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Plan Number: 119990390

Friendship Commons
Total Non-Residential Sq. Feet: 810000
Total Dwelling Units: 500
Friendship Commons is a 26.5-acre multi-use area located at the intersection of Friendship Boulevard and Willard Avenue in Bethesda. A proposed complex would include 200 townhomes, 300 apartment units, and 810,000 square feet of office space. The office would house the headquarters for GEICO. The property is within walking distance to the Friendship Heights Metro Station.
Source Contact: Montgomery Business Development Corporation (MBDC)

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Application #:

119990390

Application Type:

PRELIMINARY PLAN

Application Name:

FRIENDSHIP COMMONS (GEICO)

Site Location:

SW QUADRANT OF THE INTERSECTION OF WILLARD AVENUE AND FRIENDSHIP BLVD

Size:

26.50 ACRE

Master Plan:

Friendship Heights CBD

Watershed:

Little Falls

Application Accepted Date:

11/17/1998

Application Status:

Pipeline

Proposed Development

Application Status	Zoning	Proposed Qty	Development Type
Original Application	R-60/TDR	200	Single Family, Attached
Original Application	TS-M	300	MF Apt/Condo-5 Stories or more
Original Application	TS-M	810000	Office

Future Planning
Board Action:

Approved Development

Planning Board Date	Planning Board Action	Approved Qty	Development Type
2/11/1999	APPRVD W/ COND.	200	Single Family, Attached
2/25/1999	APPRVD W/ COND.	300	MF Apt/Condo-5 Stories or more
2/25/1999	APPRVD W/ COND.	810000	Office
5/13/1999	ADOPTED	0	Resolution

Owner

GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSUR
1 GEICO PLZ
WASHINGTON, DC 20076-
Day Phone: (301)986-3469x

Owner

Terrence Perkins
GEICO
5260 Western Avenue
Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815
Day Phone: (301)986-2147

Engineer

DEWBERRY,NEALON & DAVIS
19201 MONTGOMERY VILLAGE AVE
GAITHERSBURG , MD 20760
Day Phone: (301)948-4120

Attorney

ROBERT HARRIS
HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LLP
3 BETHESDA METRO CENTER, SUITE 800
BETHESDA, MD 20814
Day Phone: (301)654-7800x

Attorney

ERICA LEATHAM
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP
3 BETHESDA METRO CENTER
SUITE 800
BETHESDA, MARYLAND 20814
Day Phone: (301)654-7800x

Applicant

STEPEN MARTZ
GEICO
5260 WESTERN AVENUE
CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND 20815
Day Phone: (301)986-3469x

M-NCPPC Lead Reviewer

Neil Braunstein
neil.braunstein@montgomeryplanning.org
(301)495-4532x

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