Methadone Clinic Not Slated For Silver Spring Complex: Marks

PERRY HALL, MD — Councilman David Marks says he has received numerous inquiries about a possible methadone clinic at the Silver Spring Shopping Center. The rumor that a clinic will go into the complex on Belair at Silver Spring roads, he said, is completely false.

"Based on all the research we have done, NO methadone clinic is going into this space," said Marks, who represents Perry Hall, in a recent statement.

The location would be ineligible from having such a clinic, he said, because it is within 750 feet of property zoned residential.

See the section of Baltimore County code he is referencing.

While Marks is positive that no methadone clinic is going into the shopping center, he said that something else is in the works.

"Although I can't comment more specifically, I am very optimistic we will have a tenant announced soon for the Mars supermarket site," Marks said.

The Mars store, which used to anchor the Silver Spring Shopping Center, has been vacant since the grocer went out of business in 2016.

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• County Council Expected to Pass Legislation to Spur New Tenant at Mars Supermarket Site
• Councilman Marks: Extend Revitalization District to Redevelop Mars Site

A Dunkin' Donuts opened in a freestanding part of the shopping center that used to a donation drive-through earlier this year. Other tenants at the shopping center are Sherwin-Williams, CVS, Subway and others.

Photo from 2016 when Mars closed by Elizabeth Janney.