One of Montgomery County’s most profitable and largest independent biotech could give a no-go to it’s headquarter expansion in downtown Silver Spring.
New impact fees targeting biotechs across the County are making United Therapeutics skittish.
According to the Washington Business Journal, there are new biotech impact fees recommended in the new County Growth Policy Draft.
The news is [...]

One of the better architecturally designed buildings going up in Silver Spring finally has a website.

Perseus Realty, LLC, developers of the Argent at 1200 Blair Mill Road is moving fast to get units delivered in the nine story structure.

While many other projects have jumped the condo ship and turned apartments, the 96 unit Argent [...]

Benjamin Stutz, legislative aide to Coucilwoman Valerie Ervin, invited the Silver Spring Scene and two other fellow bloggers, to discuss the future music venue, (now officially LiveNation) on Colesville Road in Silver Spring with County Executive Isiah Leggett.

The following is Q&A from the various groups and the Leggett

Was it the Community that initiated talks with [...]

Hours after the announcement  of the Birchmere plans moving to College Park and only a couple days after Montgomery County Executive Leggett talked with the Silver Spring Scene about the future of a Silver Spring music venue, the Washington Post says an offical meeting will be held at noon to announce a deal.
Isiah Leggett along with LiveNation representatives [...]

Congrats to College Park, if all goes the way they want it, the Birchmere will open at the planned east campus development, a mixed-use development that follows closely in the foot steps of the Downtown Silver Spring project and even lead by developers Foulger Pratt and Argo Investment; two of the three developers who created [...]

Practically word for word, the full details on the music venue discussion with County Executive Isaiah Leggett will be coming soon to the Silver Spring Scene.

First I’d like to thank poster Pennster for his tme and effort in getting this rendering, including others.
Below is a rendering of the delayed Midtown Silver Spring project, an uncompleted sales office sits at the ground floor of a commercial building along Georgia Avenue. 
Midtown Silver Spring, developed by Kettler (formerly KSI Inc) is planned to be twin 20 story [...]

 
Little has changed for the planned Falkland North project along East-West Highway but Chairman of Home Properties; Nelson Leenhouts got an ear full from residents living in the existing 1938 structures.
Residents complained that they were not informed about changes to the project.
The alterations were minimal since the last community meeting in February. The updated plans [...]

 
Scott Copeland, Principal of RST Development presented drastically revised plans of his Galaxy project now labeled Galaxy II.
Copeland cites current market conditions as to why the new plans now show a reduced overall square footage, eliminating 81 residential units, cutting the height from 125 feet, and scaling back the public parking spaces from a total [...]

Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board, Economic Development arm will hold a meeting this Wednesday, September 19th  at 7pm, at the Silver Spring Regional Center.
Has the Galaxy seen the light? Presenting at the advisory board meeting will be Scott Copeland of RST Development. His Galaxy project has undergone drastic changes towards, lowering heights, units and turning mixed-use [...]