Tons of New Student Housing and Other Development
November 11th, 2007 | by David Daddio | Published in City Garage/Condos/City Hall, Housing, Raymond Towers, University View Overlook | 1 Comment
As we’ve noted, the student housing landscape in College Park has changed dramatically in the past 6 months. Developers are falling over themselves to propose new projects.
Otis Warren/ Steve McBride (best known for building the University View) were at the City Council meeting last Wednesday. They are now proposing a 12-story, 154 unit (516 bed) student housing project directly in front of University View with 12,200 S.F. of ground floor retail (expected completion 2010). The site had previously been planned as an office building. This newly proposed building (previously called the University View Overlook) would house UMD’s Freshmen Connection program.
Warren/McBride are abandoning plans for a luxury condo building just north of the View (8400 Balt Ave). They acquired the Koon’s Ford Quicklane in front of that site and now are proposing a 9-story phased student housing project with 280 units (900 beds) and 18,040 S.F. of retail (expected completion 2012).
Also, the County Planning Board accepted the city’s downtown parking garage plan (w/ retail) for review and the commission now has 70 days to take action.
Pictures to come….
November 13th, 2007 at 12:53 pm (#)
Wow, 1,416 beds. Pretty exciting. What are the odds that these projects are approved?
I’d hope pretty high. They are both on that strip of route 1 that is currently underutilized, adjacent to campus and not near residential neighborhoods.
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