This one already has a semi-trashy appearance, due to something being stuck on or damaged on the right side, not long after it was installed (unless it looked like that when they erected it). That should be fixed, to avoid a snarky "Stay classy, Regency Centers," remark from patrons.
The allegedly damaged area of the sign is not visible in the photo.
ReplyDeleteWestwood? I thought it was Westbard? All these fake neighborhoods are very confusing Dyer. Why can't you just call the entire region "The Underdeveloped Swath of Houses between Bethesda and the Potomac"? Two blocks of Westwood(bard) seems to get a disproportionate amount of coverage
ReplyDeleteThat sign needs to have a picture of Casey Anderson flashing his "eat shit Dyer" grin.
ReplyDeleteBethesda residents are already damaging the Regency Centers signs. Another form of protest against their insane development plan I assume.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to this development and property values going up. Enough of the dump, already!
ReplyDeleteWestbard in generally has a trashy appearance, Montgomery County deserves better, and will get it soon hopefully.
ReplyDelete8:14 AM I'm not aware of any neighborhood in Bethesda that is having problems with "property values".
ReplyDeleteI doesn't sound like 8:14 meant it's a problem. It seems to be one of the perks of the development.
ReplyDelete8:14/8:15: Hello, Regency Centers. Did you read about your development partner's audit by the feds?
ReplyDeletehttp://robertdyer.blogspot.com/2017/05/moco-hoc-audited-by-feds-75-of-units.html
8:34AM I feel your pain.
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Imagine being the soulless person at Regency Center's PR firm who has to post the lone positive comments about their project here.
ReplyDelete@7:23: The damaged sign is in the first photo. Looks like nothing much and will no doubt be fixed shortly. No evidence as to how the sign was damaged, @8:14 #1's comment notwithstanding.
ReplyDelete9:03 AM is correct: Regency Centers was required by Montgomery County to partner with HOC, and HOC's deficiencies do not reflect on Regency,
Yes, HOC needs to fix its violations and improve its construction, property inspection and building management practices going forward. The problems uncovered in the HOC audit don't inspire confidence in the HOC expansion at Westbard.
8:34AM #2- gone! (he was questioning why Dyer deleted his previous post - both gone)
ReplyDelete9:03AM - gone! per 9:30 we can infer it explained the Regency-HOC connection.
What is Dyer hiding?
Why do their posts scare him so much that he must delete them?
What does he not want us to know?
Why is he being shady?
9:03 (now deleted-- why?) commented that Montgomery County required Equity One/Regency Centers to collaborate with HOC in the production of affordable housing units. That is correct, The Westbard development plan requires Equity One/Regency Centers to construct new, mixed-income housing that HOC will operate.
ReplyDelete10:04: Wrong - the internal emails reveal the partnership was in the works long before the plan was passed. The County role is what produced the illegal contract zoning now cited in the Westbard lawsuit.
Delete8:14 and 8:15: Everyone agrees that Westbard needs to be redeveloped. But the building heights and densities approved in the Westbard sector plan are a classic case of over-development. As has been pointed out innumerable times, the Westbard plan is on the scale of a transit-oriented development project (that is, a project near Metro)... without the Metro proximity.
ReplyDeleteBig fail by the Planning Department, the Planning Board and the County Council. No wonder that Westbard area neighborhood associations are supporting the lawsuit to overturn the sector plan. (7-0 in favor of the lawsuit, so far.)
@9:52: Bad if Dyer is deleting legit comments like 9:03's. Question: can those who post delete their own comments? Asking in case 9:03 deleted her/his own comment.
ReplyDeletecan't delete your own comments. There are rules for Robert and there are rules for the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteDyer and his "blog administrators" are censoring this blog and deleting factual posts or posts that question their message. They are the ones spreading the fake news!
ReplyDeleteI am posting this from Tastee Diner! Just wanted to mention I am at the one in downtown Bethesda right now enjoying my grilled cheese while I read this blog.
ReplyDeleteEver going to supply proof of your claims Robert, such as a copy of the internal email? Or gonna continue to just Trump style make up facts, spout them off, get attacked and defend with more fake facts that were just pulled out of your ass?
ReplyDeleteThe sign was already damaged when they were installing it! I saw it going up with the two large rust spots, and the busted corner. It's almost a hazard They must have taken it from another shopping center. Their lack of effort here is a total disgrace!
ReplyDeleteDO BETTER REGENCY CENTERS! You can afford it.
9:09 AM Amazing...Regency installs a junk old sign at their Westbard Shopping Center.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't bode well for how they'll care for the new center!
10:04 here. I agree with Robert that HOC and Equity One were collaborating before the sector plan was passed (and that the contract zoning claim in the Westbard lawsuit might have merit), but was trying to make the point that this collaboration was at the County's behest. Equity One was required to collaborate with HOC by MoCo-- it was a County mandate, not the open selection of a development partner. So not fair to bring up HOC's deficiencies to Equity One/Regency.
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