Ok, so it’s been over a month since February 22nd when Home Properties held an “intimate” meeting on the Falkland Chase development. Straight from the horse’s mouth, Co-Chairman and Fonder Nelson Leenhouts of Home Properties revealed surprising information that the company had purchased the project at 1200 East West Highway from Centex homes. Home Properties [...]

Now that I think about it, this is the first news round up since the new site has gone up.
First off, some of you may have noticed your comments not showing up; it seems the spam tracker is throwing a lot of posts in the spam pile when it shouldn’t. I’ll have to go through [...]

 
Taking a page from the successful Downtown Silver Spring mixed-use project, one can’t help but notice the similar project specs laid out for the East Campus development at the University of Maryland,College Park. Right now an industrial badlands and dilapidated student housing site, the plans aspire to mix it up in a similar fashion to [...]

Hidden at the edges of the CBD, a development review sign sits in front of an old office building once home to the National Association of the Deaf. The building was recently purchased by Banneker Ventures, LLC and unique plans are around the corner.
The booming downtown continues to defy the market with another residential project [...]

In Silver Spring Scene’s opinion, this is still the best project underway in downtown. During “Rating the Projects”, a review of the best and worst projects in downtown Silver Spring, United Therapeutics’ headquarters was crowned number one development. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but effort and passion are universal forces that anybody [...]

Flashback to November 2006 and you may recall the Silver Spring Scene disclosing ULIs recommendation to tear down City Place Mall and turn it into a parking garage, this was in much disagreement with the community. But at a recent meeting discussing a retail strategy for Silver Spring, the ULI reinforced that recommendation.
The Urban Land [...]

By way of the previous post, Glenn Kreger, head of Park and Planning’s Silver Spring dept, discloses that some staff members have recommended removing the ice skating rink and pavilion of the planned civic center and replacing them with what has been dubbed a Village Green; providing a highly requested large swath of green space.
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In a surprise decision, Montgomery County — Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission made the consensus that it does not support the planned ice skating rink as part the future Silver Spring Civic Center. The decision is in conflict with that of Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board, the primary community group representing the Silver [...]

The Washington Post is talking about it, so is the Gazette, but remember that you read it here first on the Silver Spring Scene. Recent news revealing Hook and Ladder Brewing Co. will be moving into the old historic fire house is part of an influx of independent business inundating Silver Spring.
Southern Georgia Avenue [...]

The Safeway at Four Corners was in the lead to take the top honors; but time after time of unfavorable experiences at the Safeway on Thayer Avenue, in downtown, it is clear to me which store gets the label as the worst store ever.
The Four Corners Safeway is a facility with a pungent order as [...]