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Gaithersburg planning commission approves 10,175-square-foot retail building and parking waiver at 715 Progress Way

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The Gaithersburg Planning Commission on May 17 unanimously approved final site plan SP-9991-2024 for a 10,175-square-foot multi-tenant retail building at 715 Progress Way and granted a parking waiver to allow 50 parking spaces where the new code’s calculation yields 41 spaces.

The Gaithersburg Planning Commission on May 17 unanimously approved final site plan SP-9991-2024 for a 10,175-square-foot multi-tenant retail building at 715 Progress Way and granted a parking waiver to allow 50 parking spaces where the zoning code calculation yields 41 spaces.

The site plan, submitted as part of the redevelopment of the former IBM property, was presented by Caroline (staff member), followed by Philip Hummel of Shulman Rogers and Brian Morris, director of entitlement for Matt and Companies. Caroline said the application is “the first of 2 final site plans anticipated to fulfill schematic development plan SDP 9759-2024,” which was approved by the mayor and city council by Resolution R-49-24. The building is on Lot 7 of a roughly 43.96-acre redevelopment and includes associated parking, outdoor dining, and a shared seating area that will be constructed with Lot 7 and serve both Lot 7 and a future Lot 8.

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