Developer Edens is moving forward with its vision to transform a 1950s shopping center in Potomac into a pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use retail hub, and plans to begin construction on about 30,000 square feet of new retail space and 48 townhomes next year or early 2020.
Edens, which is based in South Carolina but its CEO, Jodie McLean, is based in the District, got the green light this month after the Montgomery County Planning Department approved preliminary site plans for the reinvention of the…