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In County Soon
Zonine Approved in
Prince Georges for
$4,000, 900 Building
Construction of two proposed
apartment communities, the cost
OF which is expected to run in the
neighborhood of $4,000 900, is sched-
uled to begin shortly in Prince
Georges County, it has been dis
closed.
The way was paved yesterday
when the county commissioners
holding their weekly meeting at
Upper Marlboro, approved II re-
quests for rezoning changes, two of
which were from residential to
apartment classification. Both were
approved with one stipulation-that
veterans get the priorities, it was
revealed.
The largest of the proposed apart
ment communities Is destined to
be built on Queens Chapel road.
Immediately behind the Mount
Rainier High School, it was learned.
Here Philip Lustine, Hyattsville
automobile dealer and owner of the
Queens Manor Gardens Apartments.
south Of the school, announced he
would erect 1000 two and three
story garden-type apartments, 10
stores and a theater.
64-Acre Klein Tract.
These, he said, would be con-
structed on 81 ares of land, now
known as the Klein tract, at an
anticipated cost of S5,OOO,O00. The
community would extend from the
Mount Rainier High School to the
Northwest Branch and from Queens
Chapel road to Arundel road. The
stores and theater are proposed for
the intersection of Queens Chapel
and Chillum roads, near the Queens
Chapel Airport, he added.
Construction is expected to begin
IN August, Mr. Lustine declared,
and work will be completed in about
year.
Mr.. Lustine said the new COM
munity will be one of the largest and
finest in the entire Washington
area. It's size, he reported, will
be almost the total of that of two
other Mount Rainier apartment
villages, the Queens Manor Gardens
and Haywood Gardens, which have
total Of 367 and 300 apartments,
respectively.
No name has been decided for
the new area yet, Mr.. Lustine added.
Annapolis Road Project.
The other apartments, to cost ap-
proximately 81 100000 will be erected
by Samuel P. Cohen, District
builder, on Annapolis road, opposite
the Hilltop Manor Apartments,
Bladensburg.
Mr.. Cohen, who previously had
another rezoning request for apart
ment classification approved for
adjacent to the Hilltop Gardens,
revealed that 252 apartments, sim
liar to those planned by Mr.. Lustine.
would be constructed as soon as
materials are available. He plans
80 apartments in the buildings
across the street, he said. In ad-
dltion, seven-story shopping
center is expected to be erected
in the same area by him, Mr.. Cohen
reported.
The proposed site, which was ap-
proved for reclassiflcation is known
as part of the Rope Walk sub
division, east of Bladensburg, and
part Of the Episcopal Church
property.
Eight Of the remaining petitions
which were approved by the COM
missioners were for reclassification
from residential use to commercial,
with one request for two-family
dwelling.
Commercial Requests.
The commercial requests which
were approved were as follows:
Petitions of Frank P. Gatlin for
reclassification of lot s, Daniels
Park subdivision, southwest corner
Of County road and Third street,
Branchville; George Morrison Stew
art for lot 5, block 18, Holiday SUBJ
division, Rhode Island avenue,
Brentwood; Arthur A. Beauvard and
Joseph C. Magruder for lots /. 2, 3,
4, block D, East Columbia Park,
George Palmer highway, Landover;
Burch Realty Co. for Arnold C.
Baker for lots 1. 2. II, 18, block AZ,
section 2, Beltsville Heights; Robert
A. Barrett, Vincent D. Barrett and
Hugh T. Barrett for part of Dave
Barrett Estate, Ager and Queens
Chapel roads, Chillum; John H.
HarWood for parcel of land fronting
$50 feet along northwest side of
Defense highway, opposite the West
Lanham Hills community area, and
Sarah Patterson for 1922 feet of
land on the west side of Baltimore
boulevard, College Park, and
nAeAlOAly 1dAiIicl 1OI lOt 4, fIdlldel
Palmer subdivision, Central and
Shadyside avenues, Capitol Heights.
The petition of Elmer D. Shook
and Anna Shook for reclassidcation
of lots %, "a and IS, block B, Cum
ningham subdivision, Takoma Park,
from residential A to residential B
for conversion to two-story dwell
ing was also approved.
The commissioners rejected one
other request by Elmer c. Helm for
reclassification from residential use
to industrial for lots 18, 10, 20, 21
and %, block Is, Brentwood, on
grounds that it was unfavorably
recommended by the Maryland Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
Church Group Plans Bozoor
A bazaar will be given by the
Congregation of Tifereth Israel
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