GERMANTOWN, MD. — A joint venture between Trammell Crow Co. and NVCapital Advisors has completed the purchase of a 55-acre site in Germantown form Multi-Employer Property Trust. Trammell and NVCapital plan to transform the former Orbital Sciences Corporate Campus into a new mixed-use community called Century, which will feature 2.4 million square feet of Class A office space, townhome and apartment units, retail and two hotels. The owners are in final negotiations with a developer for the purchase of two hotel parcels, and expect to begin construction on those sites within a year. The venture has begun marketing the first two residential parcels, which will include 350 apartments and 110 townhomes. They plan to partner with developers for these two parcels in the upcoming weeks and immediately begin site plan approval with Montgomery County. Trammell Crow has already obtained full site plan approval for three office buildings totaling 455,000 square feet. According to the company, the approval positions the owners to quickly respond to build-to-suit and prelease opportunities as they arise in the I-270 office market.
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