Evening star., 1947-08-21
Rezoning Clears
Way for Start
New Communities
In Prince Georges to
Cost About II Million

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Construction of apartment COM
munities and shopping centers in
at least four Prince Georges County
areas was in prospect today, follow
ing re2oning of property by the
county commissioners.
The new communities, to be built
at an estimated cost of about $12,-
600 1000, will be located near Mount
Rainier, at Suitland, Eastpines and
at the intersection of University
lane and New Hampshire avenue.
Rezoning of the four sites was
among eight applications for apart
ment classification, II for CONNER
cial and one each for industrial and
two-farnily dwelling use, given ap-
proval by the commissioners at their
monthly zoning hearings yesterday
in the County Service Building, Hy-
attsville.
The commissioners also granted
permission to operate three garages
and gasoline filling stations, two
day nurseries, tourist home and
two private clubs. !:
One Apartment Denied.
One application for apartment
zoning and two for commercial use
were denied. as were two requests
for permits to operate tourist homes
or camps and a used-car lot. The
board deferred action on one other
apartment request and two for COM
mercial zoning, while another for
commercial use was withdrawn by
the applicant.
A 500-apartment community, cost
ing about $7,000,00O, will be the
largest to be built on property re-
zcned yesterday. Slated for erec-
tion on Chillum road, just. west of
Queens Chapel road, near Mount
Rainier. the project will include
two and three story garden-type
apartments and will be the fourth
apartment village in the same area.
Owners OF the property, Philip
Lustine, Hyattsville automobile
dealer, and Sidney Lust, Washing
ton area theater owner, reported
work will begin by spring.
A total of 144 apartment units,
about "a stores and a 900-seat the
ater will be erected on more than
IL acres near the intersection of
the proposed Washington Baltimore
freeway and the new alignment of
Riverdale road, Eastpines. The total
cost is placed at about 81 $50 900 by
the owners, Clarke Daniel and
Cushing Daniel.
Fall Start in Prospect.
Work on the shopping center may
get under way by fall, with the
apartment construction scheduled to
begin in the spring, the owners re-
ported. Plans call for "a apart
ments in each of six buildings, all
of the two-story garden-type va
riety. They will supplement 500 sim
gle-family homes in the same area,
of which 300 already have been
erected by the same builders. The
apartment community VIII DE oppo-
site the Wildercroft Elementary
School.
At suitland s5 apartments in two
story buildings, 10 stores and a
1.0o0-seat theater will be built along
Silver Hill road, near its intersec-
ton with Suitland road. The COM
mercial zor1ing will front 400 feet
on Silver Hill road, while the apart
ments will front 1,016 feet on Sec
ond street Huron avenue), accord
ing to Marion E. West, agent for
the property,
Rezoning of nine acres owned by
George A. Guide, at the intersection
of New Hampshire avenue and
University lane, brings to three
the number of apartment projects
planned for the same vicinity. Yes
terday's reclassification was for the
southeast corner behind the present
existing commercial zoning and calls
for erection of about 200 apartments
at a cost of $1,50O,O00. Property on
the northwest and southwest cor
ners of the same intersection pre-
viously had been rezoned by the
commissioners for apartment and
commercial use also.
Another Tract Rezoned.
One other large apartment zoning
also was approved. but construction
plans remain indefinite, according to
r. Hammond Welsh, jr., who repre-
sented the seller of the property
Rezoned were 1512 acres of the Amos
F. Sauder estate on the Southerly
side of Chillum road, near La Sale
road, Avondale. Negotiations now
are under way for the sale OF the
tract to a prospective apartment
builder.
Action taken by the commissioner
on other requests includes:
Floyd E. Davis. Co, from residential e e
avenue and street 8 E.; Bradbury Heights
Bessie R. surTsti from reside; sssidsntlssl ia, to to
fofa a.rsld aad DysiSn %ilmosh noss ana EdWaTd
portion Of che Vincent A; KisEnan tract tract
satimors sn dns51s M sSaa fa se
Margaret C. Jordan. permission to op.
crate q tourist nome or camp on parts OF
six lots at Autoville, near Berwyn.
j. Harris Rogers, permission to operate
tourist camp on more than two 1,',.ae acres re
Lafayette Park subdivision, near Muirkirk.
Boswell g. Walz. permission to operate
. used car lot on Marlboro pike, spauldins
'' - APPROVED.
Keith q. Gosman from residential tc
apartment use, Of three lots on Forty
second avenue near Nicholson street
Wesley S. King, from residential te
apartment use. of two lots in the, 800
block Of Sixtieth avenue. Fairmont Heights.
p@ith. e. Whalen, from residential to
apartment use, of two lots at Thirty
seventh street and Window road Brent
wy Victor Dickey, from residential to
commercial. Of three lots at Reed. street
and Sixtieth avenue. North Englewood
Abe land Harry Glickman. from resi-.
dental to commercial, of part of one lot
on East-West highway, neal New Hamp-
shire avenue. Takoma Park
clifford E. Botcler, from RESIDENTIAL to
srlnes: sSf Georses and Wicomico avenues
Robert L, Bell, from residential to COM
mercial, OF Two lots in the 200 block
sixty-afth street, Tolscn Heights, Mary
Georse w. and Garry B. chiswell. from
residential to commercial. Of two lots at
'371T Rhode Island avenue, Mount Rainier
Clara L. Heal. from residential to COM
mercial, of part of the Heal property
fronting 3s5 feet on, the east side OF