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The Montgomery County Planning Board has approved a major redevelopment project at the former GEICO headquarters in Friendship Heights, Maryland.
In a unanimous 5-0 vote Thursday night, board members approved the preliminary plans for Friendship Commons, a mixed-use residential community that would replace much of the former GEICO headquarters campus near the Friendship Heights Metro station.
The approvals covered the project’s sketch plan, preliminary plan, site plan and conservation plan.
The decision followed an hourslong public hearing that stretched late into the evening. Opponents argued the project would remove too many mature trees, reduce promised green space and break commitments made to residents under the county’s 1998 Friendship Heights Sector Plan.
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