October 11th, 2010 | by David Daddio | published in Downtown, Housing
See this letter of support from Smart Growth America for the proposed Book Exchange Redevelopment: –>9/3/2010 Letter from Smart Growth America to College Park Mayor and City Council.
September 27th, 2010 | by David Daddio | published in Book Exchange Site, Downtown, Housing
Please mark your calendars for Monday, September 27th 7:30 PM City Hall Council Chambers A small committee of Old Town residents was set up to speak with the developer of the proposed Book Exchange Housing Project. That committee consists of Steve Brayman (former Mayor), Stephanie Stullich (city councilwoman for the area), Bob Schnabel (Stullich’s Husband), Chris [...]
September 12th, 2010 | by David Daddio | published in Book Exchange Site, Downtown, Housing
“My initial reaction is that they’re not going to be able to build student housing at this site,” he said. “I think that the space could be better used.” ~ Eric Olson, Dist. 3 County Councilman Back in July, the Diamondback had an article talking about development plans to turn the Book Exchange lot into [...]
July 29th, 2010 | by Marcus Afzali | published in Businesses, City Garage/Condos/City Hall, Downtown, General College Park, Politics
A local establishment and a powerhouse national chain are both moving into College Park over the next month with the long anticipated opening of the original Ledo’s Pizza in about two weeks and Best Buy slated to open in the College Park Market Place in early September. I think both will help College Park in [...]
May 17th, 2010 | by Clay Gump | published in Businesses, Downtown
If you have a cool $5 3/4 Million available consider picking up this gem in downtown College Park. There has been intense interest in this property from developers. Even the University is considering purchasing this 2.6 acre plot. The location connects directly to the southern end of the East Campus development. 7501 Flier
August 6th, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Businesses, Downtown
At the opening ceromony yesterday for the new downtown parking garage amid the usual pomp and circumstance a big announcement was made regarding the 5800 square feet of ground floor retail. The original Ledo’s will be moving from their long time location in Adelphi to downtown College Park. This is the mothership of all Ledo’s [...]
July 31st, 2009 | by Clay Gump | published in Downtown, Events, General College Park
Finally those circling in front of Chipotle’s looking for a parking space will have a new option. The Grand opening for the new Parking Garage will be on Wednesday, August 5, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. The garage provides 288 parking spaces plus 5,800 square feet of ground floor retail space. No word on if there [...]
February 25th, 2008 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in Downtown, General College Park, Route 1
We know as well as any the difficulty of keeping track of all the development occurring and proposed in College Park, as well as how hard it is to separate truth from fiction when it comes to the economics of real estate. That’s why we decided to post these slides, presented by the city’s economic [...]
