North Potomac

Darnestown

Construction: First Tenant at Upcoming Building/Campus on Darnestown Rd Announced

By MCS Staff

Horizon Therapeutics plc announced in January that it signed a long-term, full-building lease with Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. to be the first tenant at the Alexandria Center® at Traville Gateway campus in Rockville, Maryland. The 192,000-square foot building with a five-level parking garage containing up to 562 spaces is currently being constructed for Research and Development use at 9810 Darnestown Rd next to the Travilah Square shopping center.

When completed, the state-of-the-art facility will serve as the company’s primary East Coast research and development and technical operations hub. Construction at the nearly 200,000-square-foot site is underway and Horizon expects to start work on interior improvements in 2023. Additional terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

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North Potomac

200,000 SF Building Being Constructed On Darnestown Road

By MCS Staff

A 200,000-square foot building with a five-level parking garage containing up to 562 spaces is currently being constructed for Research and Development use off at 9810 Darnestown Rd next to the Travilah Square shopping center.

Building A will be the first of three buildings planned for Parcel N (shown in the images below). Together, these buildings will form a research and development campus that coordinates effectively with the current life sciences campus.

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Restaurant

Hangry Joe’s Hot Chicken to Open First MoCo Location

By MCS Staff

The founder of Sweet Frog, Derek Cha, is bringing his take on the Nashville-style hot chicken sandwich to MoCo.

The restaurant will be located in the Travilah Square Shopping Center (the shopping center is anchored by Trader Joe’s) in Rockville, between Pholuscious and Tropical Smoothie Cafe, in the 1,600 sf location that was home to El Mexicano at 10050 Darnestown Road, per H&R Retail.

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Gaithersburg

Water Main Break Closes Dufief Dr Between Darnestown Road and Brandyhall Lane

By MCS Staff

A water main break late this morning has now closed Dufief Drive, near the area of Dufief Elementary School, between Darnestown Road and Brandyhall Lane.

WSSC Water crews are now on the scene of the 12” break, which was the cause of Dufief Elementary School closing at noon today.

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Rockville

Klay Healthy Indian Eats Now Open at Traville Gateway in Rockville

By MCS Staff

Updated on 4/13 to reflect the restaurant is now open.

Back in November of 2019, we told you that Klay Healthy Indian Eats was coming to the Traville Village shopping center (9736 Traville Gateway Drive). Though some progress was made on the interior, not much was heard from the restaurant in over a year…until recently!

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