May 29th, 2011 | by Colin Phillips | published in Cafritz Property, Speculation
There’s nothing like talk of a Whole Foods opening in the neighborhood to get local pulses racing. After a few years of recession-induced torpor, it appears that plans are again underway to develop the Cafritz Property, a 35.8-acre tract of undeveloped land on Route 1 immediately to the south of College Park. Whole Foods would [...]
December 2nd, 2008 | by Chris Ellepola | published in Cafritz Property, Events
The Cafritz Property will hold a community meeting to discuss revisions to its current plans Saturday, December 13, 2008 (9am-11am), at Riverdale Elementary School (5006 Riverdale Rd). Rezoning of the Cafritz Property has not yet been applied for. The Cafritz family may start to do so early in 2009. Community support may need to be [...]
November 28th, 2008 | by Chris Ellepola | published in Cafritz Property, Route 1
At the end of October, the County Council authorized a new Route 1 Sector Plan update and planning process. The update rescinded a previously proposed, controversial, southern amendment of area to add to the sector. The amendment would have included Rt.1-fronting properties and the Cafritz Property. The Sector Plan is a document of policies and [...]
September 16th, 2008 | by Chris Ellepola | published in Cafritz Property, Events, General College Park, Hollywood, Ikea, Route 1, Transportation
**REMINDER** College Park US 1 Corridor Sector Plan community meeting: Wednesday 7-9pm @ Lakeland/College Park Community Center [5051 Pierce Ave] The updated Sector Plan, once initiated, will be a PG County Planning document containing legal stipulations and overall vision for development of properties within its boundaries. There is currently in place, an [...]
September 12th, 2007 | by Chris Ellepola | published in Cafritz Property
The fifth Cafritz Property meetings will be held this SATURDAY (Sept. 15, 10am-noon) and TUESDAY (Sept. 18, 7pm-9pm) at RIVERDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (5006 Riverdale Rd, Riverdale MD). Both identical workshops will present a concept plan for the mixed use development. The concept plans are to be based on design principles culled from previous workshops. There [...]
August 3rd, 2007 | by Chris Ellepola | published in Cafritz Property
In this article we draw attention back to a concern aired in a previous post. Many citizens have spoken up for the Cafritz’s to keep their property undeveloped, or to not pursue changing existing zoning to accommodate mixed use. Up to the second (previous) round of meetings at the end of June, the development team [...]
August 1st, 2007 | by Chris Ellepola | published in Cafritz Property
Round three of Cafritz Property development public meetings took place last week where design principles were publicized. These principles will be used to draft concept plans. The completed concept plans will be presented in a fourth round of public meetings in September before the Cafritz’s apply for rezoning. Identical meetings for the concept plans will [...]
June 26th, 2007 | by Chris Ellepola | published in Cafritz Property
The third meeting for the Cafritz Property was a summary of community input from the previous first two meetings that the developer found to be salient (as were reported in our previous Cafritz post). A large obvious chunk of public opinion that was not reported back at all was the interest of many citizens to [...]
