Rockville Town Square is a public/private partnership between nationally recognized developers RD Rockville, LLC and Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRIT) and the City of Rockville, Montgomery County, and state and federal governments. The 15-acre area includes retail, restaurant, entertainment, residential, and office uses in addition to the new Rockville Regional Library, a new town square; and three public parking garages.  A special feature of Town Square is the Arts and Innovation Center, which houses the Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts [VisArts], formerly known as Rockville Arts Place; the Rockville Innovation Center, a new business incubator; and The Rooftop at Rockville's Town Center, an open-air event space.

Rockville Town Square has won the following awards:

                           - National Capital Area Chapter of the American Planning Association
                                              First Place, Best Implemented Project
                           - National Association of Industrial Office Properties
                                              First Place, Best Mixed-Use Site Plan
                                              First Place, Best Smart Growth
                           - Multifamily Housing News
                                              First Place, Best Public/Private Partnership
                                              First Place, Best New Urbanism
                                              Finalist, Best Mid-Rise Condominium (4-6 stories)
                           - National Association of Home Builders
                                              Finalist, 2007 Best Mixed-Use Development
                                              Finalist, 2008 Best Mixed-Use Development
                           - Congress for New Urbanism
                                              Winner, 2008 Charter Award
                           - Washington Business Journal
                                              Finalist, Best Community Impact

Rockville Town Square was profiled in Terrain: A Journal of the Built Environment as an "UnSprawl Case Study".

The project cost is estimated to have been approximately $300 million, with more than 70 percent coming from private funding.

Town Square also has approximately 650 residential condominiums and apartments, and a mix of local, regional, and nationally recognized retail and restaurants. 

Learn more about Rockville's Town Center Master Plan.