Central residential development unveiled in Silver Spring (Photo)

Developer Grosvenor Americas unveiled its plan for a new development at 8455 Fenton Street on Wednesday. The mixed-use project will be known as Central. Central will include 243 residential units, including 31 affordable units, and 17,000 SF of ground floor retail space.

A new First Baptist Church will be built to replace the church building now being demolished, and a walkway between Wayne Avenue and Bonifant Street will be constructed.

Amenities will include an outdoor pool and lounge, 24-hour business center, yoga studio and rooftop deck and lounge. The architect will be SK&I Architectural Design Group.

Delivery is expected in the fall of 2017.

Rendering courtesy Grosvenor Americas/SK&I

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8455 Fenton Street development groundbreaking today in Silver Spring (Photos)

The demolition of the First Baptist Church continues on Fenton Street, by the new Silver Spring Library. A new church building and daycare center will be constructed on nearby land. But developer Grosvenor Americas will also be bringing a 231,000-square-foot, 243-unit mixed-use residential development, with 16,000 square feet of ground floor retail space to the former church site.

This afternoon at 1:30 PM, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, his predecessor Doug Duncan, Pastor Duncan McIntosh of the First Baptist Church of Silver Spring, Grosvenor Americas Senior VP Don Capobres, and GA Chief Development Officer James Patillo will be on hand for a groundbreaking ceremony.

These officials will also open a time capsule that has been sealed within the church's cornerstone since 1950, and plant a new time capsule from 2015.