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Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Many Bethesda development projects seeking delays from Planning Board, including Kenwood

A flurry of requests for extensions have been filed with the Montgomery County Planning Board by developers of projects all across Bethesda. The requests will be taken up by the board next Thursday, November 2. Planning staff is recommending approval of all of the requests.

The projects seeking delays are the self-storage building proposed off River Road behind the McDonald's, JBG Smith's plans for two additions and a plaza redesign at Artery Plaza (7200 Wisconsin Avenue), a mixed-use residential building at 4540 Montgomery Avenue,, and a request for a new two-lot subdivision in Kenwood at what the planning department cryptically describes as "the west side of Highland Drive, 150' north of Garnett Drive."

Further research on my part finds that the same property owner's name appears as the owner of 5320 Kenwood Drive, which is very close to the area described in the subdivision request: 5320 Kenwood, LLC. There has been a notable spike in teardown activity in Kenwood recently, in a neighborhood up until now known for grand old homes with good bones.

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10 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:38 AM

    The first page of the Kenwood application shows the applicant as "Peter Rizik".

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  2. Anonymous5:52 AM

    5:38 AM - "You can find out a lot just by reading." -Yogi Berra

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  3. Anonymous8:12 AM

    "...a neighborhood up until now known for grand old homes with good bones."

    LOL, what a pile of crapola. If they're so grand and their bones are so good, then why are they being torn down and replaced?

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  4. Anonymous8:43 AM

    "GOOD BONES" Kenwood is a real neighborhood (Westbard isn't). Cemetery is in Kenwood. dyer is ultimate troll.

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  5. Anonymous11:29 AM

    At 8:12 AM, my guess is that you have never been to Kenwood. Dyer's description is right on.

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  6. Anonymous11:31 AM

    At 8:43, I believe the part of Kenwood being described is where all those cherry blossom trees are located, not the Westbard shopping center area.

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  7. Anonymous1:23 PM

    "ONE DOES NOT SIMPLY
    TEAR DOWN A KENWOOD HOME"

    What does this mean, and how is it relevant to the subject of this article?

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  8. Anonymous3:01 PM

    I'm surprised Kenwood doesn't have covenants against teardowns -- Wood Acres does.

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  9. Anonymous6:09 PM

    They're being torn down and replaced with houses that stretch to the very edges of the property. I drive through there to get to Whole Foods, and it's sad to watch the poor judgment.

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  10. Anonymous5:49 PM

    6:09 PM - Just because you don't happen to like it, does not make it "poor judgement".

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