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Old 10-06-2014, 07:20 AM
 
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Do you think cities like Silver Spring and Bethesda will get legit skyscrapers down the road? I'm talking ovre 500 feet. I think it's possible, since the region is growing, and people are moving to urban neighborhoods more than suburbs nowadays. Do you see super tall high rises built in MD's future?
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Old 10-06-2014, 07:58 AM
 
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Do you think cities like Silver Spring and Bethesda will get legit skyscrapers down the road? I'm talking ovre 500 feet. I think it's possible, since the region is growing, and people are moving to urban neighborhoods more than suburbs nowadays. Do you see super tall high rises built in MD's future?
No. You almost never see skyscrapers in the suburbs. They cast shadows over single family neighborhoods. Silver Spring's city edges are occupied by single family homes. I'm not sure too many homeowners would appreciate the shadows cast by a 500 ft. tall building.

A similar building is planned for the Belcrest Plaza Redevelopment and they had to knock off a few floors because homeowners felt that the shadow the building would cast would reach too far into surrounding neighborhoods. The orginal plans were for 33 stories (357 ft.) But the planning board made them reduce the height by 3 stories to 30 stories (324 ft.) At that height, the shadows wouldn't make it to the residential neighborhoods. A 500 ft. tower's shadows would certainly enter University park.



The previous Greenbelt development plans had height restrictions for the same reason as well. I guess people just love their sunshine.
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Old 10-06-2014, 08:32 AM
 
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No. Not anytime soon/before the complete buildout of SS, Bethesda, Wheaton, North Bethesda, Rockville/Twinbrook, Glenmont, Westbard, Gaithersburg, and White Oak.
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Old 10-06-2014, 08:50 AM
 
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I don't think anyone even desires building of such height.

and Adelphi_Sky you are super informed... do you work for the local government?
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Old 10-06-2014, 01:36 PM
 
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I mean jersey city has huge skyscrapers.. It's a suburb of NYC. And people desire more urbanized neighborhoods as opposed to suburbs. So why not?
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Old 10-07-2014, 04:53 AM
 
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I'd imagine there are zoning laws that would keep buildings under a certain height.
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Old 10-07-2014, 09:39 AM
 
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I don't think anyone even desires building of such height.

and Adelphi_Sky you are super informed... do you work for the local government?

No. I don't work for a local government. lol I probably spend way too much time on this stuff than most. I have a bunch of RSS feeds and bookmarked developer, architect, and retail broker sites that feed me information.
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Old 10-08-2014, 06:36 PM
 
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it wouldn't work since The downtown areas are in the other side of residential areas. Upper NW is residential with SFH. Especially GA, Eastern, 16th st areas near Sikver Spring.

Bethesda cover Western, Wisconsin, and Conneticut aves which although less residential. The "elitists" wouldn't have it.

Rosslyn and Alexandria are different as they sort of blend in with Downtown DC across the Potomac.

Jersey City is in the other side of Newark and Hudson River. Which is self explanatory.
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Old 10-12-2014, 02:21 PM
 
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It's sad to see sites right by Bethesda Metro being built so low (14 stories) like the new Bainbridge apartment project on Wisconsin Avenue that will be built between two entrances to Bethesda Metro. Like this Bethesda Blog says, if you're going to go high density, where better than at the doorstep of the Metro and Purple Line stations?

Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row: BAINBRIDGE SEEKS SWAP OF RETAIL SPACE FOR LARGER APTS. AT 7340 WISCONSIN (PHOTOS)

There are a lot of high rises being built in Tysons at the moment: office and residential. Developers say that the office market is still moribund in Montgomery County.
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Old 10-12-2014, 10:28 PM
 
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It's sad to see sites right by Bethesda Metro being built so low (14 stories) like the new Bainbridge apartment project on Wisconsin Avenue that will be built between two entrances to Bethesda Metro. Like this Bethesda Blog says, if you're going to go high density, where better than at the doorstep of the Metro and Purple Line stations?

Robert Dyer @ Bethesda Row: BAINBRIDGE SEEKS SWAP OF RETAIL SPACE FOR LARGER APTS. AT 7340 WISCONSIN (PHOTOS)

There are a lot of high rises being built in Tysons at the moment: office and residential. Developers say that the office market is still moribund in Montgomery County.
Currently, the office market is abysmal across the region, but especially in NoVa. Many NoVa submarkets have vacancy rates upwards of 25%-28%; it's really, really bad. I suspect a number of older office buildings will simply convert to residential or see the wrecking ball when conversion isn't feasible. The multiple new builds that have sat completely empty for years will simply continue to do so for years to come, I suppose.

I agree Bethesda needs to upzoned near the metro - which, I'm sure, will happen with the sector plan rewrite that's currently underway.
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