January 24th, 2013 | by Peter Schilling | published in Businesses, Cafritz Property
If anyone thought the Cafritz Project was a done deal, events over the course of less than one week have been enough to shake that belief. Headlines taken from the Riverdale Patch show how quickly the narrative can change: Jan 11: Cafritz Not a Done Deal, Riverdale Park Council Says [...]
November 28th, 2012 | by Peter Schilling | published in Book Exchange Site, Businesses, Cafritz Property, Domain at College Park, Economic Development Update
The City of College Park has released its bi-monthly newsletter covering local development news. Highlights from the latest edition include: Domain at College Park Mowatt Lane & Campus Drive Status: Under Construction Mixed-use residential development will have 256 multi-family units and 9,061 square feet of retail space. The first units are expected to be ready [...]
October 5th, 2012 | by Clay Gump | published in Book Exchange Site
A compromise regarding the design of the proposed 431 unit Maryland Book Exchange project may be in the works. There will be a public presentation by the R&J Company at next Tuesdays City Council meeting to present a possible alternative for the structure. As outlined in this previous post one of the main issues has to [...]
August 14th, 2012 | by Fazlul Kabir | published in Cafritz Property, Projects
In tonight’s regular meeting, the Council will vote on whether to appeal to the Prince George’s County Circuit Court of the final decision of the District Council to approve Zoning Map Amendment A-1 0018 for the Cafritz property development. On July 12, 2012, the District Council took final action on this case and on July [...]
July 9th, 2012 | by Clay Gump | published in Cafritz Property
The District Council approves the Cafritz Plan by a vote of 7-2. College Park Patch reports that despite objections from the the City of College Park and from Councilman Olson to push forward a motion for denial, the vote to approve the zoning change for the Cafritz development was passed 7-2. The 37-acre plan in Riverdale [...]
May 11th, 2012 | by Chris Gill | published in M Square Research Park, Purple Line
Back on April 4th the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission presented the results of their Purple Line community workshop at a public meeting. I attended, and while M-NCPPC’s delay in posting material has delayed this writeup, there’s still quite a bit to talk about. The Prince George’s County Planning Department within M-NCPCC established five [...]
May 1st, 2012 | by Daniel Kessler | published in Greenbelt, Greenbelt Station
On April 19, the last public outreach meeting was held for the Greenbelt Metro Area and MD 193 Corridor Sector Plan, which laid out a more detailed vision for the plan area. What follows are some of the highlights of this vision. A draft of the sector plan is expected to be released in July, [...]
March 24th, 2012 | by Daniel Kessler | published in Greenbelt, Greenbelt Station
Yesterday, a workshop was held for the Greenbelt Metro Area and MD 193 Corridor Sector Plan, which covered land use scenarios for several areas of the sector plan, known as “focus areas.” Three time frames (short-term, medium-term, and long-term) were used to describe when these scenarios could be realized. Short-term is meant to be 1 [...]
