COMMUNITY MEETING FOR PROPOSED NEW BUILDING AT 4733 BETHESDA AVENUE

A community meeting has been scheduled for December 15, to discuss a proposed 242,000 SF office building that would replace the existing one currently located at 4733 Bethesda Avenue. It also may include additional office space being added to the existing building at 7200 Wisconsin Avenue, and a hotel (not actual office space) as the main use for the new 4733 structure.

The meeting will be held at 7:00 PM that evening, at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Services Center at 4805 Edgemoor Lane.

As proposed, the building would have 13,000 SF of ground floor retail and restaurant space. It is being developed by the JBG Companies, and along with their current efforts to draw a major restaurant tenant to the neighboring Artery Plaza, could help activate that fairly-dead block of Bethesda Avenue after business hours. JBG has previously included a 230-room boutique hotel as part of the 4733 Bethesda Avenue/7200 Wisconsin Avenue project. I've heard nothing to indicate the hotel plan at 4733 being changed to office space, but we will find out at the meeting just what the newest proposal is.