The new plan proposes 160 units, down from the 175 units proposed at a community meeting last June. At that time, no street-level retail was proposed, along a lonely stretch of Woodmont Avenue that currently offers a poor pedestrian walking experience after dark. Some questioned why the developer would not follow standard new urbanist principles and include retail. The developer said the narrow width of the proposed building made retail space impractical for the project.
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MoCo should require retail
More half full high rises making the area look crappy. Way to go Council
@1:59PM: The developer is right -- the lot is too narrow for retail. It's infill development amid existing high rises. That bleak stretch of Woodmont is destined to be a bleak stretch because planners didn't require retail when they approved projects on bigger lots. The county missed a big opportunity to link Bethesda Row with the Triangle because its leaders are too eager to cave to developers' demands.
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