Anonymous wrote:Perhaps it will be Amazon 3. Or 4, or 5, etc. We can wait them out.

That seems to be the prevailing attitude. It’s a shame.

Perhaps it will be Amazon 3. Or 4, or 5, etc. We can wait them out.

Anonymous wrote:Why does MoCo need jobs if we are WFH? Just build housing in that spot and restaurants and school and folks will come

I guess job growth is still what’s attractive to developers.

Anonymous wrote:There’s nothing going on because there is no major job growth in the county http://www.theseventhstate.com/?p=14410

Interesting. I have been wondering about what is holding things up. Aside from the mall site itself, the redevelopment across the street never went as planned. After the building that houses Whole Foods, etc, there was supposed to be a companion building (or 2) just to the north. The existing buildings have been vacant for years, but just sitting. That plan seems to have been forgotten.

It’s really kind of a shame. The whole thing was supposed to be focused on metro access, which now seems irrelevant.

Anonymous wrote:Why does MoCo need jobs if we are WFH? Just build housing in that spot and restaurants and school and folks will come

Exactly. There is a whole different dynamic now with WFH. This needs to either be a mixed-use town center like Pike and Rose, which hopefully poaches some stores that are fleeing Friendship Heights. I would even be happy with a hospital site, like what just happened with Landmark Mall and INova.

This site being unoccupied is not something I’d like to see and I can’t imagine that would happen either. Regardless of MoCo’s taxes making it more difficult for developers than NoVA, this is still a very large parcel a mile outside the Beltway surrounded by two Metro stops and a lot of UMC and wealthy people. It has to be attractive to the right developer. This is not some parcel in a field in Brookeville.

Anonymous wrote:The county should designate 50% of the land to affordable housing. Let some people with fewer resources have access to better schools.

I’m sure the residents of “north Bethesda” would love a slum right by their homes, genius.

Anonymous wrote:The county should designate 50% of the land to affordable housing. Let some people with fewer resources have access to better schools.

The opposite makes more sense MoCo has a hefty income tax.

The county should designate 50% of the land to affordable housing. Let some people with fewer resources have access to better schools.