More than 2,900 apartments and 250 rowhomes are coming to the Route 1 corridor over the next few years, as developers respond to continued high demand despite the pandemic.
With few large tracts of land available, developers are seeking to maximize the number of units, so only 30 single-family homes are slated as part of the projects.
That’s pretty typical. Only about 40 of the hundreds of new housing approved in Hyattsville in recent years was for single-family homes, assistant city manager Jim Chandler recently noted.
Environmentalists like these so-called “infill development” projects because they reduce urban sprawl and lead to more walking, biking and mass transit than driving by increasing density in already-developed areas.
Here’s a rundown of the projects that are slated or already underway from south to north:
3200 Rhode Island Ave.: 97 high-end condos and apartments plus shops and restaurants in a still-unnamed project near Eastern Avenue in Mount Rainier.
Riverfront at West Hyattsville: 183 rowhomes plus shops and two or three future apartment buildings near the West Hyattsville Metro station.
Suffrage Point: 30 single-family homes and 41 rowhomes on the site of the former home of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission in Hyattsville’s historic district.
Hyattsville Canvas: 284 apartments plus shops in Hyattsville’s Arts District next to the historic Armory building.
Pilot House at Riverdale Park: 229 apartments began leasing this summer with retail space at the Station at Riverdale Park. A minimum of another 550 apartments are slated for at least one more building.
Aster College Park: 393 apartments along plus shops and a parking garage near Guilford Drive and Baltimore Avenue, also known as the Southern Gateway project.
Atworth: 23 rowhomes, 27 live-work loft units, 431 apartments plus shops next to the College Park Metro station.
The Standard: 282 apartments aimed at college students plus shops on Guilford Drive, bordered by the Terrapin Row student housing complex.
The Hub: 161 apartments aimed at college students plus shops on the site of two aging duplexes on Knox Road.
Aspen-Maryland: Two buildings with student housing totaling 285 beds and 149 beds plus shops at 4205 and 4206 Knox Rd.
7313 Baltimore Ave. Project: 175 apartments plus shops on the site of the strip mall that currently houses Northwest Chinese.
Greystar: 343 apartments plus shops on the site of the strip mall that previously was home to Marathon Deli and Krazi Kebob.
Campus Drive Project: 250 apartments plus shops and office space at the corner of Campus Drive and Baltimore Avenue next to the Hotel at the University of Maryland.
Tempo College Park: 299 apartments for student housing at 8430 Baltimore Ave., next to the Taco Bell just north of the main entrance to the University of Maryland.
In all, that’s 2,914 apartments, 247 rowhomes, 97 condos, 30 single-family homes and 27 live-work lofts.
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Also, two projects not mentioned: The Standard next door to The Aster, and The Nine, rebranded and expanded (formerly known as The Enclave).
The development at 7313 Baltimore is far from being designed, let alone approved. But there’s three additional student housing developments already started in College Park: The Standard on Hartwick rd, and the Union and Aspen on Knox rd.
@Matthew great minds!
And good point about The Nine, which they’re treating as a new place. Anybody knows why they had to rebrand?
The Enclave was sold earlier this year for about $55 million. The new owner soon began construction of a rear building., with a new name for the building.This second building had been approved more than a decade ago. It includes more than 300 student beds and is attached to the first building.
Thanks Bob! I try to keep up with the developments in the area, and somehow, the Enclave sale had flown under my radar. Where did you hear about it and the details of the expansion?
By the way, the Union on Knox rd that I mentioned above is what this article refers as the Greystar project. Also, details on the Aspen can be found (for now) at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4rpzstmmyknwyg5/AADPoyQbRBaKTm_fDDkTWFGha?dl=0
I heard about the sale from the property’s commercial leasing agent. Than saw its sale on SDAT. Then found that a building permit had been issued for the second building that was about 10 percent smaller than had been approved by the Planning Board about a decade earlier.
No SENIOR Apartments? (right!)