Town Center Time Line - Building Toward the Future
1995	Rockville Mall Demolished
2000-2001	Regal Cinema / Restaurant Row Opens (E. Montgomery Avenue)
July 18, 2001	Mayor and Council Hold 1st Public Hearing on Town Center Plan
October 2001	Town Center Master Plan Adopted
Winter 2001-02	Preliminary Site Design and Negotiation Begins
December 2002	Non-Binding Agreement Between City, Montgomery County Executive and Federal Realty Investment Trust
February 2003	Draft Design Guidelines and Rockville Library Design Presented to Public. Televised on the Rockville Channel, TRC11.
March 2003	Design Guidelines and Acquisition of Shopping Center on N. Washington St. Approved
May 2003	Maryland Board of Public Works Approves $1 Million to Help Fund Town Center Parking Garage
July 10, 2003	RD Rockville, LLC, under its entities S. J. Ross Development and DANAC Corporation, Named Residential Co-Developer
September 9, 2003	City, Federal Realty, Montgomery County and RD Rockville Sign Town Center General Development Agreement
December 12, 2003	Montgomery County Approves $12 Million to Help Fund Town Center
March 2004	Planning Commission and Mayor and Council approval of project Parking District Created
June 15, 2004	Town Square Groundbreaking
July 2004	All businesses relocated; construction fence erected; demolition begins
August 2004	Demolition of strip shopping center on North Washington Street. Site grading begins. Pad site for Rockville Library prepared
Fall 2004	Public improvements (subgrade) work begins, including utilities installation, below surface roadwork, foundations and grading
Winter 2004- Spring 2005	Significant construction begins, including start of construction of new Rockville Library by Montgomery County
Fall  2006	Opening of Maryland Avenue Extended, public plaza and first public parking garage
Fall  2006	Opening of new Rockville Library by Montgomery County
Winter 2006-07	Opening of first retail stores and all public parking garages. First residents move into "Windows" at Rockville Town Square
July 17, 2007	Town Square dedication ceremony