Here's a look at the latest progress on The Camille, the new apartment building under construction at 7000 Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Bethesda. At 14 stories in height, The Camille will house 181 rental apartments, a ground-floor fitness center, a rooftop penthouse, a club room and a business center. Environmental selling points include EV chargers in the garage, and National Green Building Standard® (NGBS) Emerald Certification. Delivery of The Camille is anticipated for September 2023.
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The Million Dollar Question Is:
Who is going to occupy all these colossal building that are sprouting all over Bethesda?
Most of these buildings are about 95% leased within 1 year of opening. Lots of folks want to live in downtown Bethesda, many moving here from other parts of the DC area. It’s only a 45 minute Metro ride from Amazon HQ2 as well, and I would argue a much nicer place to live than Crystal CIty, Pentagon City or Roslyn. Especially for couples whose spouse might work at NIH, Walter Reed or Marriott.
5:28 AM I'm not sure about that. I was just reading a post this week of someone in one of the new Bethesda apartment buildings who says he is the only resident on his floor. (Yet, his rent is going up.)
Also, look for all of the people wheeling luggage into the new buildings. Many buildings have units being rented short term as air2nb type hotel rooms. It's easy to spot these groups of out of town folks and the luggage they wheel around from the Metro.
On living in Bethesda and working in Northern Virginia- my question is why, considering the new buildings much closer in Arlington or even DC. It is doable via Metro as you say. Suicidal by car given the backups crossing into VA using any of the bridges. Those bottlenecks aren't going to be addressed in our lifetimes, it appears. Virginia continues upgrading their transportation infrastructure on 495, Silver Line, etc. but Maryland needs to do something too on this side.
I find it very interesting that JBG Smith, the developer of the National Landing, and the landlord and land seller for much of Amazon HQ2 in Virginia, still chooses to have its headquarters in downtown Bethesda (at 4747 Bethesda Avenue). They have made a very big deal about how cool the National Landing is now, and what it will become, but have made an enormous expense to build out their very nice HQ in Bethesda Row.
If I worked at the Amazon HQ2, I think I might still prefer to live in Bethesda and take the Metro to work. Especially if my spouse worked in Montgomery County. I don’t think I could ever get used to all the airplane noise and fumes so close to National, and certainly would never live in Tysons, Reston or near Dulles. I suppose Ballston or Clarendon might match some of downtown Bethesda’s character, walkability. And Metro access.
Problem is these buildings are going up way too fast. A number of these new buildings have had building code violations and are just poorly built. To @5:28am's point it's true the buildings are 95%+ filled up about a year after opening, but their occupancy drops after a year or two once people realize how low quality the buildings actually are and when rent skyrockets. I know 8001 Woodmont and Maizon have both had this issue and neither are occupied over 85%.
As a resident, I concur with low build quality and likely short-term travelers. Gallery Bethesda 2 has been having issues in the tower and garage. The presentation is great but once you live here you get the impression corners have been cut for a while and it’s starting to catch up to them. Also they’ve changed property management company yet again (the third since I’ve been here: Vantage, Greystar, Borger) and that’s concerning…
Thanks for the additional info, including the inside info from residents. I have heard the same things. A few people have also mentioned the (loud) noise level at some of the new buildings.
I'm surprised these highrises would have noise issues given the concrete construction.
I'd expect that more with the new garden style buildings.
What's odd is that, despite the huge amount of housing completed or about to be completed in downtown Bethesda, the sidewalks remain relatively empty. Housing should translate into activity at street level. Maybe the new residents remain hunched over their computers, too busy to venture out?
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