iPad MINI GENERATES MINI-MAL EXCITEMENT AT BETHESDA ROW APPLE STORE

THE PASSION'S

GONE!

Tim Cook did his best Fake Steve Jobs impression, and the new Apple iPad Mini was announced.  Last night, Bethesda's response was "ZZZZZZZZZ."

Mid-evening Thursday night, not a single person was in line, despite Apple signs announcing the release on Bethesda Avenue.  Such a lackluster response would have been unthinkable previously.  It seems Apple will need to introduce a product to restore the magic.  But can they do it without Steve Jobs?

BETHESDA AIR RIGHTS CENTER ON SALE FOR $257 MILLION

TIAA-CREF has put one of downtown Bethesda's most valuable properties on the market.  Cassidy Turley will handle the potential sale of the Air Rights Center for the owners.

This is the third iconic Bethesda property to be put up for sale this year.

It would be a shock, but nothing is shocking after the Montgomery County Council proposed the county seize, and demolish, one or more of the complex's towers through eminent domain earlier this year.  The suggestion went nowhere, and the council eventually resolved to remove the Capital Crescent Trail from the future Purple Line tunnel under the Air Rights Center.

But that brief moment suggested some in the development community may covet the site, for a denser, mixed use project.