Construction of the interior of the units at the Maizon Bethesda seems to have taken forever, but more appliances are being installed in completed apartments. Washers and dryers have now appeared in units visible from street level. The lobby entrance is also taking shape. Located at 4900 Moorland Lane, along Arlington Road, the building is scheduled to begin leasing this summer.
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| Track and ceiling lighting fixtures in a unit at the Maizon |
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| A stacked washer-dryer unit awaits installation |
Holy Lack of Setback Batman!
ReplyDeleteA car could drive right into the 1st floor windows. How did they get away with this?
You might as well call these the Carbon Maizonide Apartments. Fumes from Arlington Road are going to go right into those windows if they're ever opened.
Such a shame there’s no activated frontage along Arlington. :(
ReplyDelete@4:57 PM: I agree. The developers really wanted first floor residential units right on the street. I think this was a terrible decision, and they shouldn't have been allowed to do that. The County should have required a much greater setback as well. The first floor should have been reserved for businesses or other retail along Arlington. This street would have been a nice walking transition from Bethesda Row to Woodmont Triangle. Oh well, a missed opportunity for this section of Arlington.
ReplyDeleteI would guess that the pandemic severely slowed the acquisition of appliances in this project, and many others. The retail price on appliances has increased nearly fifty percent in the past six months, not to mention the wait time for delivery is about as long.
ReplyDeleteYou people are crazy thinking this project should have had retail. There's a reason the building is short and doesn't have as wide a setback as the central highrises: this is the edge of downtown with a relatively low pedestrian count. If anything, The Edge with its Woodmont frontage is where retail is sorely lacking.
ReplyDelete@10:34 AM: When are you planning to move into that first floor unit and will you keep your windows open?
ReplyDelete@12:16 The windows of my apartment unit open about 3 inches. You sound completely uneducated thinking that residents need to worry about carbon monoxide or that anyone in a modern apartment building opens their windows with any regularity.
ReplyDelete@1:17: You didn't answer my question. When are you moving into that first floor unit?
ReplyDeleteSo you don't see carbon monoxide as an issue I guess. Ok then.... How about particulate matter (aka dust and soot) from the roadway and exhaust? I guess they'll pay all that money to keep their windows open 3 inches or less, or completely closed then.
"People in modern apartment buildings don't open their windows with any regularity"..... That's a good one.
You're proving the exact opposite point you're trying to make, 3:35. I'm not sure how this is confusing you; apartment buildings in urbanized areas are different than your SFH. Take a walk around downtown. Not a single one of us has our windows open precisely because - as you note - it would be unpleasant and illogical to do so. No one's going to open their windows along Arlington take in the car noise and dust, no one's going to be poisoned even if they did, and the setback being 18' instead of 20' isn't going to materially affect the situation either way.
ReplyDelete@9:18 PM: Nobody in urbanized areas opens their windows anymore? Are you serious?
ReplyDeleteI'm not confused. The Carbon Maizoxide Apartments were poorly designed for this block of Arlington. There's not enough setback for units on the lower floors. Dust, soot and noise aren't as much of an issue for folks on higher floors, but those shouldn't be the only livable units that can open their windows comfortably.
18 feet vs 20 feet. There are rules for a reason, and yes, it does make a difference from a safety standpoint as well as environment. You know what it sounds like when you say that? "220/221, whatever it takes.": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3kxAA2L4Q
Yes, 7:11. Again, walk around here if you seriously can't fathom the idea of different lifestyles and building codes beyond your own sheltered existence. I can promise you my windows open about 3" and the only reason they were opened one time in ~5 years is because I burned the crap out of a frozen pizza. No one is going to be opening their windows along Arlington at street level. Please relax.
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