7770 Norfolk Address: 7770 Norfolk Ave. Developers: The JBG Companies, Ross Development & Investment, CIM DETAILS: Last year this project switched from apartments to condos and then back to apartments after the developers decided the condos were selling too slowly. The 17-story, 244-unit building in Woodmont Triangle is nearly complete. Units range from 450 to 1,900 square feet, and amenities include a fitness center and rooftop lounge. The building also will be home to Community, a new diner concept from the founder of BGR The Burger Joint restaurants. Leasing was scheduled to begin in February, but as of press time rents had not been listed.
Developers: StonebridgeCarras and PN Hoffman DETAILS: Developers completed the Lot 31 project near Bethesda Row in the summer of 2015. It includes the Flats apartment building and The Darcy condo project. The Flats features 162 high-end apartment units with monthly rents that range from $2,300 to $6,600. The units have premium shelving, hardwood flooring, movable kitchen islands and stainless steel appliances. Floor plans include one-, two- or three-bedroom units that range from 581 to 1,437 square feet. Amenities include a rooftop retreat with a lounge, outdoor fire pit and bar. Pallas at Pike & Rose
Developer: StonebridgeCarras DETAILS: This 359-unit, nine-story apartment building will include a groundfloor Harris Teeter grocery store and a Starbucks. The building is scheduled to start leasing in January. Units range from studio to three-bedroom apartments, plus available townhouses and penthouses. The units feature granite countertops, laminate wood flooring and stainless steel appliances. As of press time, the building hadn’t released rental rates. Amenities include a rooftop pool, club room with billiards and full bar, and a rooftop demonstration kitchen.
Flats at Bethesda Avenue Address: 7170 Woodmont Ave.
DETAILS: The developer of this 16-story, 221-unit building applied for demolition and building permits in January in order to start construction. The Rugby is the sister building of Gallery Bethesda, which opened in 2014 in Woodmont Triangle. Donohoe hopes to complete the 240,000-square-foot Rugby project in 2017. It will include 14,520 square feet of ground-floor retail and an underground parking garage. Like Gallery Bethesda, most units will feature 9- or 10-foot ceilings, balconies or terraces and luxury finishes.
Address: 11550 Old Georgetown Road
Developer: Kettler
Address: 8300 Wisconsin Ave.
Developer: Donohoe
Pallas
Address: 100 Commerce Lane
Flats 8300
The Rugby Address: 4850 Rugby Ave.
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DETAILS: This 15-story apartment building has been rising on a small piece of real estate along busy Old Georgetown Road since early last year. The 101-unit building will include a rooftop green area, fitness center and wine cellar. It’s expected to be completed this fall, but Kettler had not released rents as of press time. Features include private terraces, wood-plank flooring, stone-tiled showers and white granite countertops.
fill a 6,100-square-foot retail space on the building’s ground floor. The developer has not yet listed rents, but amenities include a cyber café, club room and fitness center.
Developer: Federal Realty Investment Trust
St. Elmo Apartments Address: 4922 St. Elmo Ave. Developer: The Lenkin Co. DETAILS: The Montgomery County Planning Board approved a sketch plan for this 16-story, 210-unit apartment building in February 2015. The project would add another tower to a Woodmont Triangle block where two other apartment buildings—7770 Norfolk and the Bainbridge Bethesda—have been built over the past three years. This project has not broken ground, and the developer has not detailed a construction time line.
Solaire Bethesda
DETAILS: Rockville-based developer Federal Realty has been handling moveins since last June and completed this building’s 19th-floor penthouse level in November. In addition to offering sweeping views, the 319-unit building features a rooftop lounge, soundproof music rooms and private garden plots. Rents range from $1,795 for a 650-square-foot studio to more than $8,875 for a three-bedroom, 1,900-square-foot penthouse apartment. The building is located in Federal Realty’s burgeoning Pike & Rose development, within close walking distance of iPic Theaters and restaurants such as Summer House Santa Monica and City Perch Kitchen + Bar.
Gables Pike District
Address: 7100 Wisconsin Ave.
Address: Executive Boulevard at Old Georgetown Road
Developer: Washington Property Company
Developer: Gables Residential
DETAILS: Expected to be completed sometime this summer, Solaire Bethesda is being built at the former location of Eastham’s Exxon Service Center. The 12-story, 139-unit building will include studios and one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 610 to 1,442 square feet. True Food Kitchen, a chain that specializes in healthy food, has signed on to
DETAILS: Construction on this threebuilding, 476-unit apartment complex formerly known as Gables White Flint is expected to begin in 2017. The complex will sit on 5 acres between Old Georgetown Road and a realigned Executive Boulevard. The road realignment is key to the project because Executive Boulevard currently runs diagonally through the center of the site.
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spring. The 140 units include espresso-color kitchen cabinets, tile backsplashes and quartz countertops. The building is steps from the Capital Crescent Trail and includes a bocce ball court and bicycle storage area.
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