Monday, January 7, 2013
Miti Figueredo replaces Lisa Fadden, who left the company last fall.
The Chevy Chase Land Company has a new vice president of public affairs: Miti Figueredo, the company announced on Monday, Jan. 7. "We are very happy Miti will be part of our leadership team," David M. Smith, president of the Chevy Chase Land Company, said in a statement. "Her background in federal and local government and community relations will be an asset to us, especially as we move forward with the Chevy Chase Lake project," he added. Before joining the company, Figueredo served as the east county regional services director. She also worked at the Montgomery County Council for several years, first as senior legislative aide to Council Member Roger Berliner on land use and transportation policy, and then as chief of staff to Montgomery…
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Montgomery County's planning staff recommends a human scale and pedestrian orientation for the Chevy Chase Lake sector.
County planning staff recommendations for development in the Chevy Chase Lake sector are ready for public review. County planning staff are recommending that the sector—for which property owner Chevy Chase Land Company is planning a development—retain its human scale, and that there be a focus on traditional architecture and pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use development, Montgomery County Senior Planner Elza Hisel-McCoy said at a presentation in Chevy Chase Village last week. The preservation of Coquelin Run, which runs through the sector, is another important part of the development, as is knitting together the shops on the east and west sides of Connecticut Avenue between Jones Bridge Road and Chevy Chase Lake Drive. County planning staff …
Thursday, March 29, 2012
See the models the company is using to develop its plans for the sector, hear about the company's ideas for community open space, and share your ideas and concerns about development in Chevy Chase Lake.
Curious about the Chevy Chase Land Company's plans for Chevy Chase Lake? Learn more about the plans and provide feedback and ideas directly to Chevy Chase Land Company representatives at the company's upcoming happy hours—on Tuesday, April 24, and Thursday, May 9—at Tavira restaurant, at 8401 Connecticut Ave. The happy hours will start at 6:30 p.m. See the models the company is using to develop its plans for the sector, hear about the company's ideas for community open space, and share your ideas and concerns about development in Chevy Chase Lake. Because of the large turnout of attendees at the company's happy hour in February, these happy hours will be limited to 40 people per happy hour. Reserve your spot by emailing Kerry Dore at kad@…
Monday, March 26, 2012
Attendees of last week's Village of North Chevy Chase Council meeting voiced displeasure at the developments planned for Chevy Chase Lake.
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Monday, March 26, 2012
By Claire Cohen It seems that North Chevy Chase—a quiet, suburban community—has entered the age of urban development. And, many are not happy with that. The March 20 Village of North Chevy Chase Council meeting had plenty of discussion about the planned Chevy Chase Lake developments—namely, the Purple Line and planned building in the Chevy Chase Lake area. Though the final plans and timeline for the Chevy Chase Lake area development remain uncertain, many residents are concerned about how the new development will impact their quiet community. The planned new buildings include a residential area of condos, apartments and townhouses, small retail establishments and restaurants, a small hotel and office buildings. For many, the developments …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The Chevy Chase Land Company will donate $3,000 to the Friends of the Chevy Chase Library.
The Chevy Chase Land Company will donate $3,000 to the Friends of the Chevy Chase Library, the company recently reported on its Chevy Chase Lake blog. Earlier this month, the company asked local residents to fill out an online survey, as part of the company's effort to gather local thoughts and opinions about the company's plans for the development of its property in the Chevy Chase Lake neighborhood, at Connecticut Avenue between Jones Bridge Road and Chevy Chase Lake Drive. For every online survey that community members filled out on the company's website, the company pledged to donate $5 to the Friends of the Chevy Chase Library. With 581 surveys completed, "[t]hat comes out to $2,905 for the Friends of the Chevy Chase Library, but we’…
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The Chevy Chase Land Company is in the preliminary stages of planning a low-to-mid-rise, mixed-use development at Chevy Chase Lake.
While The Chevy Chase Land Company's development plans for its property at Chevy Chase Lake are still so in-progress that buildings can only be represented by adjustable-height, foam-core blocks, the neighborhood-serving characteristics of the development are more defined. The future development at Connecticut Avenue between Jones Bridge Road and Chevy Chase Lake Drive will serve the needs of the neighborhood, and it will be transit-oriented, said Lisa Fadden, the company’s vice president of public affairs, at a meeting of the Town of Chevy Chase’s Long Range Planning Committee on Monday evening, Jan. 16. Fadden has been meeting with Chevy Chase residents and officials since last fall, when the land company scrapped its previous plans for …
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Service operated by Chevy Chase Land Co.
It's now a bit easier to travel between Bethesda and Chevy Chase while leaving your car at home. The Chevy Chase Land Co., which operates retail and office property in the Chevy Chase Lake area, has begun operating a free shuttle between the Bethesda Metro station and Chevy Chase Lake, the Washington Post reports. The shuttle bus launched as a commuting option for retail and office tenants in Chevy Chase Lake, located near Connecticut Avenue and Chevy Chase Lake Drive, but was opened to the community in early November, the Post reported. Now, about 75 people hop the bus each day, and about 30 of them are from the community, reported the Post, citing a Chevy Chase Land spokeswoman. The land company is exploring whether to keep the service …
Thursday, December 1, 2011
The largest land owner in Chevy Chase, MD—the Chevy Chase Land Company—has offered to host and pay for two bikeshare docking stations near the Red Line.
The Chevy Chase Land Company, the original developer of Chevy Chase, MD, and the largest landowner in the Chevy Chase zip code, has offered to pay for and host two bikeshare docking stations for the bikeshare program that is being planed for Montgomery County, according to The Washington Examiner. The company has proposed to locate the two docking stations at its property on Wisconsin Circle (near the Friendship Heights Metro station) and at its Newlands Building (near the Bethesda Metro station). From the docking stations, the shared bikes could be checked out for a fee, and will be integrated with Capital Bikeshare program in Washington, DC, and Arlington, VA. Docking stations require at least four hours of sunlight a day, because the …
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The original high-rise plans for the Chevy Chase Lake Sector have been scrapped.
Development plans for Chevy Chase Lake have gone back to the drawing board—literally. “The [Chevy Chase] Land Company really hit the reset button after the 4-H presentation,” said Lisa Fadden, vice president of public affairs at the Chevy Chase Land Company. Fadden was referring to a presentation by the company to Chevy Chase residents this past April, at which locals derided the company’s plans for high-rise buildings in the Chevy Chase Lake neighborhood. The development company, which has been responsible for developing most of Chevy Chase since the late 19th century, scrapped its high-rise plans and drew together a new team. Fadden, who has been on the project for only six weeks, presented the new ideas for the Chevy Chase Lake Sector …
Monday, June 27, 2011
'Middle-brow’ Chevy Chase Lake Shopping Center may be moving gradually toward higher-end retail.
An agreement is expected soon that will bring a new upscale retailer into the former Lemon Twist location on Connecticut Avenue in the heart of Chevy Chase Lake. Mark Rittenberg, a principal and one of the three founders of AMR Commercial LLC, said his Bethesda-based firm is in the final stages of negotiations with two retailers and is expected to conclude an agreement with one of them, possibly within the next few weeks, that will bring a new retailer into the large spot next to the Manoli Canoli restaurant. “We actually are in the middle of negotiations about it right now with a couple of possible tenants,” Rittenberg told Chevy Chase Patch late last week. Asked if the new tenant would be a retailer or a restaurant, he said that “it …
Gerri Carr
8:23 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The MC Planning Department has "punted" on the effect that this proposed development will have on traffic; it has made no proposed changes to our already clogged roads. more ›