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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course it's cheaper to do it outside MoCo, especially since the County is pretty good at passing numerous anti-business regulations. That's why we see development projects for office buildings being changed into residential -- [b]they can't find business who want to move to MoCo[/b]. Then you have the Council (when led by Elrich, now CoExec) passing $15/hour minimum wage legislation and that just makes it less enticing to business.

But there was legislation proposed a week or two ago to give county-based businesses preference, like if the local company's bid was up to 5% higher than the non-county bid, the local bid would still win. I forget the %, maybe it wasn't 5%, but you get the idea. Another example of how the county doesn't seem to care about taxpayer money. Just spend, spend, spend.[/quote]

The developers are proposing to change the office buildings into residential buildings because businesses now want to locate near Metro, not in some far-flung car-dependent suburban office park.[/quote]

Other than Marriott, not a lot of businesses relocating around the Friendship Heights, Bethesda or White Flint metro stations.  [/quote]

WTTG, ProShares, Enviva Partners
Leasing for the office space is coming along. D.C.’s Fox affiliate, WTTG, inked a lease for 57K SF at the Wilson as it plans to leave its offices in Tenleytown. Alternative energy company Enviva Partners is signed up for 80K SF, and ProShares, an exchange-traded fund, plans to occupy 55K SF. 
Read more at: https://www.bisnow.com/washington-dc/news/neighborhood/top-3-bethesda-developments-99861?utm_source=CopyShare&utm_medium=Browser[/quote]

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