Matthew Gordon is a Partner in the firm’s Land Use/Zoning Practice. He represents clients in all aspects of the development review processes, from pre-project and acquisition due diligence to public hearings. Matthew has worked on a variety of residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional projects, and has substantial experience with mixed-use and infill redevelopment projects. Representative development projects he has worked on include:

• Represented a joint venture with responding to and successfully being awarded an RFP for redevelopment of two County surface parking lots in Downtown Bethesda and processing regulatory applications to allow for construction of multi-family units (including increased affordable housing), replacement public parking spaces, and public parkland.
• Assisted with obtaining approval of Rezoning/Sketch Plan and Schematic Development Plan applications for the ±100-acre Lakeforest Mall site in Gaithersburg, a proposed mixed-use redevelopment with 1,600 residential units and approximately 1.2 million square feet of commercial uses.
• Represented various non-profit affordable housing developers with obtaining approvals from the Montgomery County Planning Board for Missing Middle and high-rise multi-family projects.
• Helped a property owner obtain approval of a Detailed Site Plan for a ±200,000 square foot self-storage facility in Prince George’s County.
• Assisted with obtaining concurrent Planning Board approval of Sketch, Site and Preliminary Plan applications for the Marriott International Headquarters project, a mixed-use redevelopment with approximately 1 million square feet of office and hotel uses in Downtown Bethesda.
• Helped with obtaining combined Planning Board approval of Sketch, Site and Preliminary Plan applications for the Avocet Tower, a mixed-use redevelopment of the old Bethesda Police Station with a trophy office building and hotel along the Wisconsin Avenue Corridor in Bethesda.
• Represented an industrial landowner through the zoning map amendment process in Prince George’s County to successfully allow for uniform industrial zoning.
• Assisted with land use and zoning representation for the Twinbrook Quarter Project Plan and Phase I Site Plan approvals, a ±18-acre mixed-use redevelopment with proposed multi-family, restaurant, grocery, retail, and office uses in the City of Rockville.
• Represented a regional automotive dealer with obtaining Preliminary Plan and Site Plan approvals for a ±40,000 square foot automotive sales showroom and service facility in the Montgomery Auto Sales Park.

Matthew previously served as an Associate County Attorney in the Prince George’s County Office of Law, where he routinely served as a legal advisor to the Prince George’s County Department of Permitting, Inspections, and Enforcement (DPIE). He uses his significant government experience to help clients navigate the complex regulatory issues involved in developing real estate in Montgomery and Prince George’s counties.

Matthew is a lifelong Montgomery County resident. He is admitted to practice in the Maryland state courts and the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Matthew has served as a business representative to the Bethesda Downtown Implementation Advisory Committee since 2017.

Recent Articles

• “The Impact on Housing of the Montgomery County 2024 Growth and Infrastructure Policy,” SelzerGurvitch.com, 6/24/2024; “How Montgomery County can reinforce the goals and strategies of Thrive Montgomery 2050 to solve housing affordability crisis,” Washington Business Journal, 6/1/2024.
• “Downtown Bethesda Surpasses ‘Soft-Cap’ Established in 2017 Sector Plan,” SelzerGurvitch.com, 10/11/2023; BethesdaMagazine.com, 10/11/23
• “Montgomery County Green Building and Energy Requirements – Update,” SelzerGurvitch.com, 7/27/2023
• “Is the Montgomery County Housing Policy at a Crossroads?” SelzerGurvitch.com, 6/6/2023; BethesdaMagazine.com, 6/19/2023
• “Montgomery County Speed to Market Initiatives: Sign Ordinance Rewrite Emerges from Economic Advisory Work Group,” SelzerGurvitch.com, 7/15/2022