A 10-story or taller high rise to extend over the expressway and the RMA parking deck? Maybe. People are talking, but nothing’s certain yet.
A surface parking lot between 9th & 10th on Canal has been under contract since early this year, according to the TD.
An RMA exec said the adjacent RMA parking deck “was [...]
The rumor mill is buzzing about a new restaurant to open downtown:
There is another exciting project on the way. The venue is going to be called AURORA and it is brought to Richmond by a company called EuroEnterprises. A former bank building on the corner of Grace and 4th Street is currently being converted into [...]
While things are not going swimmingly for the Boulevard redevelopment, Shockoe continues to receive development proposals. Read the latest details and see pictures for a mixed-use development at Cedar and Broad (near the McDonald’s & Exxon) over at Church Hill People’s News.
The proposal, which is in its early stages, includes over 160 apartments, a [...]
Hayden Fisher, an attorney at Shaffer & Cabell & partner in real estate development group Prodigy Partnership, commented on an earlier blog post with an update on their progress on the “art-gallery themed restaurant” named Canvas:
Just checking-in to let everyone know that we’re still working on the Canvas design and working with DHR to finalize [...]
What should be built on the banks of our “great wet central park”? The mayor’s marina? The developers’ condos? Or the environmentalists’ parkland?
This question seems to vex our politicians, according to the TD.
But the city’s quest for a marina and more parkland along the James River faces scrutiny from a skeptical City Council and developers [...]
A new 33-unit condo complex is being planned for the far east end of Broad St in Church Hill, which has Church Hill People’s News readers up in arms. Here’s a few pictures of the renderings, complements of John Murden:
The plans are for 3618 E. Broad (click for map), near Chimborazo park.
Church Hill [...]
Acacia’s closing its Carytown doors and looking for waterfront property, and, according to Style, “it’s not a secret that he’s one of at least three local chefs looking to Rocketts Landing as the next step in destination dining.”
Rocketts is building “a lively riverfront promenade with restaurants and shops right on the James…” according to [...]
Outside the area of the downtown charette’s gaze, big changes are taking place in our city’s landscape. New commercial spaces and 74 new apartments, lofts, condos, and townhomes are in various stages of completion along the stretch of Cary from Meadow to VCU. Sunday’s TD has the rundown.
Construction is underway for the Lofts [...]
Richmond Braves baseball will stay on the Boulevard- either with a renovated Diamond or a new stadium, according to James L. Jenkins, chairman of the Richmond Metropolitan Authority board of directors [via].
The good news there is that the matter is settled- no more proposals for ballparks in the Bottom, or Fulton Gas Works, or the [...]
Richmond bloggers have the scoop on several new developments around the city:
A 60-unit condominium development on Richmond’s North Side, in the old Richmond Memorial Hospital. [via the brand new community blog: North Richmond News]
A mixed-use building on a 1 acre vacant lot at the foot of Jefferson Hill Park. Plans call for retail, office, [...]
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