The center's location near the Clarendon Metrorail station and a short distance from the Courthouse neighborhood supported access by local residents, transit users, pedestrians, and visitors from other parts of the Washington metropolitan area. The development changed ownership soon after opening. In 2002, TIAA-CREF purchased Market Common Clarendon from McCaffery Interests. The sale transferred the property from its original developer to an institutional real-estate investor while preserving its role as a retail-and-residential destination in Clarendon. A further ownership change occurred in 2016, when Regency Centers and AvalonBay Communities acquired the complex for $406 million. The partnership was significant because the two companies have complementary real-estate orientations: Regency Centers is associated with shopping-center ownership and operation, while AvalonBay Communities focuses on residential properties. Their acquisition therefore aligned with the development's combined retail and residential character. In 2021, Regency Centers renamed Market Common Clarendon The Crossing Clarendon. The rebranding gave the property a new identity while retaining its underlying mixed-use function. The development includes fashion and electronics retail, restaurants, grocery shopping anchored by Whole Foods Market, and residential buildings. It remains a place-based property brand whose value is tied to location, tenant mix, accessibility, and integration with the surrounding Clarendon community. Public reference material does not establish a detailed chronology of individual tenants, residential buildings, renovations, management appointments, or later ownership changes.

• 2021

  Property renamed The Crossing Clarendon

  [1]The Crossing Clarendonen.wikipedia.org

  Regency Centers introduces the property's current name, The Crossing Clarendon.

• 2016

  Acquisition by Regency Centers and AvalonBay Communities

  [1]The Crossing Clarendonen.wikipedia.org

  Regency Centers and AvalonBay Communities purchase the complex for $406 million.

• 2002

  TIAA-CREF becomes owner

  [1]The Crossing Clarendonen.wikipedia.org

  TIAA-CREF acquires Market Common Clarendon from developer McCaffery Interests.

• 2001

  Market Common Clarendon opens

  [1]The Crossing Clarendonen.wikipedia.org

  The mixed-use development opens in November under the name Market Common Clarendon, offering retail, restaurants, grocery shopping, and residential uses.

A transit-accessible, pedestrian-oriented mixed-use development serving Clarendon through a combination of retail, dining, grocery, and residential uses.

• Retail · 2001

  Retail stores

  The development includes retail premises serving everyday and discretionary shopping needs. Reference material identifies fashion and electronics among the represented categories, although it does not provide a complete or current tenant list. These stores form one component of the center's broader mixed-use proposition rather than a separately branded retail chain.

• Food and beverage · 2001

  Restaurants and dining

  Restaurants and dining venues are integrated into the outdoor development, contributing to its role as a neighborhood gathering and commercial destination. The available sources do not identify all restaurants, formats, or current operators, but dining is described as a core part of the center's tenant mix.

• Grocery retail

  Whole Foods Market

  Whole Foods Market provides grocery retail within the complex and serves as a major everyday-use component of the development. Its presence complements the center's fashion, electronics, restaurant, and residential uses, helping position the property as a neighborhood-serving mixed-use destination.

• Residential real estate · 2001

  Residential buildings

  Residential buildings are incorporated into the development alongside retail and dining. The available reference material confirms the residential component but does not specify the number of buildings, dwelling units, amenities, or operating brand associated with the residences.

• 2021

  Rebranding as The Crossing ClarendonStrategy

  Background

  The property had operated since its 2001 opening under the name Market Common Clarendon.

  Action taken

  Regency Centers renamed the complex The Crossing Clarendon.

  Aftermath

  The new name became the property's current identity. Available sources do not describe a related redevelopment program or changes to the tenant mix.

  Source

• 2016

  Acquisition by Regency Centers and AvalonBay CommunitiesM&A

  Background

  The mixed-use complex had previously been owned by TIAA-CREF after its initial development by McCaffery Interests.

  Action taken

  Regency Centers and AvalonBay Communities acquired the property for $406 million.

  Aftermath

  The acquisition placed the retail and residential components under a joint ownership structure. No further transaction details are established by the available reference material.

  Acquisition price. $406 million (2016)

  Source

1. 1The Crossing Clarendonen.wikipedia.org