TODAY - Leggett to Participate in Groundbreaking Ceremony for Westside at Shady Grove Metro

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Leggett to Participate in Groundbreaking Ceremony

For Westside at Shady Grove Metro

First redevelopment project under the Smart Growth Initiative

 

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

11 a.m.

 

16658 Crabbs Branch Way, Rockville

(corner of Shady Grove Rd. and Crabbs Branch Way)

 

 

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett will join EYA President Bob Youngentob and EYA Vice President of Land Acquisition and Development McLean Quinn to break ground for the Westside at Shady Grove Metro development.

 

This is another of Leggett’s Smart Growth Initiative projects that is revitalizing an old industrial area by creating an urban village near the Shady Grove Metro station.  More than 90 acres of former industrial and warehouse use will become a transit-oriented, mixed-income neighborhood – and the first redevelopment project under the initiative. 

 

EYA has begun sales for 407 townhomes that will be built in the transit-oriented community. Over 15 percent of these townhomes will be affordable as moderately priced dwelling units (MPDUs) and Workforce Housing units. Many amenities will be available for residents’ use: swimming pool, clubhouse, outdoor lounge, fitness center, dog park, garden, open parks and walking paths, and onsite Metro access. In addition, Westside will include more than 1,000 multifamily units, including 15 percent MPDUs and another eight percent Workforce Housing units. The development will also include 131,000 sq. ft. of office space and 41,828 sq. ft. of retail space.

 

 

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