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 "url": "https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/va/arlington-ballston-commons/",
 "tier": "curated",
 "release": "2026-10-21",
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  "reported": "a source or origin is named, no excerpt",
  "none": "no source recorded"
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   "value": "• Partial redevelopment: mixed use\n•\n• Partial regreening: park",
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   "origin_label": "authors' map",
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   "quotes": []
  },
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   "value": "Ballston Quarter is one of the first major suburban shopping centers built in the Washington metropolitan area. It opened in 1951 as Parkington Shopping Center and was the nation's first shopping center built around a multi-story parking garage. It is located at the intersection of Glebe Road and Wilson Boulevard in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia, two blocks from Ballston–MU station on the Washington Metro's Orange and Silver lines. It was remodeled as Ballston Common Mall in 1986 and again in 2019 as Ballston Quarter.",
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   "quotes": []
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   "quotes": []
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   "quotes": []
  },
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   "value": [
    "redevelop",
    "regreen"
   ],
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "arcgis-webmap",
   "origin_label": "authors' map",
   "ref": "authors' map label wins; replaced [\"redevelop\", \"regreen\"] on 2026-10-20",
   "quotes": []
  },
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   "value": 1951,
   "chip": "documented",
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   "origin_label": "model extraction, unreviewed",
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    {
     "quote": "It opened in 1951 as Parkington Shopping Center",
     "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballston_Quarter",
     "title": "Quoted support for year_opened",
     "date": null,
     "kind": "wikipedia",
     "license": null
    }
   ]
  },
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   "value": 2013,
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "arcgis-webmap",
   "origin_label": "authors' map",
   "ref": "RED-044",
   "quotes": []
  }
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}