A local developer wants to mimic the success of Federal Realty Investment Trust's Pike & Rose, a mixed-use development that turned a sea of asphalt into a walkable community in North Bethesda.
VOB Development, owned by the Rankin family, has submitted plans to transform three blocks between Old Georgetown Road and Grand Park Avenue into what the company hopes will become a destination. The 5-acre site, owned by various LLCs controlled by VOB, is the former home to a Saab dealership, mobile phone…
