More than 5,000 people reside there now, and that number is expected to double by 2010. The following residences are found along the 4.5 mile east-west corridor in Eisenhower Valley: The Royalton, Meridian at Carlyle, Post Carlyle Square, Carlyle Square, Carlyle Towers, Carlyle Mill, Avalon Apartments, Townes at Cameron Parke, The Exchange, The Reserve and Summers Grove.

Within a year these will be joined by the Alexan Carlyle, a 280-unit rental apartment community on a 2.8-acre lot in the 800 block of John Carlyle Street. Developed by Trammell Crow Residential (TCR), the $94 million project is expected to deliver its first units in the third quarter of 2009.

The development will have five stories and a variety of resort-style amenities including a pool, clubhouse, exercise room, billiards room, and a business center. Designed by Cubellis DCA, the single building will incorporate three distinct architectural motifs: the Federal architecture of nearby Old Town; art deco; and the style of urban warehouse lofts.