$650 million Blairs project heading to first phase of redevelopment — Gazette.Net

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New renderings of the Blairs development in Silver Spring. The redevelopment consists of about 450,000 square feet for retail and commercial space and 3.4 million square feet for residential living.

First new building expected in 2017

by Aline Barros

Staff Writer

The Blairs Urban Redevelopment in Silver Spring will begin a 20-year transformation late this summer with the demolition of four mid-rise buildings constructed in 1959.

The redevelopment consists of about 450,000 square feet for retail and commercial space and 3.4 million square feet for residential living.

Twenty percent of the area for the project bounded by Colesville Road, East-West Highway, Blair Mill Road and Eastern Avenue is set aside for public space and urban parks.

On June 10, The Tower Companies and the Abramson family presented new renderings and talked about the future of the Blairs community.

We certainly have our own community on our own grounds, but at the same time, we are going to have an open green space, we are going to have dog parks and we will allow the community [non-Blairs residents] to come in and hopefully have community events, said Gary Abramson, a partner at The Tower Companies and son of the original developer, Albert Sonny Abramson.

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