132-foot-tall building near transit; no parking spaces included
April 13, 2021 | 3:07 pm
April 13, 2021
Via Montgomery County Planning Board
The Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission plans to convert a parking lot in downtown Silver Spring into its new headquarters.
The Housing Opportunities Commission (HOC) announced in late 2019 that it planned to relocate from its Kensington location within three years.
The new building will be about 132 feet tall, according to Planning Board documents, and will sit at the intersection of Fenwick Lane and Second Avenue.
The location is important, Planning Board documents say, because it is near one of the HOC’s largest projects Elizabeth Square, a future multi-building development with up to 906 residences and provides “public services related to the agency’s affordable housing mission in a transit-rich downtown.”
Mar 1, 2021
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Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE:M) today announced changes to its senior leadership team. Aligned with the company’s recently updated Polaris growth strategy, these changes to increase agility and efficiencies include:
John Harper, chief operations officer, will depart the company effective August 1, 2021. Subsequently, the role of chief operations officer will be eliminated. With the elimination of the COO role, Marc Mastronardi, chief stores officer, and Dennis Mullahy, chief supply chain officer, will report to Jeff Gennette, chairman and chief executive officer.
Laura Miller has been appointed chief information officer, effective March 15, 2021. In this role, Miller will report directly to Gennette and will be responsible for the company’s information technology platforms and teams. Most recently, she served as chief information officer of InterContinental Hotel Group (IHG). Miller succeeds chief technology officer Naveen Krishna, who is leaving the company.
Opponents worry it will limit affordable housing, could imperil Holiday Inn conversion plan By Dan Schere |
February 3, 2021 | 10:02 am
The Gaithersburg City Council passed a zoning text amendment on Monday clarifying where public housing may be built.
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The Gaithersburg City Council on Monday night passed a change to the city code to clarify where public housing may be built.
Opponents worry the change could limit affordable housing and impede a proposed redevelopment of a hotel into a senior center.
The council introduced the amendment in November. It states that properties zoned for commercial, employment and industrial uses could not have residential uses in those zones.
Majority of county delegation backs bill limiting eviction powers
Six delegates opposed because burden of proof is on landlord
January 7, 2021 | 11:21 pm
Montgomery County landlords might have to provide just cause for evicting a tenant from a residential property if a state bill limiting eviction powers passes this year.
The Montgomery County Stable Homes Act would prohibit an eviction of a tenant holding over beyond the expiration of a lease in the absence of just cause. Landlords would be required to prove certain facts regarding the just cause of eviction.
Montgomery County’s 24 state delegates discussed the bill and others during a meeting Thursday morning for votes on whether to pursue, amend or withdraw them.
Bill limiting landlords’ eviction powers considered by Montgomery County delegation
Lawmakers also might pursue transparency mandate for Housing Opportunities Commission By Andrew Schotz |
December 15, 2020
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Tenants could get more power to stay in their homes when a lease expires, under a bill Montgomery County’s state lawmakers are considering.
Del. Jheanelle Wilkins (D-Silver Spring) said at a hearing last week that a landlord would need to have “just cause” to evict a tenant who wanted to renew a lease.
The bill, so far, does not have the full support of the delegation. Del. Kathleen Dumais (D-Rockville) said she has reservations because a landlord could be stuck with “lifetime tenancy.”