ARLINGTON, VA—Earlier this month, the Arlington County Board approved a proposal giving Virginia Hospital Center the option to purchase the site at 1800 North Edison St, a parcel of land next to the hospital that the county owns.

The payment for the land, per an agreement outlined in an earlier non-binding letter of intent between the County and the hospital, will be either "cash, one of more specified VHC-owned properties, or a combination thereof." As for the purchase price itself, the LOI established it will be the fair market value of the property determined at the time VHC exercises the option to purchase. The earliest date that it can do so is 30 months after the effective date of the agreement.

At a minimum, the purchase price will be $12.45 million, which is the land's current appraised value.

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Erika Morphy

Erika Morphy has been writing about commercial real estate at GlobeSt.com for more than ten years, covering the capital markets, the Mid-Atlantic region and national topics. She's a nerd so favorite examples of the former include accounting standards, Basel III and what Congress is brewing.