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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't see what is so sad about what GDS is doing compared to other school's development. I'm not sure why this negatively affects the school. Georgetown Prep did it, so have many, many other independent schools interested in keeping their costs from rising. As a neighbor, I'm grateful it's a neighborhood entity that's developing what was a sad looking site--they'll be here long-term dealing with whatever is built there instead of pretending to be a part of the neighborhood during building, and never returning once its built.[/quote]

This sounds great, but ask yourself if this is truly a neighborhood entity.  While it is true that GDS presumably will have to live with the impact of what it is sponsoring, it is unlikely to be the long term owner of the mixed-use PUD.  Indeed, one reason why GDS (working with the developer Team of Aces) proposed a PUD is that common ownership permits them to argue that the zoning authorities should let let them transfer "unused" density from the campus and add it to the Wisconsin Ave. property, in excess of what current zoning allows.  This legal contrivance makes the Maartens site much more valuable to a purchaser/developer, which couldn't do this on its own.  Expect that if this gets approved, the insiders/developer(s) behind the curtains will step forward and acquire the PUD.  [/quote]

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