And the Montgomery County Planning Board will soon discuss a proposal for a 294-unit apartment complex near the White Flint Metro station, Ginsburg noted. Residential development projects proposed near White Flint also could improve the county’s chances of enticing Amazon, according to Ginsburg.Ī new growth plan for the area around the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro station could pave the way for an estimated 1,400 additional housing units. In February 2016, the White Flint station recorded an average of 3,641 weekday boardings, making it the 69th busiest of Metro’s 91 stations, according to an analysis by Greater Greater Washington. Goldman said the arrival of Amazon could also boost Metro by drawing riders from Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., to White Flint, the location of one of its least used Metro stations. Corbalis said he believes adding this second entrance will help make the area more attractive for businesses. The sector plan calls for a second, more northern entrance to the White Flint Metro station to be built near the intersection of Rockville Pike and Old Georgetown Road. Credit: Andrew Metcalf/ Bethesda Beat file photo Grand Park Avenue at Pike & Rose in 2016. “Amazon would provide the catalyst to implement components of that plan much sooner than might have materialized otherwise.” “The White Flint Sector Plan and the work we’ve done at Pike & Rose has laid the groundwork to literally welcome a company of Amazon’s size,” Corbalis said. He said Amazon would be welcome to build anywhere in the county that fits its needs. On Monday, Montgomery County Council President Hans Riemer would not confirm if White Flint is the specific location. Multiple government officials have told Bethesda Beat that the county pitched the White Flint area to Amazon, although County Executive Ike Leggett has not yet formally identified the location as the county’s proposed site for the company. News of the county’s inclusion on the shortlist has set off a wave of speculation about the exact location that Amazon is considering and whether the county has a chance to make the final cut. Last week, county officials learned that the county was one of 20 locations that the company is considering for its complex, which likely would be spread across several buildings in an area. The sector plan is designed to guide development in the area within three quarters of a mile of the White Flint Metro station over the next 30 years.Īnd its broad goals could come to fruition two decades earlier than predicted if Amazon were to select the White Flint area as its second North American headquarters site.Īmazon intends to choose a headquarters location this year. That was the vision Montgomery County planners had when they created the White Flint Sector Plan in 2010. Picture this: A comprehensive street grid, large urban office buildings, a tree-lined central boulevard, bus rapid transit, retail promenades and new residential buildings, all part of a community where people can walk and cycle to work.
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