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The Bethesda-based developer's 26-acre officre park in the Shady Grove Life Scienceds Center is currently approvedfor 669,538 square feet of densityh and the campus currently contains half of that, or 350,000 squarde feet. At a May 28 work session, the Montgomerg County Planning Board decided to recommend in its draftf Gaithersburg West Master Plan that the property be developed with up to twiced asmuch density, or contain up to 1.34 millionh square feet of office, retail and residential The southwest corner of the land currently includes a 272,000-square-foot, three-building compledx that houses software and pharmaceutical tenants.
The northg side of the property contains the Metropolita RegionalInformational Services' 72,000-square-foot headquarters. Last the board also recommendedthat Danac's Corridord Cities Transitway stop be located at or near its northeasterbn corner, near the intersection of Diamondbaclk Drive and Decoverly Drive. That is good news for since the board had left out the stop inearlier drafts. The transitg stop near the corner may be developed whethe the state retains the current road alignmenty or adoptsthe county'sz locally preferred alternative.
The board also picked that locatiohn because the northeastern corner is consideredc to be convenient for pedestrians from the Decoverlyresidentiap communities. "We have a long way to go, but we are encouragedr by theplanning board's recommendations," said Timothyg Dugan, a Danac attorney. Several more work sessions are scheduler over the nexttwo months, and in July the planning boardc will send its draftr master plan to the countuy executive who will have 60 days to review and commen t before it is sent to the county council for
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