From Jake Crocker, Prodigy Partners, left as a comment:
Jake Crocker, partner with Prodigy Partnership and the Canvas Restaurant checking in. Yes progress is excruciatingly slow but trust us it is being made. 306 and 308 E. Broad had been gutted and the build out should resume any day now. We have scaled this project up [...]
The 1930’s era, Art Deco American Model Tobacco building on Jeff Davis Highway at Hopkins Rd. may become a 600-unit apartment complex. [Details VIA the TD] Here’s a retro-postcard picture of the building:
The developer plans for the building to be a mixed-income development, with approximately 1/3 of the units designated “affordable” with the help of [...]
Apparently Richmond’s moving up on the world stage- the French have called GRTC CEO John Lewis, Jr. and asked about buying their headquarters building. From today’s TD:
Lewis has regularly fielded calls from developers as far away as France since he became chief executive officer at GRTC Transit System two years ago.
Every developer wants to [...]
Urban renewal. Who can be against it? Who opposes renewal, or rebirth, or renaissance of our urban areas?
The phrase “urban renewal” is semantically loaded- it conjures mental images of a dying city in need of new life. I imagine a neighborhood filled with dilapidated housing, crime, broken street lights, and few, if any, [...]
Two 2nd-hand clothing stores, a copy shop, bakery and more will soon join Boaz and Ruth’s 2nd-hand furniture store and cafe in the heart of Highland Park’s commercial district- the intersection of Meadowbridge Rd. and Brookland Park Blvd.
Boaz and Ruth, a non-profit that offers job training opportunities for folks just out of prison, [...]
We should know soon what the new face of the Boulevard between Broad and 95/64 will be. According to the TD, the city is hiring a consultant who will search for developers:
Richmond plans to hire a consultant next month to run a nationwide search for developers to transform the park and surrounding area along the [...]
Jake Crocker of development group Prodigy Partners stopped by my blog and commented about the progress they’re making on 2 new restaurants- Canvas on E. Broad and Lighthouse Diner on Hull St. in Manchester. I thought his update was news-worthy and deserving of more attention than it’s receiving as a comment on an old [...]
The 300 block of E. Broad St. will see a new 3-story restaurant opening by the end of the year.
According to the TD, who buried this story in an article about a suburban pharmacy, Prodigy Partners is planning a restaurant to be called Canvas at 306 & 308 E. Broad.
The art gallery-themed restaurant would occupy [...]
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 [...]
Shockoe Bottom north of Broad St. is about to undergo massive changes. Plans to renovate 5 buildings that are part of the Richmond Cold Storage complex have been unveiled. New apartments and an expanded microbrewery are part of the plan. Here’s a picture of the buildings now:
Photo by John Murden, used with [...]
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