When asked if the ZTA that would allow the so called public –use space (Silver Spring Fillmore) before the main project doesn’t pass, Bruce H. Lee, President of Lee Development Group and owner of the land in question responded “that would be bad news”. New question and answers unfolded during a special meeting with the County Executive office, Lee Development Group and the Silver Spring Scene.

In 1992 City Place Mall opened its doors to waiting patrons and news cameras. A new space integrated with the old Hecht?s building, it featured one of the strongest art deco facades in Silver Spring and defining architecture from the late 80s ? early 90s.

You’ll just have to wait. A night of countless presentations and testimonies didn’t bring a verdict to the fate of two issues in contradiction. The decision on whether the 1938 Falkland Apartments, North Parcel would be spared from the wrecking ball or if developer Home Properties would be able to move forward and build the largest residential project in Silver Spring in recent times, was left open ended as the planning board takes more time to sort it all out.

At the cost of only $12 million the Chelsea School has single handedly accomplished what the County couldn’t. Despite a hefty design competition calling architectural firms from around the country, the County still couldn’t pull off something as magnificent as what the Chelsea School (not too far down Ellsworth) has managed to scrap together. I [...]

Cause that’s the bulk of what we’re getting. The residential inundation continues in downtown Silver Spring and the latest participant is Washington Property Company and their 1050 Ripley Street. Despite the heavy market downturn and a tsunami of residential/apartment construction, the developer is still moving forward. In fact, On July 3rd, 2008, Washington Property Co [...]

A reader has pointed out that the Vietnamese cuisine serving My-Le Restaurant, located at 8077 Georgia Ave is getting a makeover and a new name. Apparently (according to the reader) the place was set on fire closing it down for a few.

Investigators have pinned this one down as arson but the resurrection of the restaurant [...]

JBG Companies has dropped the “Silver Spring Gateway” name in favor of calling the project “The Veridian Apartments“. “The Veridian Apartments at Silver Spring Metro” to be exact.

Kettler (formally KSI, Inc) has given into the slowdown taking a toll on the inflated residential market. Nationwide residential sales are down but there’s still hope left for the residential project that Kettler had planned for Silver Spring since 2004.

The Silver Spring project dubbed Midtown Silver Spring was planned to be part of Kettler’s Midtown brand of [...]

While developers are making high risk investments by plopping office buildings in continually high vacancy submarkets in the region, Silver Spring’s continues to be healthy and the direct vacancy actually edged down in the 1st quarter of 2008.
The direct vacancy fell from 5.7% in the fourth quarter of 2007 to 5.2% in the 1st quarter of [...]

To all those calling Ellsworth drive in the Downtown Silver Spring Project “Disney land” you’ll be pleasantly surprised when you see Bethesda Lane. Let me start off by saying that in my opinion I think Bethesda Lane looks great, above average architectural detail for this area and lacking any blank walls. But one could argue [...]