Clark Enterprises is still vigorously fighting developer Brookfield's redevelopment plan for a parcel next to Clark's downtown Bethesda headquarters, despite the plan having already
received approval from Montgomery County. Under the entities Clark Office Building, LLC, and Clark Enterprises, the construction giant filed for judicial review of that Planning Board approval on November 15 in Montgomery County Circuit Court.
The source of contention has largely been where the Brookfield tower should be placed on the plaza at Bethesda Metro Center. Brookfield's approved plan has it closer to Wisconsin Avenue, while Clark prefers it be placed further back as to not block its headquarters from view. Brookfield owns the exclusive development rights to the parcel in question.
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For the sake of consistency, shouldn't the first sentence be
"Developer Clark Enterprises is still vigorously fighting developer Brookfield's redevelopment plan..."?
Clark Enterprises and Clark Construction Group are not the same company anymore.
6:05 AM = "wah wah wah...I want attention from Robert"
Mr. Dyer, why didn't you delete @ 6:25 AM along with the rest?
6:50: Because it wasn't a clown trolling.
I'm getting really tired of Clark fighting the Brookfield development. Bethesda Metro is underutilized, and I think a standout building with programmed plazas will help activate the literal center of the town.
It's not like the Clark building is easy to miss. Even with a large building on Wisconsin, Clark will take up the whole first block of Old Georgetown. How will they be blocked from view?!
The hideous concrete Clark building SHOULD be blocked. Never understood why some Bethesdans are so obsessed with eyesores like the Clark Building and the Westbard district that they're so opposed to massive improvement.
Anyway, it really is the grandest of ironies when the largest high-rise builder in the area complains that someone is building a high-rise next door. Clark must be on the list of developers that Dyer isn't allowed to say mean things about, and Brookfield must be on the naughty list.
You notice how Dyer talks about how corrupt and mean-spirited half of the developers in Montgomery County are, and has nothing but negative things to say about them? But for the other half he'll take hundreds of pictures of their projects and gush about how great they are and the amazing apartments and retail they'll bring to the community.
8:21: I did not oppose the Brookfield plan. The reason you can't figure out my position on development is that I praise the projects that are good, and criticize the ones that aren't. That's called being honest and fair.
11:45 AM You're just like the guy the harassed the Bethesda cop for giving him a ticket. Stop your online harassment.
So pleased that Clark is getting a taste of its own medicine. When Clark has built in Bethesda, it has made very little effort to minimize disruption.
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