Bethesda Police Station Deal Fizzles
Developer JBG has backed out of a deal to build a new second district police station as part of a larger residential project on Cordell Avenue.
Developer JBG has withdrawn from a land-swap deal with Montgomery County to develop a second district police station as a part of a mixed-use residential project on Cordell Avenue, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center director Ken Hartman said at a Friday meeting of the Woodmont Triangle Action Group. JBG will apparently move forward with a modified residential project, albeit without the police station. Original plans called for JBG to develop a new, 30,000 square foot police station as part of a 600,000 square foot mixed-use development on Cordell Avenue between Woodmont and Wisconsin Avenues, with up to 400 units. As part of a “land swap,” the county planned to give JBG the site where the aging current police station is located…
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