Bethesda construction update: Hampden House apartments (Photos)

Here's a look at the construction progress on the Hampden House apartment tower at 7316 Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Bethesda. On either side of the building, you can see 7272 Wisconsin Avenue to the left, and the under-construction Charles apartment tower on the right. The ugly white bunker next to it is a temporary enclosure for the astronomically-behind-schedule Purple Line project. So far behind schedule, that some kids in Bethesda have never known an Elm Street that was open to Wisconsin Avenue.

Hampden House will provide 366 residential units, and 10110-square-feet of restaurant and retail space. The latter currently includes designer lighting retailer Visual Comfort & Co., and restaurant The Food Market. One retail space remains available for lease. Developer Saul Centers anticipates a late-2025 delivery.

Bethesda construction update: Hampden House apartment tower (Photos)

Here's a look at the latest progress on the construction of developer Saul Centers' Hampden House luxury apartment tower at 7316 Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Bethesda. The large white "shed" you see at the bottom of several of the photos is not part of the project; it is a noise suppression enclosure for the blasting and excavation related to the future Purple Line and Red Line station elevator access. While it blocks views of the lowest floors of the tower at the moment, Hampden House is beginning to resemble the renderings shown during the approval process.

When completed, Hampden House will hold 366 residential units, and 10,110-square-feet of retail and restaurant space. One ground floor retail space has been leased by designer lighting retailer Visual Comfort & Co.; two retail spaces still remain on the market for lease. A late 2025 delivery is anticipated for Hampden House.

Bethesda construction update - Hampden House apartment tower (Photos)

Here's a look at the latest progress on the construction of developer Saul Centers' Hampden House apartment tower at 7316 Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Bethesda. The building will hold 366 residential units, and 10,110-square-feet of retail and restaurant space. One ground floor retail space has been leased by designer lighting retailer Visual Comfort & Co.; two retail spaces remain available. A late 2025 delivery is anticipated for Hampden House.

Bethesda construction update: Hampden House (Photos)

Construction of the Hampden House apartment tower at 7316 Wisconsin Avenue has reached street level. Once it starts rising beyond this point, it won't be overshadowed by the massive Bethesda Metro station elevator shaft project happening right next to it on Elm Street anymore. The 25-story Hampden House will contain 366 rental apartments, 10,110 square feet of retail and restaurant space, and a 5-level underground parking garage. Developer B.F. Saul anticipates a 2025 delivery date for the project.

Bethesda construction update: Hampden House apartment tower (Photos)

Construction at the future Hampden House apartment tower at 7316 Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Bethesda continues to rise toward street level. Now on-site is a testing wall, where the fit of doors and windows can be double-checked on arrival. When completed, Hampden House will contain 366 rental apartments, and 10,110 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Developer B.F. Saul anticipates a 2025 delivery date for the project.

Bethesda construction update: Hampden House apartment tower (Photos)

Construction is still in the early stages at the future site of the Hampden House apartment tower, located at 7316 Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Bethesda. Work is still proceeding on the 5-level underground parking garage. Hampden House will include 366 residential units, and 10,100 square feet of ground floor retail space. The developer is B.F. Saul, the architecture firm is Torti Gallas + Partners, and the construction contractor is Clark Construction. A 2025 delivery is anticipated for the project.

Bethesda construction update: Hampden House luxury apartment tower (Photos)

The construction team of B.F. Saul's Hampden House luxury apartment tower project has wasted no time getting underway, after the bank building on the site at 7316 Wisconsin Avenue was demolished and hauled away. A deep excavation has already been accomplished, as well as sheeting and shoring work. When completed, Hampden House will contain 366 rental apartments, and 10,110 square feet of retail and restaurant space. 

Plant-based egg company sends message to Congress in downtown Bethesda

JUST Egg, a plant-based egg company, is making a political statement with posters in downtown Bethesda. The San Francisco based firm uses mung bean protein to create a product it claims will make "the best eggs ever," with less impact on the environment than real eggs. Now JUST Egg is touting its green bonafides as having accomplished more on environmental issues than the U.S. Congress, on these posters and a website.

The Egging Congress posters in the covered pedestrian walkway at 7316 Wisconsin specifically target Republican Congressman Andy Biggs of Arizona and Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas. Neither the posters nor the website explain why they are singled out, and neither man is known to haunt downtown Bethesda establishments. But the website does detect your location, and will facilitate you sending a text or video message to your representatives - in this case, Congressman Jamie Raskin and Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin - asking them to take more urgent action on climate change.

If you live "inside the Beltway," the website also provides a schedule for where you can try a sample of JUST Eggs in Washington, D.C. throughout the week. The company says its sales represent the equivalent of 250 million animal-produced eggs, and have thus saved 43.6 million kilograms of CO2e, 9.1 billion gallons of water, and 13,446 acres of land. It argues that this is more than any legislation passed by Congress has accomplished so far.

JUST Egg's posters join the Washington Commanders' inside the pedestrian walkway. You never know when Tom Cotton might stroll through on an evening perambulation, looking for NFL tickets and new breakfast ideas.