Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Halpine View setting stage for redevelopment

The case of Halpine View and the taking up of the Veirs Mill Corridor sector plan by the Montgomery County Planning Board looks very much like a case of the tail wagging the dog. But for being one of the few actual growth sites in the plan area, the venerable garden apartment complex's ownership had few details to put on the table at a public meeting last night at Newport Mill Middle School.

Attorney Bob Dalrymple, representing the original family that still owns the complex, started off by noting that he grew up in Aspen Hill, and therefore feels personally invested in the area. He acknowledged Halpine View has been sector plan-shopping for several years, and are glad to have found a home in the Veirs Mill plan.

Nothing is imminent for the property, however. Dalrymple said the owners need the rezoning via the new sector plan in order to move forward. That means it's unlikely anything would happen for 2 years.

When it does happen, a representative of Grady Management said, Halpine View residents will get a year's notice of demolition. Surprisingly, in a county supposedly in an affordable housing crisis, he said Halpine View is experiencing a lack of interest from the market, and has vacant units.

Given that Halpine View is among the rapidly shrinking number of naturally occurring affordable apartment opportunities in MoCo, it's hard to believe they have habitable units sitting vacant. The Grady rep said renovation is not an option on the table.

The loss of 550 affordable apartments would be quite a blow. Unless the ultimate plan has that many MPDUs, it would mean a major net loss of affordable units. Dalrymple said affordable units will be "part of the discussion,' but the applicant isn't committing to anything beyond the minimum 12.5% of units required by the County at this juncture.

16 comments:

  1. "the taking up of the Veirs Mill Corridor sector plan by the Montgomery County Planning"

    My God, Dyer...get yourself an editor. Use active voice, fer cryin' out loud.

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  2. Anonymous -11:26am. I totally agree . πŸ‘πŸΌπŸ‘πŸΌ

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  3. "...experiencing a lack of interest from the market"

    More gibberish.

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  4. Shut up, dummy. You made the mistake of using your same dumb line about "passive voice" you use when you troll on my Bethesda news site. Cash me outside, how bou dat?

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    1. "Shut up, dummy"

      Seriously, what are you, six?

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    2. A middle-aged man who says "cash me ousside, da da da" on a regular basis should not whine about a "same dumb line".

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    3. 9:38: You doubled down by using one of your other standard lines from the Bethesda site, "middle-aged man." Like you're 20 years old, girly man. You can't even spell "how bou dat." Sad!

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  5. Go back to your Taco Bell reviews Rob

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  6. Major tolling... and it looks like it's all coming from one sad little troll.

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  7. That's major TROLLING

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    1. Oh yeah, it's that same Guy Friday for the MoCo political cartel that's trolling all my news sites. What a loser.

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  8. Since you are a middle-aged man, how can that be trolling?
    You wear glasses. Is that trolling?

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    1. 1:51: I can't even understand what your word salad said. I do know that your heroes on the County Council are a bunch of ossified old folks, none of which look like Fabio last time I checked, Meanwhile, you stagger around looking like a disheveled bum, and you aren't exactly 20 yourself, hobo.

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    2. If he calls you a middle-aged man and you **are** a middle-aged man, that's not trolling.
      If he says you wear glasses and you **do** wear glasses, that's not trolling.

      I agree w/ your hobo.

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