Potomac: New Townhouses Coming on Seven Locks Road
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Potomac: New Townhouses Coming on Seven Locks Road

Rendering of new townhouses “coming soon”  on Winchester Homes’ website at winchesterhomes.com/potomac

Rendering of new townhouses “coming soon” on Winchester Homes’ website at winchesterhomes.com/potomac

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The heavily wooded, 5.24 acres of the former Burley property was approved in 2013 for development with 23 townhouses. Photo by Mary Kimm/The Almanac

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The new townhouses across from the Heights School on Seven Locks Road in Potomac will sell for more than $1 million. Photo by Mary Kimm/The Almanac

Winchester Homes will soon be constructing 23 townhouses on 5.24 acres along Seven Locks Road across from the Heights School in Potomac.

The steep, previously heavily wooded site has had just one small house on it until now. The developer has cleared trees in preparation for breaking ground for the townhouses. A sign on the property indicate the townhouses will be priced from $1 million.

In 1992, the Montgomery County Planning Board, in the Final Draft Potomac Subregion Master Plan, recommended acquisition of the property as an extension to Cabin John Regional Park, but the property owner objected and the County Council disapproved the Planning Board recommendation.

The property is adjacent to other townhouse developments, and by approval of all townhouses, the county was able to preserve a significant amount of forest, including specimen trees, on the back and edges of the property.

See WinchesterHomes.com/Potomac