Here's an update on the 4909 Auburn apartments on the former site of the Auburn Professional Building at 4909 Auburn Avenue in Bethesda. The development finally has a marketing website. It touts the apartment units' Scandinavian-inspired interiors, a glass-wrapped fitness studio, a yoga studio, and "private steam and sauna rooms." The 11-story building houses 167 apartments, 6408-square-feet of ground-level retail/restaurant space, 3 levels of underground parking, and a pass-through that creates a new pedestrian connection between Imagination Stage and Battery Lane Urban Park. Developer Greystar, which took the lead on the project from Potomac Development Group, forecasts a mid-2024 delivery for 4909 Auburn.
I am not a fan of the new trend of using these grayish, mottled bricks. The overall building takes on a very bland gray palette, not unlike unpainted grey concrete block. In fact at 4909 Auburn, they have used two different colors that are so close, that it looks like the masonry contractor or architect made a mistake. A similar grayish brick is used on a major portion of the new Solarie on Old Georgetown Road to a similar bland feel.
ReplyDeleteThis brick looks a lot like what is known as Chicago Common, a very inexpensive brick that has been used on many buildings in Chicago, primarily on alley and party-wall facades that aren’t intended to be the main facade.
So, IKEA© on the inside?
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