Lee Harrison Shopping Center

home to many businesses i frequent on a daily basis: starbucks, harris teeter, pie-​tanza, greener cleaner, that godforsaken bagel place.
this shopping center has gotten way too popular, and i dont think that will change anytime soon with duck donuts opening and a womens gym on the way (dec 2015 supposedly). peter chang restaurant brings hordes of people to this shopping center around lunchtime, making it even more crowded than it already was. a crowded shopping center is great for business, but the number of customers & cars greatly outweighs the amount of available space.
as anyone who frequents this shopping center can tell you, the parking lot is a real problem. come here anytime after 10am on ANY day of the week, and you’ll battle to find a parking space. moms in their minivans and SUVs will hover as you make your way to your car. ive seen shouting matches over a damn parking space in this center! many of the parking spaces near to the street are so narrow that i frequently see people parking over the lines which makes adjacent spaces unusable. theyve added a decent number of «15 Minute Parking» spaces in order to keep spots available for people who just need to do a quick errand. that’s great, but i dont see it enforced by anyone. ive seen cars park there for *much* longer than 15 mins.
other little things: no bike racks, no recycling bins. i get that arlington isnt crawling with cyclists like dc is, but the option would be nice. the lower level shops area is cool, but it always smells bad down there as though there is a sewage issue that has never been addressed.
i think 3 stars is a fair rating for this place: 5 stars for the selection of shops, 0 stars for the insane parking situation. it averages out to «A-​OK», by Unilocal definition.