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The owners of the Fox Creek Estates senior apartments in East Amherst plan to build a mixed-used development of apartments, offices and retail space next to their Transit Road property . Two three-story buildings are proposed at 9540 Transit Road , north of Casey Road. The same partners behind the 9540 Transit site own the townhomes just to the south at 9512 Transit and the senior apartments at 9500 Transit, said Sean W. Hopkins, the owners' attorney. The applicant, Fox Creek Estates III LLC , is seeking to rezone about 1.8 acres of the 6.8-acre suburban-agriculture site for the buildings and parking spaces, leaving most of the north portion that runs along a neighboring subdivision permanent open space . The first floor of each building would house retail and office space, and the second and third floors would hold 38 apartments total . The Amherst Planning Board could take up the rezoning request in August.

Five years after Howard County planning officials approved initial plans for a major transit- oriented development next to the Laurel Park race track , the project is back on the rails. New plans for the first phase of Laurel Park Station were recently submitted to Howard County's Department of Planning and Zoning, according to DPZ Deputy Director Raj Kudchadkar . The whole project is slated to bring 1, 000 residential units – a mix of apartments, condominiums and townhouses – as well as 127,000 square feet of retail space and 650,000 square feet of office space to a 65-acre plot of land in North Laurel, currently a parking lot adjacent to the Laurel Park MARC train station . Construction will take place over a period of eight to 10 years, according to Aaron Greenfield, an attorney for Laurel Park. The project is divided into four phases. "It's a transit- oriented development , so it's smart growth," Greenfield said. Phase one will bring 220 residential unit...