The Lakeforest Mall was open in Gaithersburg, Maryland, for more than 40 years but has sat vacant since 2023. Redevelopment of the site is about to get underway.

Once a mecca of shopping, a place for teens to hang out and somewhere for people to get their steps in, it’s a ghost town now. But that’s about to change.

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A small transit center will be moved and tripled in size because of a partnership with Montgomery County, the city of Gaithersburg and the state of Maryland.

“We’re going to grow in population and jobs. How we grow really matters. Our roads cannot continue to handle massive additions of travel. We need other ways to move people,” Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich said.

The expansion of the transit cen

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