BETHESDA CONSTRUCTION UPDATE: THE LAUREN ULTRA-LUXURY CONDOS (PHOTOS)

Construction is still in the early stages at the Hampden Lane site of the future ultra-luxury condos called The Lauren. Schnabel (whose logo you will see on a piledriver in these photos) is a foundation and earth retention firm, and that's where this project is at for the moment. 

You can see that piles have been driven into the earth around the edges of the lot. Unlike some stick-built projects (such as the old Arlington Road post office site), The Lauren will have a 2-level underground parking garage, requiring significant excavation, if not to the extreme of the Lot 31 site a 2 blocks south on Woodmont Avenue.

EXCAVATION BEGINS AT THE LAUREN SITE, SIDEWALK REOPENS (PHOTOS)

Give the developers and construction contractors of The Lauren ultra-luxury condos credit - they have reopened the sidewalk along the Woodmont Avenue side of the property. That's notable in a time when pedestrians are having a hard time navigating many streets in downtown Bethesda due to construction.

The debris of The Hampden apartments has been cleared, and the site graded. Now they are digging, and progress appeared to be made even further on that Sunday.

An open sidewalk - imagine that!

Condo owners will have
a service station-garage-style
auto lift option for their
parking space in
The Lauren's garage