Thursday, August 9, 2018

Rockville construction update: Escher apartments at 1900 Chapman Avenue (Photos)

The most mysterious residential development in recent Montgomery County history is becoming more of a known quantity each day. Escher is an apartment building located at 1900 Chapman Avenue in Rockville. It has perhaps the greatest selection of floorplans of any residential building in Montgomery County, which you can see on their website. The sidewalk has now reopened to pedestrians, and a freshly-painted bike lane can be spotted outside the pet-friendly building in the street.











7 comments:

  1. "The most mysterious residential development in recent Montgomery County"

    This is a bizarre statement.

    "It has perhaps the greatest selection of floorplans of any residential building in Montgomery County"

    Is this sponsored content? As both a journalist and a candidate, you are obligated to disclose this.

    "a freshly-painted bike lane can be spotted outside the pet-friendly building in the street."

    Why cram these two unrelated thoughts into a single sentence?

    I suggest: "a freshly-painted bike lane can be spotted in the street next to the building. The Escher is also pet-friendly."

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    1. 9:33: Not bizarre at all, when marketing of the project didn't begin until the eve of delivery, and there was confusion over who the developers were.

      If this had been "sponsored content," it would have been labeled as such.

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    2. Confusion? JLB Partners purchased the project from Hines years ago.

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    3. 8:59: That was never publicly announced. There was no website for the project. Not only did I search extensively for it, but there were people who wanted to lease apartments who couldn't give them their money because the building was so secretive. I know because several contacted me, wanting to find out how they could lease or get in touch with the developer, who was anonymous until the eve of delivery.

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  2. Love they included bikelanes, but hate that they are not separated bikelanes like they have on Nebel and Woodglen. Riding down these make a cyclist hugely susceptible to getting "doored". I think sharrows would have been better choice, as this stretch is 25mph with stop signs and ped traffic anyway. Personally, I'd never use these and will just take the lane.

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  3. 12 photos, 8 of them of the Chapman Avenue side. Is that really needed? Do you ever edit yourself?

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  4. Don't bother with the haters Robert; I love your blog and visit every day.

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