The Mercury at Wildwood: getting closer

 

The Mercury at Wildwood is an art deco inspired over-55 apartment building that will have somewhere between 60 and 72 units. It is in a former parking lot between Balducci's and the Wildwood Medical Building, behind the Exxon station. 

The building is at it's full height and they are starting to put a brick facing on it. I last wrote about it in March when the first floor was still being poured.

The Mercury to the right of the Wildwood Medical Building.

Although the side facing Balducci's has a white wrap, the rest of the building doesn't yet, the yellow insulation is visible. This is the part of the building closest to Old Georgetown Road.  The address will be 10241 Old Georgetown Rd.

The Mercury from behind the Wildwood Medical Building.

 

 

 

 

 

Preparing for North Bethesda Market II

The long-planned North Bethesda Market II is starting to make progress. Originally proposed in 2010. Originally this was envisioned to have a very tall residential tower, a tall office tower, and a retail building it has been significantly scaled back.  Now the plan (submitted in 2023) calls for a single 7 story residential building with 280 units and a single story retail building with 7,500 square feet of retail use. Demolition of the old buildings has started.

Demolition near the gas station

The Exxon station on the corner of Rockville Pike and Nicholson Lane is not part of this project, it remains open.

Several buildings are being demolished to make way for a new development called North Bethesda Market II.  In the foreground there used to be a building, now there is just a concrete slab.  Behind that is 11426 Rockville Pike, in the process of being demolished. There used to be a Chili's Grill and Bar in this building.

5640 building front

This building hasn't been demolished yet, but all the business have left and the building is boarded up.  There used to be several restaurants here including Quincy's South Bar and Grille, of which only the sign remains.

5640 building back

This building hasn't been demolished yet, but soon will be.  It has the numerals 5640 on it, which seems to correspond to where it is on Nicholson Lane.  However, it faces Woodglen Drive and the restaurants that were in it had Woodglen Dr addresses.