Sorrento, a new apartment building in Reston, has launched a leasing website and is taking applications. The seven-story mid-rise building will be home to 306 studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments, and is substantially completed. Construction began in 2019, and the first units are anticipated to be ready later this year.
It’s part of a newly built community on Roland Clarke Place, about halfway between the Wiehle-Reston East Metro station and the ever-delayed upcoming Reston Town Center station, and will be within a one-mile walk of either. Along the same cul-de-sac, Toll Brothers and Sekas Homes have recently finished selling urban-style townhome developments. Two older mid-rise office buildings still remain, the picturesque Pond Building, and 1950 Roland Clarke Place, which is slated for future redevelopment. Sorrento, however, is the last approved building on the block and will wrap up the continuous construction that Roland Clarke Place has seen for the last four years.
Like all new residential construction in Reston, Sorrento is billing itself as a “luxury” apartment community. Amenities will include garage parking, two interior courtyards, a sixth-floor lounge, a dog spa, and multiple indoor community spaces, including a game room, dining room, and conference room. There will also be a multi-level fitness area and a yoga studio. The building is seven stories tall at street level, but is built on a grade, with the basement level exposed on the east side of the structure.
The eight levels of garage parking are above-ground, accessible from the rear of the building. Consequently, the facade facing the toll road is not very attractive, although there is some screening on the garage to break up the concrete monotony. The pedestrian entrance to the building is much more pleasant, with varying roof heights, ample public park space, and floor-to-ceiling windows along much of the first-floor amenity space.
With the opening of The Kensington earlier this year, Sorrento is the last significant new building in the area south of the Wiehle-Reston East Metro station. New construction continues north of the toll road and at Brookfield’s Halley Rise development.