A small-plane airport in suburban Maryland that was used for pilot training during World War II is the site of a proposed mixed-use development across 425 acres.
Housing developer NVR filed plans to develop the former Washington Executive Airport, also known as Hyde Field, and the adjacent sand and gravel mine into 1,288 residences, 60K SF of commercial space, public outdoor parks and a solar energy farm, branded as Hyde Landing.
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The site at the intersection of Steed and Piscataway roads in Clinton sits just outside the Beltway, about 6 miles from Joint Base Andrews.
The developer would leave 180 acres around Tinker’s Creek undeveloped for preservation purposes. The proposal is slated to be considered by the Prince George’s County Planning Board next month.
"Hyde Landing is a transformative and strategically important mixed-use neighborhood for the Clinton community, and a model of responsible growth for Prince George’s County," McNamee Hosea attorney Matthew Tedesco, who represents NVR, said in a statement emailed to Bisnow.
The vision to redevelop the property has been in the works for over 15 years under various developers, but the airport was still functional until November 2022.
That was when the previous owner, an entity controlled by D.C.-based doctor Nabil Asterbadi that had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy two years earlier, sold the airport to NVR at auction for an all-cash bid of $7.5M. Fraser Forbes' Rich Samit and Mike Parsels brokered that sale.
The residential portion of the project would consist of single-family attached dwellings, some age-restricted, as well as two-family homes and multifamily buildings. Proposed amenities include a clubhouse, playgrounds, a dog park, tennis and pickleball courts, pocket parks, community gardens and walking trails.
The developer estimates the first homes could start delivering in 2026 and the full project could be completed by 2033.
NVR’s plans are smaller than the maximum development allowed under current zoning for the site, which is approved for 2,060 residential units and 400K SF of commercial space, according to the project's website.
Development efforts for the project date back to 2009, when Bethesda-based developer Faison was planning to develop 2,100 housing units and about 300K SF of retail, The Washington Post reported at the time.
Asterbadi told the Post in 2009 that the airport had “not been doing very well” since the 9/11 attacks, after which new no-fly-zone restrictions were instituted around the D.C. area.
The property isn't the only former airport in Prince George's County eyed for redevelopment. At the Freeway Airport in Bowie, St. John Properties filed plans in 2020 to build 509 units of housing on 32 acres. In College Park, Terrapin Development Co. announced plans in 2022 to develop land neighboring College Park Airport into a mixed-use district called Aviation Landing.
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