A major mixed-use development north of National Harbor just cleared a major hurdle, surviving objections from Prince George’s County planners, conservationists and even the National Park Service to win a key rezoning.
Petra Development earned unanimous approval from the county council last week on some important entitlements for its National View project, slated for more than 17 acres alongside Oxon Cove Park. The redevelopment would sit on the other side of the Capital Beltway from National Harbor in the town of Forest Heights, and its backers have framed it as a potentially transformative project for the area.
But it’s faced its share of detractors since Petra began advancing it last year, with county staff particularly concerned about adding so much residential in an area not directly served by mass transit. Environmentalists are similarly worried about its impacts on the park nearby — which Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan once eyed as a spot for a new Washington Football Team stadium before that deal fell apart — and park administrators have echoed those fears, citing the traffic it would bring.
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