A Walgreens near Lyon Village is closing today (Wednesday) to make way for redevelopment plans.

A new convenience store will replace the convenience store at 3130 Langston Boulevard. 12 storey tower There is a store on the ground floor and apartments on the upper floor.

A sign posted outside the pharmacy states that prescription files at Walgreens will be transferred to the CVS Pharmacy across the street at 3133 Langston Blvd.

“Closing a store is never an easy decision,” Walgreens spokeswoman Jennifer Cotto told ARLnow. “We know our stores are important to the communities we serve, and that’s why we’re doing everything possible to improve store performance. Where closures are necessary, we will work in partnership with community stakeholders to minimize customer disruptions.”

All employees were hired and offered positions elsewhere, Cotto said.

When ARLnow visited earlier this week, many items at Walgreens were out of stock and some shelves were going bare.

Developer Rooney Properties has filed site plan and rezoning applications for the address and has hosted meetings with the nearby Maywood Community Association and Lyon Village Civic Association in recent weeks. website.

Images uploaded this summer show an L-shaped building consisting of 276 residences, mostly one- and two-bedroom apartments. Plans call for approximately 13,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, as well as more than 300 parking spaces.

The project is expected to be completed by 2028 and cost approximately $130 million, according to the Washington Business Journal reported.