Rockville construction update: Metropolitan at Rockville Town Center (Photos)

The Metropolitan at Rockville Town Center apartments are about 5 stories above ground level now at the corner of N. Washington Street and Beall Avenue. Expected to deliver in the 4th Quarter of 2017, the building will house 275 apartments, and 6033 SF of retail space. It stands on the former site of the Suburban Trust Building, also known as the Pink Bank.

Rockville construction update: Town Center Phase II (Photos)

View of cranes at Rockville
Town Center Phase II sites
from Rockville Town Center
Phase I area

Construction continues on two projects in the second phase of Rockville Town Center's redevelopment. Furthest along is the Brightview Rockville building, which will offer apartments for senior citizens. That is the taller one you see in most of the pictures here. The shorter one next door, formerly home to the Suburban Trust Building at 255 N. Washington Street, is a mixed-use residential project by Kettler.

Rockville construction update: Brightview West End (Photos)

Rockville's new senior housing development, Brightview West End, is under construction at 285 N. Washington Street. CBG Building Company is the construction company, and the architecture was designed by Hord Coplan Macht, Inc.

Brightview West End will include 195 units of independent and assisted living, 6568 SF of ground floor retail, dining facilities and a fitness center, a landscaped courtyard, and a "therapeutic" roof garden. Alzheimer's care will also be a specialty at this residential building, and services will include transportation to medical centers, museums and galleries, and local events. A movie theater, library and "upscale pub with billiards and TV" round out the leisure options.

Delivery is expected in 2017. A rental office Welcome Center is now open at 401 N. Washington Street.

Rockville construction update: The Metropolitan apartments (Photos)

The Kettler mixed-use project called The Metropolitan at Rockville Town Center continues to rise from the hole at 255 N. Washington Street. This is part of Phase 2 of redeveloping the Town Center area.

275 apartments will range from one-bedroom lofts to three bedrooms on the former site of the historic Suburban Trust Building. Amenities will include a fitness center, a yoga room, a pet grooming station, bike storage, two courtyards with outdoor grills, a swimming pool, and a two-story entertainment lounge and terrace.

A two-level, 303-space underground parking garage and 6000 SF of ground floor retail round out the project. Delivery is expected in the fall of 2017. A very bare bones website has been launched to market the apartments.

Maryvale Elementary School students' art livens up N. Washington St. in Rockville (Photos)

A graffiti-style painting that appeared in a pedestrian covered walkway on N. Washington Street may have been a premonition of things to come. CBG Building Company, which is constructing the Brightview Rockville Town Center senior apartment project at 285 N. Washington Street, has an art program that puts works by local students on display at their construction sites.

Here in Rockville, CBG asked third, fourth and fifth graders at Maryvale Elementary School what they do for fun in their neighborhood. The resulting artworks have now been installed at the site's covered sidewalk area. In addition, CBG posted a couple of renderings of the project, which is expected to deliver in May of 2017.

Mystery artwork in pedestrian walkway on N. Washington Street (Photos)

You may have noticed the covered walkway that has been up for awhile now at the Kettler project on N. Washington Street. There was also an unplanned addition a graffiti artist made, a portrait of a mystery man.

Rockville construction update: Brightview senior housing (Photos)

One of several projects coming to Rockville Town Center's Phase II of development, Shelter Group's Brightview senior apartment building is expected to provide more customers for the nearby retail and restaurants. You can also see the beginning of a new street that will eventually traverse the Phase II area, which is where those cement trucks are lined up.

The tower crane was assisting with construction when these photos were taken. You'll also notice that some concrete columns are in place.