The Grandview is a senior living community under construction on Fernwood Road in the Rock Spring area of Bethesda, MD. It is on the site of the former Marriott headquarters. I have written a few times about the demolition of the Marriott HQ and the new construction. The initial name for the project was ELP Bethesda.
This will be the entrance to the first Grandview building. The first phase of the project, which will consist of this building and a second, similar one will have 512 independent living units, and associated amenities.
Here it is as seen from the entrance to Democracy Plaza on the far side of the site. The 13 story building is 150 feet tall and has 247 units.
This area was the main entrance to the Marriott headquarters building. The new construction is behind where it was.
This will be the second building of the Grandview. It is about ground level now. The first building, still under construction, is to the left. This building will have about 265 units in it.
The construction fence along Fernwood Road is plastered with various signs about the new development.
This is Thomas Branch stream, near it's headwaters. It was an overgrown mees but it has been re-graded and re-engineered so it is a series of connected pools. Oddly, it is a "Tree Protection Area" but they cut down most of the existing trees and planted new ones.
There used to be a row of large hardwood trees along Fernwood Road. These have all been cut down, only the stumps remain. I'm sad to see them go because they were quite majestic.
