*Three ongoing Bethesda developments—the Marriott International headquarters, Avocet Tower, and an expansion at Suburban Hospital—made the list of the most expensive projects in the Washington region, according to an analysis by the Washington Business Journal. The projects add up to more than $1.7 billion in development in Bethesda.
*Virginia-based developer McCaffery will break ground on a $75 million senior living facility, located at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and St. Paul Street, in Kensington. The project will include 135 senior living apartments and a café, and construction is scheduled for an early 2021 completion date.
*The owners of property south of Walter Johnson High School at 5151 Pooks Hill Road are selling. CBRE is marketing the site as an exclusive opportunity for development in an area that generally prevents residential building. Two buildings up to 16 stories tall can be built on the land, with average apartment unit sizes of 845 square feet.
*Luxmanor, Maryvale, and Potomac elementary schools will remain in temporary locations through the coming school year due to weather delays in the construction projects at their permanent facilities. A school board resolution passed Monday says each school will “fully occupy their facilities at the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year.”
*Frederick-based Wormald Companies is proposing a new Potomac-based project with 51 two-story independent living units aimed at seniors wishing to “age in place.” The community, which would be located on the 30-acre property at 10701 South Glen Road, would divide residences among 17 structures, and each living unit would have a parking garage and a driveway. The Planning Board will consider the proposal on October 7.