Spicknall’s Farm Market, located at 12011 Old Gunpowder Rd. in Beltsville/Calverton, has made the decision to not open this upcoming season.
Chick Fil A on Tech Rd. in the Calverton/Fairland/White Oak area (technically Silver Spring) closed for renovations last summer for what was initially supposed to be 8-10 weeks. After unexpected delays, the restaurant plans to reopen on Thursday, March 14th.
Montgomery County Police are investigating a collision involving a pedestrian that occurred on Sunday, February 25, 2024 near Calverton.
Maryland State Police arrested a man suspected of stealing a Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration vehicle and leading police on a pursuit through Prince George’s and Montgomery counties and striking more than a dozen vehicles Friday evening.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to the 13100blk of Bellevue St, off Greenmont Ave in Calverton on Monday, December 11, for the report of a garage fire. (more…)
Per MCPD: The Montgomery County Department of Police made thirteen arrests on Monday, November 13, all involving stolen or carjacked vehicles.
Ledo Pizza Corner Shoppe has opened its second Montgomery County location at Giant Food at the Orchard Center, 12028 Cherry Hill Rd, in Calverton (Serviced by Ledo Pizza Colesville). Ledo opened its first Montgomery County Corner Shoppe location in Olney earlier this month.
Previously, Ledo Pizza opened its first “Ledo Pizza Corner Shoppe” inside of a Giant Food store at 1649 Crofton Center in Crofton, MD (Anne Arundel County) this past summer. The “Corner Shoppe” offers take and bake pizza that allows customers to take home a frozen pizza to bake themselves at a later time. The store will also offer hot pizzas from the oven as well.
Ledo Pizza started near The University of Maryland in 1955 with its first location on University Boulevard. Since 1955, Ledo Pizza has grown substantially from just one location to over one hundred locations throughout Maryland, D.C., Virginia, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Florida. Ledo Pizza is one of the pioneers of what we call “Maryland Style Pizza.”
This article has been updated to include updated plans for the Downtown Silver Spring location.
Chick Fil A on Tech Rd. in the Calverton/Fairland/White Oak area (technically Silver Spring) has temporarily closed for renovations. The store closed on Thursday at 2pm and will reopen in 8-10 weeks (approximately two months).
When the store reopens, it will be operated by Tina Oyeniya. Current store operator,Terrell Daniel, will be transitioning to Burns Corner FSU in Stafford, Virginia. The Downtown Silver Spring location, at 825 Ellsworth Drive, also planned to closed for renovations earlier this summer but has not done so yet.
Chick-fil-A has Montgomery County locations in Bethesda, two in Gaithersburg, Germantown, Olney, Rockville, and Silver Spring (between Calverton, Fairland, and White Oak). The chain opened its newest location last month in Gaithersburg. Featured photo courtesy of Google Maps.
Update: The road is no longer closed, but some lanes remain blocked. Delayed expected.
Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a collision on Cherry Hill Rd at FDA Blvd in Calverton around 6:30am on Thursday morning. According to Battalion Chief Steve Mann, the vehicle rolled over due to the collision, trapping two inside. The two patients, including one adult, were extricated and transported to the local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Some lanes on Cherry Hill Rd are now blocked between Powder Mill Rd & Gracefield Rd/Calverton Blvd
Cherry Hill Rd & FDA Blvd, collision
— Pete Piringer (@mcfrsPIO) March 9, 2023
Compass Health Center, a group that provides intermediate levels of behavioral health care, including outpatient psychiatry, partial hospitalization (PHP), and intensive outpatient (IOP) programming, has signed a lease with SJ Capital Partners to occupy 15,732 square feet of space at 11941 Bournefield Way in WestTech Business Park (in the White Oak area). Kenneth Fellows and Robert Pugh, Partners with Advisory Services with Edge, represented the landlord and Brandon Nasatir of Savills represented the tenant in this transaction.
Compass Health Center, headquartered in Illinois, is one of the leading providers of PHP/IOP and psychiatric services in the country. Compass is expanding by opening its first Washington, D.C.-area location. Founded in 2011 by psychiatrists David Schreiber, MD, and Claudia Welke, MD, Compass Health Center works to achieve successful outcomes for patients struggling with symptoms of depression, anxiety, trauma, OCD, and bipolar disorder. Compass’s Silver Spring location will open in September 2023 with adolescent, young adult, and adult in-person and virtual programs, with plans to add child programming in 2024.
SJ Capital Partners owns six single-story medical/office buildings within WestTech Business Park. The project is located less than three miles from the Intercounty Connector (Maryland Route 200), Maryland Route 29, and less than five miles from Interstate 95. It is also near restaurants, shops, Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center, and the White Oak Town Center redevelopment.
“The central location of 11941 Bournefield Way provides Compass Health Center with strategic access to the densely populated areas of Montgomery, Howard, and Frederick counties, as well as Washington, D.C.,” explained Robert Pugh of Edge. “Given the large number and diversity of health care and medically-related groups in WestTech Business Park, this is the perfect landing spot for Compass Health Center,” added Ken Fellows of Edge. “The business park is close to major interstates, a regional medical center and numerous food amenities that will be convenient for both patients and employees.”
Edge is a commercial real estate firm providing a full complement of advisory, leasing, investment sales, management, construction, property management, and engineering services to clients throughout the Washington, D.C., Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Pennsylvania marketplaces. For additional information, visit www.edgecre.com.
Edge has brokered three new leases at 12301 Old Columbia Pike in the area between White Oak, Fairland, and Calverton (all considered Silver Spring) in Montgomery County. Dance Silver Spring, LLC, an upscale dance studio for children and adults that operates more than 300 studios worldwide, was represented by Jonathan Hamburger of CBRE. Graphic Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a union that represents more than 60,000 workers in all craft and skill areas in the printing and publishing industries, and Habesha Spring Driving School, a professional driving school that offers a variety of driving classes for students of all ages were self-represented and are among the new tenants in the building.
Per Edge: Located at the intersection of MD Route 29 and Tech Road, 12301 Old Columbia Pike features nearly 34,000 square feet of commercial office. Renovated in 2021, the asset is less than two miles from MD Route 200 (Intercounty Connector), three miles from Interstate 95, and four miles from the Capital Beltway (Interstate 495). A number of hotels, restaurants, big-box retailers and fitness centers, as well as other amenities, are located within close proximity. The property is also directly across the White Oak Town Center Development, which will house more than 100,00 square feet of new retail amenities.
“12301 Old Columbia Pike continues to attract tenants in a diverse array of industries due to its strategic location in a robust suburb of Washington, D.C., and its immediate access to nearly 1.3 million people within a ten-mile radius,” stated Kenneth Fellows of Edge. “We continue to field strong interest for the last remaining spaces and predict they will go fast due to all the redevelopment and amenities in the area.
The transactions, cumulatively totaling nearly 10,000 square feet of space, elevated the property to 90% occupancy. Kenneth Fellows, Partner, Advisory Services, and Keiry Martinez, Transaction Manager, Advisory Services for Edge, represented landlord, RFF/Old Columbia I, LLC in all three transactions. Edge is a commercial real estate firm providing a full complement of advisory, leasing, investment sales, management, construction, property management, and engineering services to clients throughout the Washington, D.C., Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Pennsylvania marketplaces. For additional information, visit www.edgecre.com
