November 27th, 2007 | by David Daddio | published in Commerce Bank, Enclave at 8700 - Formerly Starview Plaza, Housing, Route 1
The Commerce Bank project (just across from Plato’s Dinner) was rejected unanimously by the City Council almost a year ago and not approved until it removed a drive thru window from its plans. Now, we are getting news that the bank pulled out and now the developer is walking away… ‘Starview Plaza’ (located just north [...]
November 19th, 2007 | by David Daddio | published in Route 1, The Jefferson
Just when we were about to post another scathing criticism of County Councilman Tom Dernoga (this time about his hold up of the JPI West project), he let JPI West (aka “The Jefferson”) go forward. After an 11th hour skimming of 20 units off the approved 220 units yesterday, Dernoga let the project proceed relatively [...]
November 14th, 2007 | by Rob Goodspeed | published in General College Park, Route 1
We received this information from the office of County Council member Eric Olson about the meeting we have listed on our calendar regarding Route One growth. This Thursday, November 15th, Council members Olson, Dernoga and Campos are sponsoring a forum at the College Park City Hall to discuss the underlying plans guiding growth on the [...]
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 10th, 2007 | by Eric Raasch | published in East Campus, On Campus Development, Other College Towns, Route 1
As the East Campus Redevelopment Project moves through the public participation process, it is valuable to look at how other universities have integrated mixed-use facilities into their campuses. Over the next week and months we hope to profile many similar projects. The University of Central Florida (UCF) recently put the finishing touches on a $300 [...]
September 26th, 2007 | by Evan Hauptmann | published in East Campus, Route 1
The Birchmere announced this week it has plans to open a new 500 seat music venue as part of the East Campus development in College Park. Although its not scheduled to open until 2011, the Birchmere will provide a much needed improvement to the College Park music scene. While it may attract larger acts, the [...]
September 14th, 2007 | by Eric Raasch | published in East Campus, Route 1
As Route 1 redevelopment progresses with the East Campus and other projects, there may be opportunities for the public sector to use tax increment financing as an incentive for developers. Tax increment financing, a form of a public-private partnership, is an agreement between a developer and municipality in which future tax revenues are used to [...]
June 25th, 2007 | by Chris Ellepola | published in City Garage/Condos/City Hall, Downtown, Route 1, Transportation
Hearing to be held Tuesday, July 3rd (7 pm) at City Hall on the proposed downtown parking garage. A planned 5-level parking garage is proposed to be at Knox Road and Yale Avenue (across the street from City Hall, behind Cornerstone) where there is currently a regular city parking lot. Two houses adjacent to the [...]
