Residents and other stakeholders are invited to weigh in on the proposed redevelopment of the Bethesda Crescent buildings at 7475 Wisconsin Avenue at a required pre-submittal meeting on Thursday, March 26, 2026. The meeting will be held in the first floor conference room of Montgomery Towers at 4550 Montgomery Avenue in Bethesda at 7:00 PM. If the proposal is approved, the existing office buildings would be demolished to make way for 439,000 square feet of mixed-use development, with 420 apartments and 11000 SF of retail. 17.6% of the apartments would be Moderately-Priced Dwelling Units.
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Don't waste your time, it's already been approved by the county cartel and the monies been transferred to all the off shore accounts that elrich & jawando continue to use. I used to attend those meetings and it's a joke.
Good lord how many apartments do we need in a couple block stretch.
The Elm - 456 units
Hampden House - 366
The Charles - 310
Sounds great!! My understanding is that the office space there is currently unoccupied. But there is tremendous demand for housing. And that is literally right in front of the Metro stop, so it makes sense to put as many apartments/condos as possible there because people living there won't need cars, which could increase traffic. Of all the locations, this is where you want large apartment buildings!
Reminder - all comments published here are pre-approved by Robert Dyer.
Since 2008, downtown Bethesda has constructed, fully approved or partially approved 63 brand new mid-rise and high-rise buildings between 7 and 30 stories. All of these are within a 3/4 mile or much shorter walk to the Bethesda Metro Station. Most are very close to a free Bethesda Circulator Bus stop for those who can’t walk that far, or during inclement weather. This densely populated, transit oriented downtown is the perfect place to develop and build mixed-use buildings. Bring it on!
9:37am Indeed. I can't recall our planning board in the past decade ever holding up an apartment high rise project in Bethesda to extract community benefits from the developer.
1:42pm Apparently there isn't demand for the current new highrise apartments at these prices- 4909 Auburn is offering 3 months free rent. So, no, don't keep building luxury 1 bedroom units without demand.
More affordable housing of all types is needed in all areas of the county- single family, townhomes and apartments.
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