May 25th, 2010 | by Clay Gump | published in Businesses, The Varsity
Still sad about losing Santa Fe? Don’t be. The Varsity has signed up Looney’s Pub to occupy a location in its ground floor retail location. This is a prime location for a new bar/restaurant. As a frequent visitor to Baltimore watering holes in a previous life I can vouch for Looney’s as a great bar. [...]
May 12th, 2010 | by John Euill | published in Housing, Route 1, The Varsity
Here are a few updated renderings of The Varsity project near the main entrance of the UMD campus. These images provide us with not only the latest glimpse of what the building will look like, but also its relation to Northgate Park which was redesigned during the development review process after a land swap between [...]
January 30th, 2010 | by David Daddio | published in Commons 7 and 8, General College Park, Housing, Northgate Area, Oakland Hall, Route 1, Starview Plaza, 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 [...]
December 2nd, 2009 | by David Daddio | published in Northgate Park, Politics, Route 1, The Varsity, University View, University View Overlook
Apparently, the city’s patience with #1 Liquors is wearing thin. After nearly a decade of begging, prodding, and cajoling tactics, councilmembers are starting to contemplate eminent domain proceedings on College Park’s most infamous homestead holdout. According to the Diamondback the city would like to acquire the parcel in order to create “a park”:
The council voted [...]
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 [...]
