Developer cites arcane laws to build Bethesda high-rise

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So murky are the rules around a controversial 16-story office building proposed for downtown Bethesda that the arguments in favor of the plan rely in part on the long-lost trails of American Indians.

The Meridian Group hopes to tear down a three-story food court building located above the entrance to the Bethesda Metro station at Wisconsin Avenue and Old Georgetown Road and build a 246,000 square-foot office building in its place.

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