Montgomery County MD, real estate is continuously growing and expanding, on October 17th, 2008 the Montgomery County Planning Board approved a 223,300 Square foot mixed use development. The current objections that the planning board has received in regards to this
Montgomery County Maryland real estate proposal deals with the parking plan and projected height of the development. The existing site where this new mixed use development will be going is currently the home to a McDonald's restaurant and a single family home used as an office building. The current plan for this
Montgomery County real estate is to have the building setback, there will be an art display and fountain as part of the improvements that will be done to the current site. The Developer is trying to transform this
Montgomery County real estate into the gateway of Bethesda. The Claret Group out of New York bought the land for $71.6 million and has currently proposed a nine story glass building.
The Clarret Group has big plans for this new development. Even though the new building is still in the planning phases the Clarret Group has already set aside roughly 13,300 Square Feet for retail space. Currently The Clarret Group has planned for this new nine story development an expansion of the sidewalk space and a green roof. If this plan does go through, the new development will be located at the cross streets of East West Highway and Pearl Street. This location of this mixed use development is only 2 blocks away from the metro stop on Wisconsin Avenue.
Some of the concerns that residents of the area have about the new development are it could generate pedestrian hazards and that it will block the sun light on parts of East West Highway. The County traffic planners have addressed this concern. They believe that the project will actually improve pedestrian safety by reducing the number of curb cuts that currently exist at this location. They also said that the project will include some sort of traffic mitigation component which should reduce new car trips by roughly 30%. In response to the sun being blocked the Clarret group's representative said that the project will be lower than some of the surrounding buildings and should only cast a shadow over the church for nine months of the year due to the fact that it will be set back 45 feet from the street.
