Sooner rather than later, Maryland has walk over New Jersey by a considerable difference to become the wealthiest state in the nation.
The 2006 American Community Survey through the U.S. Census Bureau is out with estimates of demographic data for the United States.
Back in January, the Silver Spring Scene reported that Maryland was very close to [...]

Over at the South Silver Spring Neighborhood Association group board, one commenter notes some hearsay about the 1200 Blair Mill project, now the the Argent.
According to the poster the condominium project that’s been moving at rapid pace since May, has a come to a crawl because construction workers hit a “volcanic vein”.
Larger digger drills were [...]

The Silver Spring Scene website is undergoing some changes that you will hopefully find enhances your blogging pleasure.
Gone is the GIF Animation, there is a new interactive header banner in Flash.
If you’re having any difficulties please post a comment.

According to CB Richard Ellis Silver Spring’s office vacancy dipped to 5.27% down .03% from 5.30% in the first quarter of 2007.
The lower vacancy reflects the removal of 24,402 square feet from total inventory between the first quarter and the second quarter of 2007 according to CBRE’s calculations.
There was a negative absorption of 92,083 square [...]

With new financing in place the Galaxy could be moving dirt in the near future. Developer RST Development moved through the planning dept at rapid to from preliminary to site plan approval in less than 6 months. Submitted in July 2005, the plan was approved in January 2006.
A lackluster condo market halted the first phase with [...]

It’s been a while since the last post on the Silver Spring Scene, but the summer can make you do crazy things!  Everyone is on vacation and moving at snail pace (there’s a dearth of news on the other blogs as well).
The good news is that there’s a back log of news that needs to [...]

To the left in this photo is the Silver Spring Gateway, the building is about to top- out reaching its 15th and final floor, while the photo may look dramatic the building is only 143’ feet.
That residential building will be a combination of apartments and condos according to JBG sources, 285 apartments and [...]

This past Wednesday the Gazette released an article about the approval of the City Place Office Tower. They quoted the newly appointed Planning Board Commissioner, Eugene Lynch and his concerns over the increased height and density of the office building. To quote the article,
Commissioner Eugene Lynch expressed concern with the added height and square [...]