Thursday, May 16, 2013
The White Flint building into which the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is moving received high marks from the U.S. Green Building Council.
One of White Flint's gleaming new buildings recently received LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for the building's environmentally-friendly design and features. It's the 14-story, Three White Flint North building, located in real estate company LCOR's North Bethesda Center, by the White Flint Metrorail station. It will be used as offices for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The building's features include a reflective roofing surface and vegetated roof areas, systems to reduce water usage by 41 percent and efficient mechanical systems including three frictionless chillers, a water purification system, a fully integrated building automation system and four emergency generators. More than 35 percent of …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Two existing shopping centers along Rockville Pike would become part of the new mixed-use development, local media outlets reported.
A five-tower development, to be situated along Rockville Pike, is headed to White Flint, pending approval, The Gazette reported. Saul Centers, a Bethesda developer, presented the plans for a cluster of four apartment buildings and one office building at a community meeting Tuesday night, according to the newspaper. Three or four of the buildings would be about 300 feet tall. The mixed-use buildings, just south of the White Flint Metro, will take the place of two shopping centers in Rockville, at 11550 and 11503 Rockville Pike, which were purchased by Saul two years ago in preparation for the build up, BethesdaNow.com reported. "The place is growing up. The place is filling in with larger, taller buildings," Saul Centers Vice President …
Monday, April 29, 2013
At issue is the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's plans to lease a space at the Three White Flint building.
A House subcommittee is investigating the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s plans to move to a new space in North Bethesda based on hiring plans that never came into fruition, The Washington Business Journal reports. At issue, The Business Journal reports, is the NRC’s decision to lease space at the Three White Flint building—at a cost that is triple the amount Congress authorized in 2007—under the thinking that it would need to hire hundreds of employees to process a wave of applications to build nuclear reactors. The Gazette reported that Philadelphia-based LCOR sold Three White Flint for $131 million. But when the utilities backed out, the need to hire more workers was no longer there, according to The Business Journal’s account. Read the…
Monday, April 22, 2013
250-seat venue is slated for Pike & Rose development, mixed-use community under construction at Mid-Pike Plaza.
A new performance venue is destined for Rockville Pike, the result of a partnership between Rockville-based developers Federal Realty Investment Trust and the Strathmore Hall Foundation. Plans to build 250-seat venue at Pike & Rose—a mixed-use community under construction at Mid-Pike Plaza—were announced during the Strathmore Gala on Saturday. Strathmore would be responsible for concert programming, booking and would manage event rentals for the space. Concerts would be presented on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, Federal Realty said in an announcement. “With the Concert Hall and Arts Education Center approaching capacity and the Strathmore name well established in the region, it’s time to reach out to ages and tastes beyond our current …
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
White Flint implementation coordinator tells The Gazette she made a "misstatement" at a recent committee meeting.
Following reports that White Flint could be a possibile location for Bethesda's new 2nd District Police Station, The Gazette reports that the station will stay in downtown Bethesda. Bethesda Now reported on March 12 that a new station might be moved to White Flint, citing a statement made by White Flint Implementation Coordinator Dee Metz at a meeting of the White Flint Implementation Advisory Committee last week. In a report published Wednesday, Metz told The Gazette she "made a misstatement" at the committee meeting. The move is not a possibility, she told the paper. Montgomery County has issued a new document soliciting proposals for the development of a new 2nd District station to replace the aging facility on Wisconsin Avenue, Patch …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
And is being "hip" necessary to Montgomery County's future success?
Can suburban Montgomery County be made hip? County Councilman Hans Riemer reportedly believes so: "I really think that we are on the verge of a golden age in Montgomery County," Riemer said at a happy hour called "Can we make the suburbs hip? The future of White Flint," Bethesda Now reported. "The region that we are in is ... dynamic, growing, exciting... . ... But we have to and we are positioning ourselves in that region to capture that future growth," he added, Bethesda Now reported. The White Flint Sector (430 acres bounded by the CSX tracks, Montrose Parkway, Old Georgetown Road and the White Flint Mall) has been approved, so far, to be redeveloped with 2,220 residential units added to the existing housing stock of 2,321 units; 9,801 …
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Developers say a narrow vehicular street, rather than a pedestrian walkway, will make a planned White Flint development be more welcoming to pedestrians—and similar to Bethesda Row.
A development proposal for the White Flint area recently received a makeover when developers decided to give it a more pedestrian-friendly orientation. Intended for the area just south of the White Flint Metro station, the North Bethesda Gateway development "might get a vehicular road instead of a pedestrian walkway. The project’s architect said that could actually make the area more inviting to pedestrians," The Gazette reported. In place of the pedestrian walkway that had been planned to go through the property (at 5516 Nicholson Lane—one block east of Rockville Pike), architects now suggest a narrow vehicular road lined with sidewalks. George Dove, managing principal of WDG Architecture, told The Gazette that "having cars on the road …
Friday, January 4, 2013
A woman was punched in the head after the suspects demanded cash, police said.
Three boys, ages 15 to 17, were charged in an attempted armed robbery on New Year’s Day in the White Flint area, Montgomery County police said Thursday. Officers responded to the 5800 block of Nicholson Lane in North Bethesda at 5:48 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a woman screaming. The 56-year-old woman left White Flint Mall and was walking along Nicholson Lane when three suspects approached her from behind and demanded cash, police said in a news release. One of the suspects punched the woman in the head, according to the release. When the woman screamed, the suspects fled. An off-duty Metropolitan Police Department officer saw the suspects and followed them to the White Flint Metro station, police said. Montgomery County police responded …
Monday, March 19, 2012
White Flint station reopened after apparent suicide.
Update, 11:58 a.m., March 19: A man who jumped in front of a Red Line train at Metro's White Flint station has died, The Washington Examiner is reporting. The man apparently jumped into the path of the train about 10:15 a.m., The Examiner reported, quoting a Metro spokesman. Original post, 11:15 a.m., March 19: Metrorail's White Flint station reopened about 11 a.m. after a person was struck by a train Monday morning. The victim is an adult male, according to The Washington Post, quoting a Metro spokesman. Delays continue as Red Line trains use a single track between Grosvenor and Twinbrook stations, according to Metro's website. The White Flint station was temporarily closed after the incident. Metro is addressing incidents of people …
Monday, March 12, 2012
Owners aim to "de-mall" the shops and build a mixed-use space.
The owners of White Flint Mall submitted a sketch to the county last month, previewing what they plan to do with the large parcel. In November, Lerner Enterprises and Tower Companies announced their intent to transform the 31-acre lot into a "town," with residential, commercial and office space around a plaza. The preliminary drawings show a mixed-use development, with most of the tallest buildings on the northwestern part of the property and a 2.1-acre public open space in the middle. The designers were inspired by the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, the Washington Post reported, and they plan to install recreation areas, a fountain and outdoor seating. The Planning Department has received the sketch plan and is yet to schedule any hearings …
Diana Edensword Conway
9:19 am on Friday, May 17, 2013
Thanks for the article. It would be helpful to know what "regionally-sourced" means in the discussion of where building materials originated. I find that in some stores it means DC-VA-MD, and in others it means the East coast, writ large. Thanks. more ›