The Beacon Clarendon Apartments

I’ve been living at the Beacon for almost a year now and it has been a really positive experience. My fiancé and I just got our lease renewal for the building and are staying for another year.
Management: This is a really fantastic management team. From day 1 when we were considering the building (before it was actually open for move ins and was still being finished) we dealt with Micheal and he has been fantastic. Generally luxury high-​rises have high turnover rates, but it’s great that we dealt with Micheal from our first visit considering moving into the Beacon and still deal with him on a regular basis now. It’s been a very positive experience. Whenever issues are raised (and they’ve been very minor, normal issues) it is dealt with immediately and professionally. Also, management is generally open to suggestions and even takes them seriously. We are purchasing an electric vehicle soon and wanted a charger in the parking garage so we raised the issue to Micheal. The management is now working diligently to get the electrical work done so they can make this happen for us and other residents. Prior to moving into the Beacon, we lived at another new build building in Rosslyn (Sedona/​Slate). While both are luxury high rises, I can confidently say that the treatment by management is night and day between the two. At Sedona there was a lot of turnover in management so you never knew who to call, everything seemed disorganized (they actually just sent me a request to review them if I like living there — we moved out almost a year ago), and generally, getting issues dealt with was like pulling teeth. At Beacon, we love dealing with Micheal (and Ryan is great too!) — they are both so pleasant and you know they are truly listening to you because they make improvements constantly. While we haven’t taken advantage of these, the management company also hosts get togethers for building residents (often with food/​drink) periodically for residents to get to know one another and meet management.
Issues Dealt with Promptly: Whenever there have been issues (light out, sink not draining properly, locks needing adjusting to close easier), Mario has come by immediately to fix this. When some work had to be done on the closet to make it ADA-​compliant, there was some dust left in the immediate vicinity of the closet. When we raised this issue, the management company immediately sent someone to professionally clean the area. A situation that we were unhappy with turned into a positive experience because of how expeditiously and professionally it was dealt with. Of all the luxury high rises I’ve lived in in NYC and DC/​Arlington, this has been the most positive experience I’ve had and it’s been the easiest to get issues resolved.
Building Quality/​Experience: The apartments are gorgeous. Nice tile backsplash in the kitchen, deep kitchen cabinets, nice appliances, granite countertops, light-​colored laminate (?) floors, etc. Lobby and club level are also nicely appointed and of contemporary style. I would say that if you’re considering living here, things like kitchen size and closets can vary greatly, so perhaps look at a few apartments before deciding if there are others available (we ended up picking a unit with a large patio, medium sized kitchen and small closet in the bedroom, but we considered other units that had different breakdowns of some of those key metrics). Floors and cabinets are not real wood — but this is pretty standard for luxury high rises in my experience.
Room for Improvement: Grills upstairs are hard to work and wish there were more of them (there are 2)! They’re nice Wolf grills, but sometimes we have a hard time getting 1 of the 2 to start. Lots of residents go up and grill on the roof and people are generally pretty courteous with sharing the grills, or moving out of the way as soon as they’re finished so others can use it. Pool is very small. There’s a good number of chairs to lay out in, but not a lot of actual pool. We don’t use the pool much so this isn’t really a concern for us.
Would highly recommend the building — great area, very nice apartments, and most importantly, a reasonable, easy-​to-​deal-​with and professional management company/​staff.