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A developer is seeking County approval of a plan to consolidate three properties into one to build 354 apartments near the Greenbelt Metro Station, according to documents on file with the Prince George’s County Planning Department. For developer NRP Group LLC, a new face in the D.C. development scene, the project is only its second in region.
The property is located just outside the Beltway at 6400 Cherrywood Lane, near Ivy Lane. Details on the final shape of the plans are scarce right now. So far, the developer has only submitted an application for a preliminary plan of subdivision, a process where property lines are redrawn or consolidated to accomodate new development.
Hyattsville City Council seems to like the general idea of a new Orlando-based brewpub chain expanding into the Mall at Prince George’s. However, they don’t like the developer’s less-than-urbanist plans for the site, which is currently the southwest corner of the mall’s parking lot along East West Highway. At its Monday meeting, Hyattsville City Council approved a measure to support – with conditions – a planned Miller’s Ale House at the mall.
Mount Rainier City Police Department is asking for anyone with information on two separate incidents — a shooting that left one dead and a hit-and-run that critically injured a woman and her child — that occurred over the past week.
Elections in Prince George’s County’s southern Route 1 corridor tend to be small and fast affairs, with short campaign seasons that are active for maybe a month. But in College Park, the largest city along Baltimore Avenue inside the Beltway, the 2019 campaign is already underway, months before voters go to the polls in early November.
For those used to the pace of a national election cycle, a few months on the local campaign trail might seem like peanuts. But for Maryland’s middling-sized municipalities, shorter elections are the norm.
Plans to demolish and redevelop Hyattsville’s abandoned WSSC headquarters could be upturned as city officials pursue an appeal of the District Council’s vote to authorize a rezoning of the property and approve a conceptual redevelopment plan.
Scooters and e-bikes are on the horizon for College Park.
Two major Route 1-corridor redevelopment projects will go before the Prince George’s County Planning Board in late July.
Actually, make that 5,520 units in the development pipeline in the Route 1 corridor.
The total number of declared new residential units in the development pipeline now exceeds 5,500.
Monica Goldson will likely continue to lead Prince George’s County Public Schools.
A 14-year–old Bowie honors student, killed by a motorist June 15, is the 150th pedestrian to be killed by a motorist in Prince George’s County since 2010, according to a Route 1 Reporter database.
College Park City Council voted to conditionally support plans for a proposed 450-unit apartment building near the city’s Metro Station. But citing disagreement with developers over proposed development concessions, Council also declined to consider an economic development tax credit application builder Gilbane Development Corp. sought from city officials.
The matter now heads before the Prince George’s County Planning Board at its June 13 meeting. College Park City Council’s support of the development is contingent upon several conditions that Gilbane officials object to. They include a commitment to maintain street furniture and other improvements built as part of the project along River Road, and funding commitments for public art and bicycle and pedestrian enhancements.
At its June 11 meeting, College Park City Council will consider detailed site plans and a tax credit for a proposed 450-unit market-rate apartment building next to the city’s Metro station.
I have been a physical education and health teacher in Prince George’s County Public Schools for nine years. For the last five years, I have had the honor of being a physical education teacher. Our kids can’t wait for more funding. As a teacher, I want my students to have a healthy learning environment. I want to teach my students the importance of creating healthy habits while they are young.