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Ask Adam: 2014 Real Estate Predictions 01/07/2014 11:20am • This regularly-scheduled Q&A column is sponsored by Adam Gallegos of Arlington-based real estate firm Arbour Realty, voted one of Arlington Magazine’s Best Realtors of 2013 & 2014. Please submit follow-up questions in the via email. Question: We’ll be selling our home and Abandoned horses struggle to recover after recession (Video) 01/06/2014 07:53am • LESLIE SPACEK CAPITAL NEWS SERVICE WOODBINE, Md. - Hundreds of Maryland's horses are homeless, abandoned by people who could not afford to care for them in the aftermath of the Great Recession. Horse ownership increased in the decade prior to the economic downturn in 2009. But with the crash of DEVELOPING: Long Bridge Aquatics Center on Hold Due to Rising Costs 01/03/2014 06:35pm • Construction of the Long Bridge Park Aquatics, Health and Fitness Facility is on hold due to higher-than-expected construction costs. Arlington County Manager Barbara Donnellan announced late Friday afternoon that construction bids for the first phase of the Long Bridge Park aquatics center cam Crime Report: Christmas and New Year’s Eve 01/03/2014 01:45pm • The Arlington County Police Department has issued its crime report for the two weeks ending Dec. 31. A few days before Christmas, some Grinch stole a fruit basket (and a gift card) from a Virginia Square apartment mail room. BURGLARY, 131219008, 3500 block of N. Washington Boulevard. At 7:30 am Rental Report: Holiday Entertaining, Apartment Style 12/31/2013 10:55am • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. You have Top 5 ‘Lighter’ Stories of 2013 12/30/2013 11:30am • Looking back at the top stories of 2013 in Arlington (full list to be published Tuesday), the majority of the most-viewed articles fall into one of two categories: tragedy or comedy. While sometimes comedy can beget tragedy, depending on your perspective, the numbers don’t lie — articles Rental Report: Holiday Entertaining, Apartment Style 12/24/2013 10:30am • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. You have Rental Report: Where Do I Start My Search? 12/17/2013 10:50am • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. One state Morning Notes 12/16/2013 08:35am • Board Takes Action on Affordable Housing — The Arlington County Board on Saturday voted on a series of measures to preserve some of the county’s supply of affordable housing. The Board approved a set of financial tools – including a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) area — Rental Report: Where Do I Start My Apartment Search? 12/10/2013 03:00pm • Editor’s Note: This biweekly sponsored column is written by Rick Gersten, founder and CEO of Urban Igloo, a rental real estate firm that matches up renters with their ideal apartments, condos or houses. Please submit any questions in the comments section or via email. One state Avery Row Apartments Now Leasing 12/10/2013 01:00pm • The leasing center at the new Avery Row (1200 N. Rolfe Street) apartment complex opened for business yesterday (December 9) and it boasts apartments ready for immediate move-in. Potential residents can now tour the four story, 67-unit building in the Radnor/Ft. Myer Heights neighborhood. The “ County Offers Explanation for Higher Aquatic Center Costs 12/10/2013 10:30am • Arlington County is explaining changes to the cost estimate for the Long Bridge Park Aquatic and Fitness Center, following the news that costs are expected to be higher than anticipated. The aquatics center, scheduled to open in the summer of 2016, had been projected to have an annual operating Developer Goes Back To Drawing Board On Rockville Pike Towers 12/09/2013 02:30pm • The developer of a key stretch of Rockville Pike will go back to the drawing board after state and county transportation officials expressed concern about three new connector streets that would run east to west through the site. Bethesda-based Saul Centers, a real estate investment trust of B. Morning Poll: Long Bridge Park Aquatics Center 12/06/2013 09:45am • Last year, voters approved a bond to help build the new Long Bridge Park Aquatics and Fitness Center by a vote of 61 to 39 percent. Now, however, the ongoing costs of the center are projected to be even higher than anticipated. “What had been an expected annual operating deficit of $1 million Introducing Real-Time Real Estate Stats 12/04/2013 01:00pm • There’s a new addition to our Arlington real estate section. Now, in addition to sale, rental and open house listings, we’re debuting real-time Arlington real estate statistics. Our technology partners are still working out a couple of kinks (for instance, the 12-month view of p