October 27th, 2010 |
by Mark Noll |
published in
Enclave at 8700 - Formerly Starview Plaza, Northgate Area, Northgate Park, Route 1, The Varsity
Construction continues on The Varsity and Starview, College Park’s next-in-line for undergraduate, off-campus student housing. The progress is beginning to show how the new buildings will improve Route 1′s streetscape. The Varsity: Starview: The Varsity has begun installation of a wide sidewalk stretching south from the main entrance toward the bridge passing over Paint Branch [...]
January 30th, 2010 |
by David Daddio |
published in
Commons 7 and 8, Enclave at 8700 - Formerly Starview Plaza, General College Park, Housing, Northgate Area, Oakland Hall, Route 1, The Varsity, University View Overlook
Of the seven active construction projects (listed on our area projects by number page) in College Park right now, five of them are student housing. The other two are University-led office buildings in M-Square. Indeed, there is an unprecedented amount of dirt moving on Route 1 right now; proving that while the national economy may [...]
October 24th, 2007 |
by David Daddio |
published in
Housing, Knox Box Redevelopment, Northgate Area, On Campus Development, Politics, Route 1
It has been about 6 months since the issue of student housing really exploded in College Park and anyone (ourselves included) would have had a hard time predicting what has taken place since that time. What started off with hundreds of rising seniors losing their on-campus housing in April has progressed – or regressed rather [...]
October 22nd, 2007 |
by David Daddio |
published in
Hilton Hotel, Housing, Northgate Area, The Varsity
The Hilton Hotel is out and a mixed use 700 bed (250 parking space) student housing project is in. Mark Vogel’s architect easily lived up to their last work (pictured just below) for the site when the developer proposed this project to the city council earlier this month. According to a Diamondback article, Vogel plans [...]
August 16th, 2007 |
by Rob Goodspeed |
published in
General College Park, Northgate Area, Raymond Towers
A condominium project first proposed in December 2006 by area developer Otis Warren is moving forward, and this time it seems possible it will be developed with students in mind. The project, located at 8400 Baltimore Avenue, will contain 300 residential units, 14,000 square feet of retail, and a 4-story 421 space parking garage. These [...]
May 31st, 2007 |
by Rob Goodspeed |
published in
College Park Airport, General College Park, Northgate Area, Route 1
This Op-Ed article was written by James Garvin, a College Park resident and user of the College Park Municipal Airport. The views expressed here don’t necessarily reflect the views of Rethink College Park. This article is in response to our recent post about the conflict between the airport and development in the Northgate area. I [...]
April 6th, 2007 |
by David Daddio |
published in
General College Park, Housing, Knox Box Redevelopment, Northgate Area, On Campus Development
The student housing crunch in College Park is not new by any means. It’s been going on far longer than the 9 months or so we’ve been covering it. Yet, yesterday’s revelation that 639 seniors will be dropped from on-campus housing next year hit a lot of folks close to home and has triggered a [...]
