Evening star., 1953-04-16
County Heads
Rezone Areas
For Business
Prince Georges Acts
On Big Commercial
Development Bids

way for construction totaling
nearly $40 million and promis-
ing Prince Georges its first big
department stores and hotels
have been approved by the
county commissioners.
In their meeting at Hyattsville
yesterday. the commissioners
granted:
Redistribution of 122 acres
west Of the Washington -Balti-
more parkway and north of De-
fense highway in the Bladens-
burg area to permit a $32 mil
lion business, apartment and
housing development.
Commercial zoning of 1S acres
in Glenridge between Defense
highway and Glenridge drive for
use as 81 million business CEN
ter.
Redesignation of four acres
near the intersection of Defense
highway and Landover road to
clear the way for a 81 million
shopping center.
IA Acres RezOned.
The commissioners also ap-
proved commercial zoning of Ia
acres OF the 388-acre City of
Carrollton tract on Defense
highway near Lanham to allow
shopping center construction.
Five other zoning permits were
granted and three were denied
in a day-long session marked by
sharp disputes between appli-
cants and protesting delegations
Approval of six unopposed
petitions authorized land use for
the $32 million project near the
new parkway and Annapolis road
cloverleaf. Three were filed by
Phillips H. Clarke and three by
Harry A. Boswell, both Prince
Georges builders.
Mr.. Clarke named James w,
Rogers, a county subdivision pro-
moter, as his associate in TIC
$40 million development of a
62-acre site to be called Park
way Gate Gardens.
Harry A. Boswell, jr., said he
and his father, both county real
estate men, and Philip Lustine, a
Hyattsville automobile dealer,
will improve the adjoining so
acres and will title their $22
million project Gateway City.
Timed for Road Opening.
Fred w. Tuemmler, who de-
signed Parkway Gate Gardens
said the two separate projects
will be co-ordinated and will be
timed to be well advanced when
the bi-city parkway is opened.
Mr.. Boswell, jr., said his de-
velopment will include hotels
two large department. stores, Of
flee buildings and other busi-
ness establishments and apart
ment houses.
Plans for the Clarke-Rogers
project call for a shopping CEN
ter, 705 duplex garden-type
apartment units, SO semi-de-
tached houses and 16 one-family
homes.
Shortly before that, the
county heads overruled stiff op-
position from civic groups to
the 81 million Glenridge petition
filed by Sherman H. Hollings-
worth, a Bladensburg real es-
tate man.
His counsel. Adrian P. Fisher
and Earl S. Harwood, a District
builder. said the development
will include a big department
store. a medical center, a shop
ping center and Office buildings
Morris Cafritz of Washington
submitted the application fol
the 81 million shopping center
near Landover. He was repre-
sented at the hearing by John
r. Reeves, Secretary of State
for Maryland.
There was no opposition to the
Cafritz permit nor to that oi
the City of Carrollton.
Two Requests Denied.
Two requests taken under ad.
visement by the commissioner.
after hot disputes at theil
March meeting were denied yes.
terday.
One was an application oi
Joseph Bernheimer for authority
to use the 20-acre Heitemillel
tract at Powder Mill and Cherry
Hill roads for an open-air the.
ater.
The other was filed by DR.
Samuel j. N. Sugar, who asked
rezoning to permit erection o1
a medical center building al
Eastern avenue and Queens
Chapel road.
Other petitions approved were:
Hopkins & Wayson, for COM
mercial zoning Of four lots in
Upper Morningside; Arnold
Land Corp. rezoning for apart
ment use of a tract north OF
University Lane in the Langley
Park area: John L. Jerman, two
lots in Wilen Heights, Brent
wood, for commercial use; John
H. johnson and Floyd S. Bost,
two lots in Hyattsville, for apart
mentS; Coco Steel Products AS
Sociation, four lots in Beaver
Heights. for industrial use.
Denied were petitions filed by
Hopkins & Wayson for COM
mercial zoning of five lots in
Upper Morningside; Carl A.
Nelson, land on Calvert road
near the Baltimore boulevard
for commercial use. and an ap-
plicatoin filed by Benjamin Pri.
val for apartment coming of 1e
lots in LYONS Manor ChillIIr1o
The commissioners also ap-
proved a use permit for a filling