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The Bethesda-based developer's 26-acre offic e park in the Shady Grove Life Sciences Cente is currently approvedfor 669,538 square feet of densitt and the campus currently contains half of or 350,000 square feet. At a May 28 work session, the Montgomert County Planning Board decided to recommend in its draf Gaithersburg West Master Plan that the property be developed with up to twice asmuch density, or contain up to 1.34 millioj square feet of office, retail and residential space.
The southwest cornet of the land currently includesa 272,000-square-foot, three-buildingv complex that houses software and pharmaceutical The north side of the propertyg contains the Metropolitan Regional Informational Services 72,000-square-foot headquarters. Last the board also recommendedthat Danac'x Corridor Cities Transitway stop be located at or near its northeastern near the intersection of Diamondback Drive and Decoverly Drive. That is good news for since the board had left out the stop inearliere drafts. The transit stop near the cornet may be developed whether the state retainzs the current road alignment or adoptsthe county'sa locally preferred alternative.
The boare also picked that location because the northeastern corne r is considered to be convenient for pedestrians from the Decoverlyuresidential communities. "We have a long way to go, but we are encouragecd by theplanning board's recommendations," said Timothuy Dugan, a Danac attorney. Several more work sessions are scheduler over the nexttwo months, and in July the planniny board will send its draft masterf plan to the county executive who will have 60 days to revie w and comment before it is sent to the county counci for deliberations.
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