Building 2, a planned Phase 2 residential building, would have the number of housing units reduced from 236 to 198. The number of MPDUs in the building would drop from 30 to 25. Parking would slightly increase in two buildings, raising the total number of Phase 2 parking space from 1862 to 1916. Federal Realty is also seeking to modify the types of residential units in the apartment building, and 930 Rose condo building, currently under construction on either side of Grand Park Avenue at the future Rose Avenue. This is to take into account market changes that have occurred since the approval of the original site plan.
The Rose Park pavilion building would now be only one story tall instead of two, and would increase in size to accommodate the addition of public restrooms. Sculpture benches would be added to the park itself to make it more inviting.
Towne Road's streetscape would be modified to allow for a two-way, separated bike lane, and for cafe dining on the sidewalk. This would primarily be achieved by deleting a second row of street trees.
Planning staff is recommending approval of the amendment. The Board will take up the proposal at its September 22 meeting.
Keep out of Pike and Rose!
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ReplyDeleteBack for more 7:56?
ReplyDelete7:56: Did somebody leave the WiFi on at Arkham Asylum again?
ReplyDelete7:56 likes to beat up on grandmas, especially on sundays
ReplyDeleteNote well that Robert Dyer did not deny that he is the reincarnated soul of Adolf Hitler.
ReplyDeleteThough @ 8:32 AM's reference to Robert Dyer as "grandma" is puzzling.
Robert - Would you be willing to shave your head for $10,000? I will donate directly to the Save Westbard fund if you agree.
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So is the building size shrinking or are the units getting bigger?
ReplyDeleteThat's a shame. I always felt for pike and rose to really succeed they need to have housing and offices for people to always be there, not just driving in.
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ReplyDelete@1:37 I think this is a sign the Pike and Rose project was too ambitious, so they're scaling it back. I wonder if we'll see the same in downtown Bethesda.
ReplyDeleteGee – it turns out that proximity to Metro alone isn’t enough to stimulate the expected demand? Imagine that. Here’s the problem with building out Pike & Rose and White Flint II – those communities are too far from the Beltway and I-270 – Rockville Pike, Old Georgetown Rd and Montrose Road can’t absorb the traffic that will be generated. Westbard (if built) will lead to the same gridlock on River Road. In addition, there are very few single family home communities that are within easy walking distance and, news flash, young urban professionals don’t want to live in South Rockville.
ReplyDeleteThere’s a reason that Tysons and Rock Spring/Montgomery Mall have succeeded even without Metro (though Tysons now kind of sort of has it) – those developments are adjacent to high capacity interstate caliber highways. Fighting through that last mile or two of traffic on the Pike, Old Georgetown Road or Montross Pkwy is shear hell at rush hour and bound to get worse. The County should focus on strengthening the transit link to Rock Spring and promoting development off I-270/370
Tysons and many hugely developed areas of NoVa as awesome as they are are also traffic hell.
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