Archive for December, 2007

A very good way to end the year!

By Silver Springer • Dec 28th, 2007 • Category: Real Estate

It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for…alright well maybe the moment I’ve been waiting for.
Something like this doesn’t happen too often in Silver Spring; a grade A, one of a kind mixed-use project that sticks to the original concept, doesn’t cut any corners (so far so good), has a public use component actually worthy [...]



Bungalows Gone!

By Silver Springer • Dec 17th, 2007 • Category: Real Estate

Are we getting a little ahead of ourselves? Without so much as a preliminary plan approved, Robert Hillerson of Michael, LLC has already jumped on the bulldozer for his Studio Plaza project.

The Bungalows are gone! Mid-November they were still standing during the annual Silver Spring Thanksgiving Parade.
Jerry McCoy and the historical society gang cried foul [...]



Discovery Goes Public

By Silver Springer • Dec 14th, 2007 • Category: Business and Economic Development, Government and Politics

Ok so the rumors are true, the day has finally come, and our beloved Discovery is going public. What does this mean? I’m not sure.

The good news is that I’m prepared to buy up lots of company stock. Oh and Maryland will most likely have another Fortune 500 company on its list (“in the open”). I’ve been [...]



More on “million dollar” homes in East Silver Spring

By Silver Springer • Dec 10th, 2007 • Category: Real Estate

If you want to see the listing go here
Starting with 801 Easely St, sellers are asking $13,499,900 (a bargin at just $100 short of $13,500,000) for the consilidated block of single family homes.
MJR Realty and Appraisers leaves you with this inviting property note,
Property Comments…
Proposed 2 acre assemblage. List price is for informational puirposes. Contact agent for details. [...]



Sister to the east Part III

By Silver Springer • Dec 6th, 2007 • Category: Real Estate

This is the final section of a three part report

University Town Center is an interesting mix of uses. This is a dream project of Herschel W. Blumberg the President and owner of Prince George’s Metro Center, Inc. They got the right idea by mingling the office, retail and residential use. But why call it University Town [...]



Sister to the east Part II

By Silver Springer • Dec 5th, 2007 • Category: Real Estate

Looking at the site of the University Town Center and this section of Hyattsville, you get a sense that once upon a time, it had bigger aspirations than what we see today; an urban district that would put it on equal footing with Silver Spring and Bethesda. You’d be right.

An artist’s rendering shows what the [...]



Sister to the east Part I (Updated)

By Silver Springer • Dec 4th, 2007 • Category: Business and Economic Development, Real Estate

Follow Maryland Route 410/East-West Highway east from Silver Spring through Takoma Park and keep your eyes open for a pedestrian bridge. You can’t miss it, the grand bridge spans East -West highway and is a focal point of what is turning into the next central business district.

From west to east, Bethesda, Silver Spring and Hyattsville [...]



Sister to the east

By Silver Springer • Dec 3rd, 2007 • Category: Real Estate

A sister town center to the east forms in a similar fashion to the Downtown Silver Spring Project to the west.
The Silver Spring Scene compares and contrasts.