Earlier this year Rosenfeld Investments sent a letter to the community informing them of plans to redevelop the Loehmann’s Plaza shopping center, located at 5200 Randolph Rd. in Rockville. The shopping center was the longtime home of the Loehmann’s department store and, until recently, of Chuck E. Cheese. The plans include a proposed mixed-use development including up to 50,000 square feet of retail use and up to 750,000 square feet of residential use with up to 680 dwelling units. The first phase of the project would be up to 84 of the dwelling units with a 23,000 SF grocery store with other development to occur in future years.
Per Rosenfeld Investments, “the Property currently is developed with a shopping center (Loehmann’s Plaza) and a large surface parking lot. In recent years, retail trends have changed and major retail uses have been migrating to areas like Rockville Pike and to mixed-use centers like Pike and Rose. At the same time, there is an acute demand for new housing in mixed-use areas like this, near transit service, and Applicant has determined that it is in the public interest to redevelop the property in stages with a combination of residential and retail uses.”
