Set on the former 33-acre Marriott International headquarters campus in Bethesda, Maryland, The Grandview reimagines an office park as a vibrant, walkable Continuing Care Retirement Community designed for a new generation of urban seniors. The project transforms a once-isolated corporate campus into an interconnected neighborhood of more than 1,1000 units of independent and assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing, defined by density, pedestrian activity, green space, and community engagement.
Conceived as a contemporary model for aging in place, The Grandview responds to the evolving expectations of Baby Boomers seeking amenity-rich, urban lifestyles with close access to cultural life, retail, healthcare, and transit. The development introduces nine distinct-yet-cohesive buildings organized around a dynamic public realm that prioritizes walkability, accessibility, and social connection. Varied building heights, carefully articulated façades, and a curated palette of brick, metal panels, storefront glazing, and aluminum windows create a human-scaled streetscape while reinforcing a unified architectural identity across the campus.
At the heart of the project is a publicly accessible park that serves as both a gateway to the community and a shared civic amenity for the surrounding neighborhood. Designed as the social and emotional center of the campus, the park fosters intergenerational interaction through walking paths, gathering spaces, concerts, and everyday encounters between residents, families, and neighbors. Together with a new urban greenway weaving throughout the site, the landscape reconnects people with nature while strengthening community ties and ecological resilience.
The site plan creates a series of interconnected “outdoor rooms” linked to ground-floor amenities and shared interior spaces, encouraging activity and engagement throughout the campus. Elevated walkways connect all buildings for year-round accessibility regardless of weather or mobility limitations, while vehicular circulation is intentionally minimized through underground parking and the adaptive reuse of an existing parking structure. These strategies establish a safe, pedestrian-focused environment that supports independence and well-being for residents.
The Grandview also establishes a new benchmark for urban senior living through its unprecedented scale and breadth of amenities. Dining venues, wellness spaces, theaters, libraries, art studios, terraces, and community-oriented retail are integrated throughout the campus to create a socially rich, intergenerational environment. Developed in phases, the project is envisioned as a long-term living laboratory for innovation in aging communities, with post-occupancy feedback continuously informing future phases and improvements.
