Friday, January 24, 2014

BETHESDA APARTMENTS HAD NO HEAT, NO ELEVATORS

The patience of residents at downtown Bethesda's 8200 Wisconsin Avenue apartment tower was sorely tested Thursday, as a transformer issue cut off heat and elevator service in the building. Temperatures were below freezing all day.

According to the building's management, melting snow flooded a transformer Thursday morning. A resident said the heat went off at 8:15 AM Thursday. He and the management said that heat was restored around 9:00 PM last night, after Pepco worked on the issue throughout the day.

Late last night, elevators in the high-rise remained out of service. Building management said they hoped to have them running by this morning. But there is no certainty as to how long the repairs will take.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's also frustrating that these things are happening in the wake of a recent sizeable rent increase.

Anonymous said...

Any word on renovating the entire building? I know the lobby just had work done.

Years back there were rumors that the whole building was being updated, but I don't believe it ever happened.

This is the crown jewel building of the Aldon empire after all.

Robert Dyer said...

I have not heard of an overall renovation yet, but given that Aldon is locating their headquarters in the building, I would expect them to want it to be in top shape. There will be more pressure to update when all the new luxury buildings open around town, as well.