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I was looking at this thing this weekend thinking it was too short but I guess it is the same equipment:

Good point, at 509 beds it looks like it is averaging to be mostly 3 BDR units (1, 2, 3, and 4 BDR units available). If we assume an average unit size being 2 BDR (probably optimistic), then we are probably aiming for 12 floors here. https://parcviewatcommonwealth.com/ https://www.pinecrestus.com/properties/

I am not quite understanding this complaint. Given that they are utilizing the existing alley, if they were to reorient the new homes then the existing homes would become the purveyors of "look at my garage you peasants," which would be even more unsightly than the rear of these new structures. The current design maximizes units facing each other while best fitting the patterns of the prior existing grid. If they refaced, then additional auto-oriented paved surface would have to be created to accommodate the garages and infrastructure, cutting down on pedestrian/green space. One thing that is missing, that I hope they incorporate, is complete pedestrian pathing from the Addison bridge to Greyland Ave. along the expressway-adjacent alley.

I would bet that the surface lot is short term. Given construction costs, they may be trying to maximize occupiable units within their current 5-story pattern and will integrate extra parking into the next phase (much like the first apartment building) when prices come down. They will have to grade that property in the future so may as well use it for parking in the meantime.

The parcel above is 110 Spring St. and is part of Afton/Ethyl/New Market/Umbrella Corp. (cannot keep track of their name), in between their lab and their mansion-styled hilltop offices.

With Benchmark on site, perhaps utility prep. Maybe for the Amphitheatre down slope?

The location has a lot more potential than Casino ONE's as it is not landlocked by irreplaceable industrial usages and is only about 2-3 minutes past downtown. Downtown has good bones but Petersburg needs the money to inject into it, of which this would certainly provide. I also see a nice opportunity for a future train station nearby where the Norfolk-bound Amtrak line crosses under RT-301. Looks like a place worth visiting though they will have to add something to catch I-295 and I-85 traffic as it just barely misses visibility from both, but does center itself between those interchanges.

The BRT (and light rail studies prior) has had intentions of extending to Short Pump and the Airport since its inception, Short Pump being phased in first. RT. 60 in Eastern Henrico is as dense (if not more so) as most portions of Midlothian, Hull, and Richmond Hwy, corridors currently in consideration for BRT expansion. There is certainly nothing rural about this stretch and job centers both East and South of the airport are experiencing major development. Regardless of BRT plans, the stretch from Government Rd. to Glen Alden Dr. needs serious improvements to accommodate current traffic which clearly exceeds the road's design (the Williamsburg/Charles City/Brittles intersection is a major bottleneck). There are many underdeveloped properties on this stretch that could benefit from higher density housing with better transit access. Without any alternatives, new growth in Eastern Henrico is forced to travel through Shockoe Bottom which is becoming more and more congested, ultimately creating delays on the Pulse that affect the entire line. Also note that the latest RIC masterplan included a rail station along Airport Drive.

I was thinking the same when I saw that!

I find WRIC to be very anti-Richmond in general and the worse of the local new stations. I refuse to click on their articles and cannot understand why they seem to be the majority of news references shared by Reddit.

Not to my knowledge but Eastern Henrico is conveniently located at a point where several Trans-Atlantic trunk lines coming in from VA Beach, including one with a 25% investment from Facebook/Meta, converge with major East Coast lines.

I reverse-engineered their data and it appears to be projecting based on an average of the change from 2018-2020 and 2019-2020. This ignores crucial trends over the past 15 years and is incredibly inaccurate.

I suspect the data is very skewed on that as it has Richmond at only 256k in 2060, meanwhile Norfolk drops to 233k. This appears to be using an oversimplification of the 2020 census which we all know was highly unreliable for city cores.

Note that this is showing a combined market with Tidewater, though I do believe the vast majority of that square footage is Richmond.

Yes, as I added it to track developments that were beyond the typical 5-over-1, but ultimately decided to include 6 story developments as many were significant enough. When I created the list, anything over 6 floors was rare but that certainly changed over time.

I have Buildings 2 & 3 listed at 7 floors. Since I do not have Building 1 listed, it must be 5 or under.

I was driving by so could not get pictures, but looked like the parking deck was mostly filled out and the apartment portion rising.

A couple pictures of the Otis development and Belleville apartments. I noticed that material is being stored on the Scotts Edge II site in a manner that obstructs demolition so I wonder if this is the same developer of one of the other projects that is just staggering the developments?

They are currently installing rebar for the footings on the 18th St side (parking deck). No activity yet for the actual tower lot but this fits their strategy from the Icon.

Everyone keeps mentioning Wawa but there is already one down the road just on the other side of Chippenham Pkwy. That is actually a stated reason as to why Sheetz wants to open a store.

Sorry, but I want my mozzarella stick topped burger! I can understand Westover Hills, but Stratford Hills as having "charm?" Give me a break...

The Penny and Locks Tower had one up through 2019 and then the Summit and 2525 E Main through 2020.

Here is my very basic spreadsheet for tracking residential of 6+ floors with total floor counts per year:

I had seen them testing one that appeared to be borrowed from Alexandria. I believe this was shortly prior to the pandemic. Someone had also found where they had budgeted a few.

I must have misunderstood the design and they are simply adding reference to the old bakery, as the building was completely gone as of this weekend.