Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-24
New Offices Ring Business Area


buildings have been completed
recently, or are In the process
of being constructed, to form q
virtual ring around the Silver
Spring business district.
A number Of them are on
Spring street. now open from
Sixteenth street to Ellsworth
drive and crossing both Georgia
avenue and ColesvilIe road.
Still more are along both
sides Of Fenton street and on
the side streets off II and two
are on Eastern avenue on the
Maryland side Of the District
line.
But there also are new office
buildings In the making in q
section Of the business area
which had been becoming
blighted. This Is the Georgia
avenue sector near the Balti-
more q Ohio Railroad viaduct.
Parking Provided
Most Of the new buildings
are either 8 or 10 stories tall.
In the CO commercial office)
zone. which is most prevalent,
the limit is eight stories and
not over 90 feet. In the ca
or heavy commercial zone, the
limit generally Is 10 stories or
ITO feet but there are q few
exceptions.
Among those along Spring
street is the Summit Building,
an eight-story building valued
at $2.5 million that is slated to
open next month at the juno
ton with Sixteenth street. It
was built by the owners Of the
Summit Hill Apartments,
across the street, and includes
parking space for 90 cars inside
the building and 400 outside.
Also on Spring street, at its
intersection with First avenue
in o formerly all-residential
area, is the new SIS million
ORR Building, occupied by the
firm known as Operations Re-
search, Inc. The building has
five stories but can be ex-
panded to eight floors. The
firm, which has more than 100
professional staff members and
16 research assistants among
its employees, IL marking its
10th anniversary this year.
At the corner Of Georgia ave-
nue. and Spring street, where
the Woodside Methodist
Church now stands, develop
ment is planned by o WASH
ington firm headed by Victor
]. Orsinger. His firm, Adams
Properties, Inc, bought the
land last fall for SIS million
and later had the tract rezoned.
The church will move to q new
location north Of Spring street,
northernmost limit Of the busi-
ness district.
Several on Spring Street
Several new office buildings
have been built along the sec
ton Of Spring street, Just off
Colesville road. while others
are planned Is soon % re-
coming Is approved.
A unique office set-up, ct
HOT Spring street, Is the
Spring Court complex Of small
office buildings, designed like
town houses and facing q court.
It is owned by Architect Philip
w. Mason.
On the southern end Of the
district, q narrow but tall
structure, to be known as the
World Building, Is under con-
struction at 1921 Georgia ave-
nue., between Sligo avenue and
the Silver Spring fire house. It
will have 10 stories and will
stand 48 feet wide, 124 feet
deep. Its developers, Melvin A.
Robinson and Daniel Melnick,
view 1t as the start toward re-
wing the lower end Of Georgia
avenue. They estimate the cost
at SIS million.
A little more than o block
away, at 910 Sligo avenue, Just
east Of Fenton street, another
eight-story building will be
erected. A permit was issued in
June to Trio Associates, includ-
ing Joseph q. Anastasi, r., for
an 89-foot-high structure there
estimated to cost 100000.
Building New Bank
A building permit was issued
IN April for O I0-story office
building at 7750 Woodbury.
drive, near King street. It will
house the MSI Corp, formerly
Missile Sites, Inc, now In
Wheaton. The permit applica-
ton listed the estimated value
at $750, 900.
In May, the National Sand q
Gravel Association was issued q
permit for o new building,
costing $3.50, 900. at 900 Spring
street. In April, the firm of