Cases
Representation Matters: Representing Lee Development Group
the Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) in development of Elizabeth Square, a public-private partnership between Lee Development Group
the HOC. The mixed-use project in downtown Silver Spring will include retail
residential housing, including affordable senior units,
the South County Regional Recreation
Aquatic Center. http://www.leedg.com/property/elizabeth-square/
Part of team representing The Tower Companies in redevelopment of The Blairs, a community begun in the late 1950s in downtown Silver Spring, now reinventing itself to include 2,800 high-rise apartments
450,000 SF of new mixed-used commercial space, all within a short walk of Metro. http://www.sasaki.com/project/306/the-blairs/
Representing United Therapeutics in creation
expansion of its headquarters campus in downtown Silver Spring. Approvals have included development of two campus office
laboratory buildings linked by a connector spanning 90 feet across a public street. Recently completed is a third building, an on-site net zero energy building, which includes solar panels, a green roof, a geothermal system,
a below-grade earth labyrinth system to support office, in silico laboratory, retail,
public space uses. http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2015/Company-Hopes-to-Begin-Demolition-of-Silver-Spring-Parking-Garage-This-Fall/
Represented the Polinger Co. in development of 7600 Wisconsin Avenue, a 209,000 SF office building in downtown Bethesda that is part of Bethesda Place. https://www.polingerco.com/commercial-property/
As part of serving as ongoing l
use counsel, represented the Tower Companies on the Tower Oaks planned development in the City of Rockville, most recently in developing 2000 Tower Oaks Boulevard, the first commercial office building to achieve LEED Platinum status. http://towercompanies.com/property-listings/portfolioCats=69%2C22%2C23%2C68%2C21#tower-building
Represented Grosvenor Americas in the conversion
upgrading of a Holiday Inn to a Courtyard by Marriott in Friendship Heights.
Represented the West*Group in development of the Westfarm Technology Park,
the West*Group
successors in transforming the large industrial park into a mixed-used development, including a hospital, power center, retail,
restaurants.
Represented owners of the Apex Building in downtown Bethesda in a Minor Master Plan Amendment that positioned the building for sale to Carr Development in anticipation of construction of a Purple Line Metro station below the site. http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2015/Could-Bethesdas-Apex-Building-Be-Razed-Before-Purple-Line-Construction-Starts/
Represented Lee Development Group in approvals, construction,
opening of The Fillmore, a public-private partnership with Montgomery County
Live Nation, which transformed the partial remains of a former J.C. Penney's department store (including the original faa ade) located in a downtown Silver Spring historic district into a music, entertainment,
community use venue. http://www.fillmoresilverspring.com/venueinfo
Represented BioReliance in regulatory approvals for lab expansion
construction of a new office building as part of its headquarters expansion in the Shady Grove Life Sciences Center.
Represented Abrams & Associates in development of 4800 Hampden Lane, a mixed-used development of an office
retail building, integrating townhomes along the streets in the Bethesda Central Business District.