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Recreation Headquarters Site Redevelopment (Randolph Road)

4010 Randolph Road, Silver Spring, MD 20902

For information on leasing units: https://www.ahcinc.org/post/randolph-road
For information on buying units: https://habitatmm.org/home-purchase/

Project Team

Developer
AHC Inc.
Alan Goldstein
Vice President, Real Estate Development & Portfolio Strategy
703-486-0626 x1116

Montgomery County Government
Department of General Services

Office of Planning and Development
Ronnie Warner, Chief
240-777-6071

Current Status: Sold/Under Construction by Developer

Site work began fall 2022. A groundbreaking ceremony was held January 19, 2023.

Habitat for Humanity is a partner in the development project. Completion and sale of the three Habitat single family detached homes is projected for April 2025. Completion and sale of Habitat condominium buildings is projected for May 2025. A dedication ceremony for three single family homes is scheduled for April 26 at 10:00am.

AHC is developing six apartment buildings, known as Allium place, as part of the project. Five of the six rental buildings are complete with occupancy starting in February 2025. The final and largest apartment building will be delivered in March 2025. A grand opening event for Allium Place will be scheduled in June 2025.

The 6.07-acre property was once Bushey Drive Elementary School. The Board of Education deeded the property to the County in 1976. The property was used as the administrative offices for the Department of Recreation until summer 2020 when they were relocated to downtown Wheaton.

The County selected AHC Inc. as its development partner in February 2020 to redevelop the property after the Department of Recreation moved to its new Wheaton location. AHC will redevelop the site with a mix of housing affordable to households earning between 30% and 70% of the area median income. The County executed a General Development Agreement with AHC in July 2020.

To sell this property for redevelopment, the County disposed of the property in accordance with the provisions of 11B.45.02, Reuse, Leasing, and Sale of Closed Schools. The Planning Board approved the Mandatory Referral for disposition of the site on April 2, 2020; the staff packet can be reviewed here . A virtual public hearing on the proposed transfer of property was held on Wednesday, June 24, 2020 via a Zoom meeting. The joint Planning, Housing, and Economic Development (PHED) and Government Operations and Fiscal Policy (GO) Committees held a worksession on the disposition of the property on September 24, 2020; the staff packet can be reviewed here . The County Council approved the disposition on December 8, 2020. The property was transferred to the developer in November 2022.

AHC submitted a Site Plan and Preliminary Plan application in January 2021. On May 27, 2021, the Planning Board approved the Site Plan and Preliminary Plan. The staff report can be found here .