1. Twinbrook Sector Plan A New Community in the Technology Corridor
S T A F F D R A F T
Twinbrook Sector Plan
A New Community in the Technology Corridor
Twinbrook Sector Plan
Title Slide
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Montgomery County Department of Planning
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission

2. Planning and Outreach Process
Residents and businesses beyond the Plan area
Coordination with City of Rockville
Varied forums
Informal advisory group
Informal advisory group because we didn’t have a CAC
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3. Plan Area and Location Near Metro Buffered by tracks, cemetery,
major roads
Adjacent to City of Rockville
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4. Twinbrook Station Meets goals of 2000 charrette: - Mixed uses
- Pedestrian orientation
- Access to Metro
- Public open space
Change agent
325,000 square feet of office space
220,000 square feet of retail
1,595 units

5. City of Rockville Plans
                                                                                             
Rockville Pike Corridor Plan
Twinbrook Neighborhood Plan
Shared vision of a Metro station area
- Pedestrian connections
- Revitalizing industrial
- Creating active mixed communities
Context
City of Rockville
Twinbrook station is now in city of Rockville, shared notion of redevelopment at Metro stations
Aerial with boundaries of Twinbrook Sector Plan, Twinbrook Neighborhood Plan, and Rockville Pike Corridor Plan
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6. Plan Goals Create Twinbrook as a distinct place along the Metro Red
Line
Provide opportunities for
housing
Reduce the impact of
development on the natural
environment
Create a connected road
network
Provide an improved system
of pedestrian and bicycle
connections
Encourage high quality design
features
Establish a development
envelope balanced with
infrastructure capacity

7. Sector Plan Districts Metro Core Area Technology Employment Area
Light Industrial Area
Plan slide
Districts intro: why and what
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8. Metro Core Area What’s there now: Metro Station and parking lot
JBG’s Twinbrook Station project
Remaining county sites
Plan slide
Districts
Metro Core: what’s there now

9. Metro Core Area Why and how it should change: Near Metro and Twinbrook
Station project
Continue the pattern and
character established by
Twinbrook Station
- Housing
- Mixed use
- Retail
- Main street pattern
- Pedestrian connections
Achieve through:
TOMX-2/TDR and TOMX-2 Zones
Redevelop with amenities and connections
Plan slide
Districts

10. Metro Core and Technology Employment Area

11. Technology Employment Area
HHS
Parking
Lot
Fishers Place
USP
What’s there now:
Emerging technology center
Large parking lots
Parklawn Building
Small but not walkable
Near Metro and Rock Creek Park
Plan slide
Districts
Tech Employment: what’s therenow

12. Technology Employment Area
Why and how it should change:
Build on technology uses
Main street pattern
Parklawn Building renovation
Achieve through:
TOMX-2 and TOMX-1/TDR
Redevelop with amenities and connections
Plan Slide
Districts
Tech Emplyment: why and how it should change (build on tech uses, main street pattern, parklawn building)
Illustrate with photos and aerial photo zoom

13. Light Industrial Area What’s there now: Mixed lot sizes
Mixed commercial uses
Isolated but convenient
Plan slide
Districts
Light Industrial: what’s there now
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Include fly though of topo along Twinbrook Parkway a la Jay
Topo, Wash Ace (Mapmaker)

14. Light Industrial Area Why and how it should change:
Boundary focuses redevelopment
to the Parklawn streetfront
Small sites have industrial value,
but limited capacity
Achieve through:
I-4 amendments
- lot size
- parking setbacks
- accessory housing
Plan Slide
Districts
Light Industrial: why and how it should change
Boundary justification
Small site limits
Industrial value
Peglisi Property **
Chorvinski Sea Containers **

15. Environment Existing Conditions: Paving Streams Metro proximity 1950
1970
Plan slide
Topics
Existing: streams, metro proximity, paved
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Find Aerials: 50’s, 70’s and 2001
1979
2000

16. Environment Benefits of redevelopment: Connections
More pervious surface
Open space
Street trees
Green building redevelopment
Improved stormwater management
Plan slide
Topics
Environmental
Benefits of redevelopment:
Connections
More pervious surface
Open space
Street trees

17. Transportation Existing Conditions: Incomplete street grid, bike, and
pedestrian connections
Opportunities to make best use of Metro
Impacted intersections M
Plan slide
Topics
Transportation
Existing: no grid, broken bike and ped connections with lots of opportunity and need
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18. Estimated Trip Generation
Transportation
Transportation Proposals:
Create grid
Make bike, pedestrian, transit, and
vehicle connections
Metro-oriented, mixed-use development M
Plan slide
Topics
Transportation
Existing: no grid, broken bike and ped connections with lots of opportunity and need
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Estimated Trip Generation
10,593
12,118
12,592
10000
15000
5000
Existing and Approved
Development
1992 Master Plan
2007 Recommendation

19. * Parks and Open Space Existing Conditions:
Local parks outside the Plan area
Near Rock Creek Park
Plan Proposals:
Add local amenities
Make regional connections *
Plan slide
Topics
Parks
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20. Actions:
Set public hearing date
Establish worksession schedule