Posts tagged Cafritz Property
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Breakfast links: Make it high speed
Make the NEC high-speed, gradually; California moves ahead with high-speed rail; Uber would be legal, but have to stay pricey; McDuffie opposes car barn; Cafritz project approved; Gray election consultant charged; DC breathalyzers may return; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Development delays
Waterfront on ice; Residents don’t get to speak on Cafritz; Orange wins; “One City” line?; Bike bits; Work for, live in Arlington; Augmented reality to the rescue; Walking: Retailers and road design. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Need space
Can’t get there; BRT will need land; Cafritz gets OK; OK to tailgate bikes in Virginia; Not so super or grand; Cars make room for humans; Bet on downtown Vegas; Walk like an Englishman. Keep reading…
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Cafritz project tests Prince George’s commitment to TOD
The owners of the Cafritz property in Riverdale Park want a zoning change to build a major mixed-use development on a wooded, 37-acre single-family-zoned property with, at best, mediocre access to transit. If Prince George’s County is serious about its commitment to smart growth and development around its 15 Metro stations, it will deny the rezoning. In recent years,… Keep reading…
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Largo is transit-ready for Whole Foods
Recently, there has been quite a bit of hoopla among northern Prince George’s County residents over whether the Cafritz Property, a single-family residential-zoned tract in Riverdale Park, is an appropriate transit-oriented place to locate the county’s first Whole Foods Market. Meanwhile, in central Prince George’s, at the Boulevard at the Capital… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Not very ethical
An abrupt end; Kwame vs. press, part 1; Kwame vs. press, part 2; Neighbors want retail; Neighbors and Cafritz get closer; Fight for the transit benefit; Fairfax school crumbling; How to fix Amtrak; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Put it in the burbs
FBI should head for suburban pastures; Maintain streetcars at NVCC; Cafritz project still in fierce debate; Crimefighting tool or privacy invasion?; What Washington could have been; Make way, NBA players and owners, for WMATA; Dial 522-3333, pay more; Getting off the hill and into the mayor’s office. Keep reading…
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Improved access to Cafritz development is a step forward
The Cafritz development along Route 1 in Riverdale Park is slated to bring the first Whole Foods to Prince George’s County. While one neighboring community is trying to cut off access, another sees opportunity in increasing connectivity. The Riverdale Town council, at first inclined to restrict access to the project only from Route 1, may now see access to the development… Keep reading…
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With risks, rewards, Cafritz development must be done right
Discussion of a massive residential and retail development that will house Prince George’s County’s first Whole Foods Market is bringing forth the usual anxieties around growth. It represents a series of dangers and difficulties, but if done right, it could bring positive change to a county in need of an economic boost. The Cafritz property, located on East-West… Keep reading…
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Can a commercial enterprise succeed if hidden from view?
Yesterday, we discussed the plan for Prince George’s County first Whole Foods store. Besides the inappropriate strip mall design, it also contains a huge “buffer” between the development and Route 1, which could fatally damage the ability for this area to be successful. Both the 2007 and 2008 versions of the project planned for a wooded buffer along Route… Keep reading…