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Pulte sketches up to 254 townhouses for Watkins Mill Town Center

Plus, public meetings on Route 355 bus rapid transit start today.

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Pulte files sketch plans for hundreds of homes at Watkins Mill Town Center

Up to 254 townhouses lead the Phase II plan

Source: The MoCo Show

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Townhouses254
Two-over-two units68
Live/work units14

If you've watched Gaithersburg fill in along Watkins Mill Road, here's the next piece. Pulte Home Company has submitted a sketch plan to the City of Gaithersburg for Phase II, about 18 acres between Urban Avenue and the CSX railroad tracks. The plan is some 300 homes in a community that will provide more than 1,000 homes, Gaithersburg Patch reported, citing Washington Business Journal.

  • Developer's statement: up to 280 for-sale homes, plus live/work units
  • Final number and mix: decided in later approval stages
  • Live/work units: could provide about 8,700 square feet of extra commercial space

Town Center Boulevard would be extended from West Watkins Mill Road to Parkview Avenue. The developer says the new connections should reduce traffic through the existing Parklands neighborhood. Plans for the larger town center date back to the early 2000s.

Phase II would be a mixed-use neighborhood

18 acres
proposed site between Urban Avenue and the CSX tracks
More than 40%
of the property expected to stay open area
6,500 sq. ft.
of commercial, retail or personal service space
10,000 sq. ft.
community amenity area with clubhouse, pool and playground

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Bus rapid transit

Montgomery County's Department of Transportation is developing plans for bus rapid transit from Rockville to Germantown. It will host three public meetings starting today, Thu., Nov. 12, to share details and gather input on the final design. Bethesda Magazine

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Charles W. Woodward High School is set to reopen in fall 2027, nearly 40 years after closing, and its history is tied to Walter Johnson High School, which opened in 1956 on Rock Spring Drive. The MoCo Show

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Co-founders Will and Denise Richards sold the Columbia, North Bethesda and Rockville pickleball clubs to John and Condit Lyon. The new owners plan to expand and could open seven more locations across Maryland. Columbia Patch

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Pulte sketches up to 254 townhouses for Watkins Mill Town Center

Plus, public meetings on Route 355 bus rapid transit start today.

The TLDR

  1. Pulte files sketch plans for hundreds of homes at Watkins Mill Town Center
  2. Three public meetings on Rockville-to-Germantown bus rapid transit begin today
  3. Dill Dinkers' Rockville club has new owners who eye expansion
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