BETHESDA, MD — Pickard Chilton, an award-winning architecture studio best known for its innovative and sophisticated design of high-performance corporate headquarters and campuses, announced that construction has started on their design for Avocet Tower, a 530,000 gsf, 250-foot mixed-use development for Stonebridge comprising a hotel and office tower at 7373 Wisconsin Ave. in the Central Business District of Bethesda. Atop a generous lobby and amenity podium, Avocet Tower will feature a glass-clad 370,000 gsf of class A office tower and a 220-key AC Hotel. The project, with delivery expected in summer 2021, is a P3 (public–private partnership) development between Stonebridge and Montgomery County, MD. The transit-oriented development is located directly across from the Bethesda Metro station, and will also accommodate above-and below-grade parking. Cooper Carry is the project’s Architect of Record.