Wheaton Redevelopment Update: Developer Choice May Come Soon
The Montgomery County executive has the power to choose the developer.
Update, March 7, 2:30 p.m. The Wheaton redevelopment discussion tentatively scheduled for March 12 will be a closed session. The Montgomery County Council and the executive administration will be discussing real estate issues "that could impact negotiations if the session were public," according to Rob Klein of the Department of General Services. The county has yet to announce a developer for the Park and Planning headquarters building coming to Wheaton's downtown area. The redevelopment plan approved by the council in 2012 envisions a town square and an office building on Lot 13 with ground-floor retail. The Montgomery Planning Department would share the space with county agencies. Update, March 1, 3:45 p.m. The planned discussion about …
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Randall Spadoni
10:29 am on Friday, March 8, 2013
Well, that was an anticlimax. Glass half full: Perhaps it is good for the executive and council to work things out privately before a deal is announced. We don't want more time and effort wasted on another BF Saul. But why did it take an additional two months before the executive could even discuss the deal with the council? From Councilmember Valerie Ervin when the BF Saul deal was announced in … more ›