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A national pet care company is seeking city approval to reopen a shuttered dog daycare and boarding facility at 133 South Peyton Street under a new name and with significantly expanded operations, according to an application filed with the city.
Pet Resort Hospitality Group, headquartered in Bentonville, Ark., has applied for an administrative special use permit to assume ownership of the former Board Hound facility and rebrand it as Olde Towne Pet Resort. The Board Hound, which operated at the site under Four Rescues LLC, closed as a business on Feb. 1, the applicant reported to the city. The facility's most recent special use permit, #2023-00030, was approved by the city on June 17, 2023.
The application, signed March 30 by Miguel Durand of Great Falls, requests a minor amendment that would more than double the facility's daycare capacity from 25 to 65 dogs and increase its boarding capacity from 13 to 42, matching the number of kennels already on site. The site includes small, medium and large kennels.
Proposed operating hours would run from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., an expansion from the previous 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. schedule. The company said there would be no outside activity after 7 p.m. "Under new ownership, the business will continue to operate in the same manner as the previous business," Pet Resort Hospitality Group wrote in its application.
The facility features two interior play yards and a rear deck with a roof structure, according to the application. Dogs would be rotated in groups on the outside deck to minimize noise. The company said it plans to keep the existing staffing level of 12 employees, with four to five typically working at one time. No renovations or new equipment are proposed, and no changes are planned to the building's footprint or interior layout.
Parking would remain tight. The company said it has two parking spaces in the rear for employees and plans to rent additional spaces from adjacent businesses. Customers would use street parking, with drop-offs and pickups at the front door taking two to five minutes on average. The Board Hound had rented four spaces at a parking lot across the street, according to the application. Pet Resort Hospitality Group, which is the prospective lessee, listed itself as the sole owner of the applicant entity.
The Alexandria location would join three existing Olde Towne Pet Resorts in the Washington region, with facilities in Sterling, Springfield and North Bethesda, Md., according to the company's website. The brand, described as a family-owned business of more than two decades, markets itself as a premier pet boarding, grooming and training operation in the D.C. area. Its facilities offer amenities including a pool and aquatics program, cat boarding, enrichment activities, live cameras, private suites, indoor and outdoor play yards, 24/7 on-site staffing, full-service grooming and spa services and one-on-one playtime.
According to the company, Pet Resort Hospitality Group operates more than 38 locations nationwide, employs over 950 people and serves more than 2,000 dogs per day. The company describes itself as a community of operators, entrepreneurs and pet care professionals that partners with resorts around the country to "preserve their legacy and elevate their teams." It also runs Pet Resort University, a training program for pet care professionals, and produces its own line of grooming products.
The 4,125-square-foot building at 133 South Peyton Street sits on a 5,559-square-foot lot and is classified as a veterinary clinic, according to city real estate assessment records. The property was assessed at $1,901,052 in January 2026, up from $1,810,525 a year earlier. It is owned by MIL Venture Alexandria, LLC, based in Hughesville, Md., which purchased the property for $1.75 million in January 2018. The site, built in 1970, is zoned OCH, or Office Commercial High.
Under Section 11-500 of the city's zoning ordinance, the director of planning and zoning may approve certain permit changes administratively, without a Planning Commission or City Council hearing. However, city rules state that changes intensifying a use — including increases in hours of operation, number of employees or number of customers — typically require a full public hearing rather than administrative approval. The director may also decline to approve an administrative permit if written or oral complaints are received, or if new conditions to the permit are deemed necessary.
Residents have until April 30 to submit comments on the proposal. Feedback can be directed to city planner Lanning Blaser at lanning.blaser@alexandriava.gov or by calling 703-746-4666.
More information is available on the city's Administrative Special Use Permits webpage.
