McLEAN, VIRGINIA
June, 2008
Watkins Mill Town Center was the recipient of the "Best Smart Growth" Project, designed by Davis Carter Scott, at the 5th Annual "Awards of Excellence", Hosted by the Maryland/D.C. Chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP). The 200-acre mixed use project was among honorees from different categories.
Watkins Mill Town Center is located in Gaithersburg, Maryland along I-270 in the midst of the affluent and highly-educated population of Montgomery County. Watkins Mill Town Center will include nearly 4.5 million square feet of Class A office, hotel, restaurants, retail and residential product surrounded by significant forest preserves and stream valley buffers. By design, it will provide a pedestrian-friendly environment with easy access to services, restaurants and shopping. During development of this "Smart Growth" project, special attention will be paid to environmental protection and to the understanding and implementation of "green building" strategies.
Watkins Mill Town Center is a transportation-oriented project, and is located at the confluence of several major road systems: I-270, Route 355/Rockville Pike, Route 117, Route 124 and the future Watkins Mill Interchange, which has a targeted completion date of 2011. It also is bordered by the existing Metropolitan Grove Amtrak/MARC rail station, which provides access to and from both METRO Rail and Washington DC's Union Station. Finally, the project is also planned as a main station for the future Corridor Cities Transit (CCT) Light Rail system.
Davis Carter Scott is one of the largest locally-owned architectural and interior architectural firms in the D.C. Metropolitan area and is active in all areas of landplanning, architecture and interior architecture. For more information see www.dcsdesign.com.
Contact: Robert Atkinson
703.556.9275
