Exactly eight months after I broke the story that Amazon Fresh and Truist would be part of the new Chevy Chase Lake development on Connecticut Avenue, the signs for both businesses have been installed. The Truist sign is already lit. There are also Amazon Fresh curbside pickup signs posted at designated parking spaces outside the future grocery store. Inside, the store is in final preparations for opening, sporting the bare shelves and display cases seen recently at the soon-to-open Shady Grove Road location.
These are the only retail tenants to have signage so far at the development, which is located at a future Purple Line station. Others that have signed leases so far include CVS Pharmacy, restaurant Elena James, Playa Bowls, ice cream shop The Charmery, and wine shop Uncorked.
Taking a look at the rest of the property, you can see the grand lobby of The Barrett, and still-under-construction apartment tower The Claude. Some of the premium construction materials can be seen. A Eurocobble shipping crate outside The Claude contains Milano cobblestone from a quarry in the Italian Alps.
Thanks Robert always appreciate your photos. I like that development the more I see it although at first I was not a fan. Nice that Chevy Chase will have a little 'downtown' over time!
ReplyDeleteI am hearing they have another full service restaurant signed in the building that is under construction in addition to the CVS. Do you have any info there?
The courtyard in the middle appears to be a nice design with some nice art planned, although in person it looks like it is pretty small.
I am also curious on timing for the second phase of work across Connecticut with the Starbucks and the large Toll Brothers townhome development on Manor Road.
As a retired modernist architect, I don’t believe that new architecture should pretend to look like old buildings. Buildings should reflect the era that they are built, and not ape the past. That being said, this looks like it was wall built using timeless materials, and will probably appeal to many who currently live in traditional homes in Chevy Chase. It’s a very good example of a transit village, only steps from the future Purple Line Station and the Capital Crescent Trail. It will only be a two minute ride from downtown Bethesda, so in essence, using the Purple Line, it is more connected to Bethesda Row that many parts of the Woodmont Triangle.
ReplyDeleteThis place will also be an easy destination for a fully traffic separated bike ride, or a stroll from downtown Bethesda with the kids, to get an ice cream. You even get to pass through the middle of a large golf course along the way. Just keep your ears peeled for anyone yelling “fore”.
You definitely did break the story but I was also the first one on your blog to report back after visiting the Chevy Chase Center location. In a word, awful. Let's hope they've made improvements because it's not even close to a WF shopping experience.
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