Hearing opened on Market College Park rezoning to allow two student-oriented multifamily buildings

Prince George's County Zoning Hearing Examiner Maureen McNeil on Aug. 6, 2025 heard testimony on a plan development zoning map amendment (PDZMA, ZMA 2024-002) submitted by Market College Park LLC to rezone property at 4313 Knox Road and 4330 Hartwick Road in the City of College Park from RTOLE (regional transit‑oriented low‑intensity, edge) to RTO PD (regional transit‑oriented planned development). The applicant seeks to replace the existing two‑building College Park Towers site with two purpose‑driven high‑density multifamily buildings on roughly 4.53 acres.

The applicant's attorney, Jonathan Martin of C.L. Hatcher, opened testimony saying the record will show the application "complies with the necessary regulations and standards for approval of PDZMA applications." Martin told the hearing the proposal was originally mixed residential and nonresidential but was later revised, after staff discussions, to be entirely multifamily residential and that the applicant had submitted a revised statement of justification (Exhibit 32) on July 30, 2025.

Hamilton Reynolds, development manager with Landmark Properties and the applicant's representative, testified that Landmark is the contract purchaser and that the project team intends the development to be "purpose driven" and marketed primarily to students. "Purpose driven multifamily dwellings is just referring to the fact that we're marketing primarily to students for our multifamily property," Reynolds said.

Witnesses for the applicant described the proposal, requested modifications to several zoning standards, and detailed the public benefits the applicant proposes. Joe DeMarco, a professional engineer with Boller Engineering (testifying about the PD basic plan), said the application…