Pentagon City

Pentagon City was founded in 1946, when developers Morris Cafritz and Charles H. Tompkins acquired a 190-acre site of empty fields and commercial warehouses for $1.5 million.

[2][3] A Western Electric telephone manufacturing facility opened in the 1950s and was later converted into a small shopping mall known as "Pentagon Centre."

MCI also occupied two of the four office towers immediately across South Hayes Street, known as Pentagon City I and II (often abbreviated "PCY").

Pentagon City also is home to the DEA, TSA, and other office buildings housing various federal government agencies and businesses.

Kettler, real-estate development and property management company, razed warehouses that were a portion of an older industrial park for the project.

[6] Phase two of the project was completed in late 2009 and consists of The Millennium at Metropolitan Park, a second high-end rental apartment building.

[7][8] Virginia Highlands Park, located immediately south of the central retail area, provides a lush green space as well as basketball, tennis, soccer, and softball/baseball facilities.

[9] The suburban neighborhood of Aurora Highlands, which consists primarily of single-family detached housing, extends due south of Pentagon City.

Pentagon City at night in March 2021
A 1950s postcard of The Pentagon with a still undeveloped Pentagon City in the top right
Pentagon City in the 1980s
Washington Tower, designed by RTKL Associates , located above the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City
Pentagon City office buildings, including the Transportation Security Administration headquarters and Drug Enforcement Administration
Pentagon Row shops
Map of Virginia highlighting Arlington County