Washington Property Company began work this past week on Silver Spring's tallest building in the Ripley District, which will clock in at 26 stories. The Solaire will be the 5th Solaire-branded apartment building by Bethesda-based WPC, with 6 levels of above-grade parking and 18,000 s.f. of retail, part of which was expected to be a 15,000 s.f. food hall designed by Eimer Design of Philadelphia. WPC partnered with Cresset-Diversified QOZ Fund on the $163 million project to provide equity. The site was formerly known as Progress Place and housed Shepherd's Table, which was moved to Georgia Avenue prior to demolition.
Project: Solaire
Address: 8200 Dixon Ave., Silver Spring, MD
Developer: Washington Property Company
Architect: Design Collective
Construction: Clark Construction
Use: 420 residential units, 17,000 s.f. of retail
Expected Completion: Early 2022
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This building was originally Mrs. Smith's Colonial Bakery with an address of 8210 Colonial Lane. It was constructed in 1959 as a replacement for the original bakery that was destroyed by fire earlier that year.
The Silver Spring Historical Society would like to see the developer of the planned food hall to incorporate the history of Mrs. Smith's...like Union Market in DC did with a display of the history of the WWI Camp Meigs that originally occupied the site.
If anyone has information or photographs of Mrs. Smith's, please contact SSHS at sshistory@yahoo.com. Thank you!
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