Friday, January 4, 2013
A woman was punched in the head after the suspects demanded cash, police said.
Three boys, ages 15 to 17, were charged in an attempted armed robbery on New Year’s Day in the White Flint area, Montgomery County police said Thursday. Officers responded to the 5800 block of Nicholson Lane in North Bethesda at 5:48 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a woman screaming. The 56-year-old woman left White Flint Mall and was walking along Nicholson Lane when three suspects approached her from behind and demanded cash, police said in a news release. One of the suspects punched the woman in the head, according to the release. When the woman screamed, the suspects fled. An off-duty Metropolitan Police Department officer saw the suspects and followed them to the White Flint Metro station, police said. Montgomery County police responded …
Monday, March 12, 2012
Owners aim to "de-mall" the shops and build a mixed-use space.
The owners of White Flint Mall submitted a sketch to the county last month, previewing what they plan to do with the large parcel. In November, Lerner Enterprises and Tower Companies announced their intent to transform the 31-acre lot into a "town," with residential, commercial and office space around a plaza. The preliminary drawings show a mixed-use development, with most of the tallest buildings on the northwestern part of the property and a 2.1-acre public open space in the middle. The designers were inspired by the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, the Washington Post reported, and they plan to install recreation areas, a fountain and outdoor seating. The Planning Department has received the sketch plan and is yet to schedule any hearings …
Thursday, March 8, 2012
The Associated Builders and Contractors of Metropolitan Washington met for its monthly meeting in Rockville on Wednesday.
White Flint Mall in North Bethesda will be unrecognizable in a few years after the Lerner Corp. is finished redeveloping it, said Francine Waters, senior director of transportation for the corporation. Waters spoke as a member of a panel which discussed development plans for the Rockville Pike corridor during the Associated Builders and Contractors of Metropolitan Washington monthly meeting on Wednesday. The 45-acre mall will become a mixed-use megaspace with residential units, commercial offices, anchored by upscale stores like Lord and Taylor. "We are creating a new city...What you see today will not be there. There will be no mall," Waters told the group. "The actual property itself will look entirely different." Rod Lawrence, who …
Joe Thomas
6:20 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013
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