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Moco Notes
By THE JEWELER BURTON GROUP



Pike & Rose’s Caruso’s Grocery Lands on the Washington Post’s 40 Best Restaurants List
The North Bethesda Italian-American restaurant ranks No. 34 on the Post’s list, adding to recent recognition from critic Tom Sietsema and Washingtonian.
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MoCo's First Millie's Ice Cream Just Got Pushed Back. Here's What to Know While You Wait.
Millie's Homemade Ice Cream pushed back its debut Maryland location at Downtown Crown in Gaithersburg. Here's what to know while you wait.
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A Vacant Office Building in Bethesda's Rock Spring Area Could Become 285 Apartments
Rockledge Associates has filed plans with Montgomery County to demolish a vacant office building at 6610 Rockledge Drive in Bethesda's Rock Spring neighborhood and replace it with roughly 285 apartments, according to a report from UrbanTurf. The project is one of the clearest signs yet that Montgomery County's office to residential conversion push is reaching beyond downtown Bethesda into its older suburban office parks. What's Planned for 6610 Rockledge Drive The existing st
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What the New High School Rankings Really Tell Potomac and Bethesda Buyers
Montgomery County placed five high schools in Maryland's top 10 in the newly released 2026-2027 U.S. News rankings. Here's what the shifts at Churchill, Whitman, Wootton, and Blair mean for buyers and sellers in the Potomac-Bethesda-Rockville corridor.
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Montgomery County housing market Is Quietly Outselling the Rest of the DMV. Here's What That Means for Your Home Value.
Halfway through 2026, the Montgomery County housing market is doing something the rest of the Washington region is not. Sales are climbing at more than twice the metro pace, detached homes are carrying nearly all the price growth, and the seasonal data points to a stronger fall than late summer. For anyone who owns a home in Potomac, Bethesda, or Rockville, these numbers are worth reading closely. The Headline Number Through the first six months of the year, Montgomery County
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A Baltimore Favorite Just Opened in Bethesda's Newest High-Rise
The Food Market, a longtime Baltimore favorite, just opened its third Maryland location inside Bethesda's newest high-rise. The signing says as much about the building's future as it does about the menu.
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Shake Shack Opens in Downtown Bethesda This Week, Capping a Season of Growth
Shake Shack opens its newest Montgomery County location this week on Old Georgetown Road, part of a wave of new restaurant and retail openings reshaping downtown Bethesda. Here's what the surge means for buyers and sellers across the Potomac-Bethesda-Rockville corridor.
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Downtown Bethesda Is Being Rebuilt. Here's What That Means If You Live Here.
Sixteen active development projects. More than 6,500 new residential units. Towers climbing as high as 31 stories above Wisconsin Avenue. Downtown Bethesda is in the middle of a construction cycle unlike anything the neighborhood has seen in a generation, and the pace shows no sign of slowing. For anyone living, buying, or selling in the Bethesda corridor right now, this is not background noise. It is the story. A Pipeline Built for Density The numbers out of the UrbanTurf su
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Why the Completion of the Purple Line Marks a New Era for Bethesda's Development and Transit
The recent milestone of laying the final section of track for Maryland’s Purple Line signals more than just progress on a long-delayed infrastructure project. It marks a turning point for Bethesda and the surrounding areas, promising to reshape how residents and visitors move through some of the most sought-after neighborhoods in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. After years of setbacks, the Purple Line is now a tangible reality, poised to influence real estate, commuti
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Why the Most Sought-After Brands in the Country Keep Choosing Bethesda
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Johnnie-O opened its first-ever Maryland store at Bethesda Row this week, with ALO Yoga arriving next. Federal Realty calls it a market signal. For Potomac and Bethesda homeowners, the pattern of premium brands choosing this address is worth paying attention to.
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A Historic Building Just Came Down in MoCo. Here's What's Going in Its Place.
Last week, demolition crews moved onto 204 acres in Clarksburg. The building they're taking down was designed by Cesar Pelli, the Argentine-American architect behind the Petronas Twin Towers. It was the former headquarters of COMSAT Laboratories, the research division of the Communications Satellite Corp., where scientists invented real-time international phone communication and produced live television broadcasts from space. After nearly 20 years of sitting dormant, the stru
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A New Kind of Saturday Night Is Coming to Bethesda
Something is quietly taking shape at 8003 Norfolk Avenue in Bethesda's Woodmont Triangle. By the end of April, a small restaurant called Six Ways to Sunday will open its doors — and if the names behind it are any indication, this is not a concept that needs much explaining. It simply needs to be tried. Two Chefs, One Neighborhood Satang Ruangsangwatana and Lekki Limvatana have been building toward this moment for years. Ruangsangwatana is the culinary force behind Bar Chinois
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By THE JEWELER BURTON GROUP
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