Office Park To Become Neighborhood

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Karenn Gobrecht

28 August 2005 - 5:00am

The Upper Rock District, which has been called the first plan to convert an existing suburban business park into a mixed-use neighborhood, has won approval from the City of Rockville, Maryland, council.

"Upper Rock is one of only a handful of new urban projects that connect to existing new urban communities. King Farm, with 3,200 housing units, a huge workplace district, and a town center anchored by a Safeway, borders Upper Rock to the southeast."

Full Story: Office park to become neighborhood

Source: New Urban News, August 26, 2005

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