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7 hours ago, upzoningisgood said:
Parc View is also student housing so the units are much bigger than standard MF. So, the residential component be taller than the standard 171-unit building.
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/-
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2 hours ago, ancientcarpenter said:
From someone who lives (and regularly walks) that area, I'm a bit disappointed that the design is essentially creating a bubble instead of it being wrapped into the existing Fan community. I know the property itself is in an alley but it has full control over basically making the alley into a one-way street if they choose a proper design for it.
I understand the highway (and noise) is a concern so they are trying to move the buildings as far away from highway as possible but basically giving the Fan neighborhood a "look at my garage you peasants" design is poor planning. The "backyard" of this design has a walkway and even a small green area - this should be the front (away from highway, "alley" area) area of the design and create a better community feel.
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.
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5 hours ago, blopp1234 said:
Only problem with it is that there is waaaaaay to much surface parking .
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.
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On 12/15/2022 at 2:28 PM, RVABizSenseMike said:
I'm not sure exactly which parcel is pictured in the above photo, but I'd actually talked to Virginia Housing a few weeks ago about the HQ expansion and they told me that the decision regarding the expansion is still on hold.
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.
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12 minutes ago, Child2021 said:
What could be ready to occur here?
With Benchmark on site, perhaps utility prep. Maybe for the Amphitheatre down slope?
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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.
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On 12/9/2022 at 8:46 AM, 123fakestreet said:
I hate to crap on people because its a fun exercise to "what if" (I did the same on here with re-routing the interstates a while ago) but there is never going to be BRT or light rail out to the airport. There's never going to be light rail in Richmond period, and BRT is designed for dense urban corridors like Broad St, makes no sense to have it go through rural areas in east Henrico. The best we can hope for is a regular airport shuttle route from Rocketts or Main St station.
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.
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6 hours ago, rjp212 said:
Thankfully nobody was hurt, but the Quality Inn caught on fire yesterday. Things seem to catch on fire right before they are bulldozed here...
I was thinking the same when I saw that!
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21 hours ago, I miss RVA said:
Here's WRIC-TV8 News latest on this. Nothing really much to report, but I do have a couple of thoughts:
Is it just me - or does it seem like TV8 News keeps harping on opposition to projects in Manchester? Seems like they've been one of the opposition "cheerleaders" (or, if nothing else, 'voices' by giving the Legends and other NIMBY opposition to the Avery Hall/River's Edge site development a LOT of oxygen) - and here they go pointing out opposition to THIS project.
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.
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On 11/29/2022 at 12:50 PM, wrldcoupe4 said:
Are data centers concerned about coastal proximity?
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.
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19 minutes ago, Icetera said:
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.
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.
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15 hours ago, Child2021 said:
Bad news if it verifies, Woods and Poole Economics doesn't think that the Metro area will get to 2 million even in 2060, but it does project strong growth in Northern Virginia & Chesterfield. Predicting population can be tricky like weather, since there can and will be curve balls thrown in the next 10 - 30 years. A famous one would be 1940 (I think) census that projected United States population only reaching 220 or so million before declining, but immigration and a baby boom threw that out of the water. Oh, and early planners of Atlanta didn't expect the region to grow past 3 million but look at where it's at today. Anyway, enough rambling I just hope these projections are blown very much out of the water and we continue to overperform (See: Chesterfield). Link: Interactive Map (woodsandpoole.com)
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.
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15 hours ago, Child2021 said:
Take a look at this study, it shows that Richmond (well expected) is one of the largest data center markets in the country!
Top Data Center Markets - Construction & Sales Report | 42Floors
Note that this is showing a combined market with Tidewater, though I do believe the vast majority of that square footage is Richmond.
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20 hours ago, I miss RVA said:
Your cutoff is at 6 stories?
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.
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On 11/23/2022 at 6:21 PM, I miss RVA said:
Right - this one -- on the property of N. Chasen & Sons -- is the next REALLLLY BIG project for Scott's - this one is THREE buildings - and ALL of them are something like 7 or 8 stories tall if memory serves (no worse than 6 stories), yes? And it straddles Marshall - which is REALLY cool - two of the three buildings will be more or less across the street from each other.
I have Buildings 2 & 3 listed at 7 floors. Since I do not have Building 1 listed, it must be 5 or under.
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16 hours ago, I miss RVA said:
Oh COOL!!! Ummm... any chance umm... we could get... you know...
I was driving by so could not get pictures, but looked like the parking deck was mostly filled out and the apartment portion rising.
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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?
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On 10/12/2022 at 1:34 PM, Icetera said:That is part of the site currently being dug as part of Bakery Lofts where the commercial space and parking deck were to be positioned. I wonder if they are now adding more units onto the deck?
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.
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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.
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On 11/19/2022 at 8:55 PM, whw53 said:
They're right - I would much prefer a WAWA.
Sorry, but I want my mozzarella stick topped burger!
On 11/19/2022 at 7:36 PM, I miss RVA said:WRIC 8 is reporting that there was a big protest today in Stratford Hills about the proposed Sheetz coming to the old Stratford Hills Shopping center. Of COURSE the Stratford Hills NIMBYs are out in force - and what's their argument: "charm". (I mean, is there ANY other argument when it comes to RVA NIMBYs?) C'mon, y'all - can we PLEASE unhook the "charm" morphine drip? RVA has spent my entire lifetime obsessing over "charm" and "character" -- I don't even know what to say any more because I'm honestly surprised the drum head actually still holds up, it's been beaten so vigorously for so long now. Unreal. Just unreal.
So I suppose they're rather have the "charming" and "character-filled" vacant, boarded up buildings, lack of vitality/business, etc., at the entrance to the shopping center?
I can understand Westover Hills, but Stratford Hills as having "charm?" Give me a break...
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On 11/19/2022 at 10:10 PM, I miss RVA said:
Just an interesting note about crane days and tower cranes over the city:
If you include Scott's Addition, VCU academic campus and environs, Manchester and, of course, downtown - RVA has had an UNBROKEN period of time in which AT LEAST ONE tower crane (I think it's really at least TWO - and certainly at certain stretches, several more) has been up over the city dating all the way back to (I THINK?!?!) construction of the Gateway Plaza building. By this I mean - at least one crane has been up somewhere in the city AT ALL TIMES for the last roughly seven or so years - as in, a new crane goes up before an old one comes down. Perfect example - the cranes for the VCU Health Outpatient Hospital building went up before the second of the two cranes on the Dominion Tower was taken down. Children's Hospital and the G.A. Building cranes went up at that time - and prior to the very last of that gaggle of cranes coming down (I think it was the second of the two atop the Children's Hospital), both the G.A. parking deck crane AND the STEM Building crane had gone up. In Manchester, the crane for the Commodore went up just before the crane for the Tidewater was taken down. The crane for the Tidewater went up before the crane for the Opus was taken down. The crane for Pinecrest/Parc View went up before the crane for the STEM building was taken down. And so on. You see how this works.
Basically an unbroken "chain of cranes" over Richmond - every day - for about seven years now.
Now, I THINK - (dunno if we have any photographic evidence that would prove this out) there was a crane up SOMEWHERE in the city (be it Scott's Addition - or perhaps the Dominion Tower) prior to the last crane of the Gateway Plaza building being taken down. That's why I say I THINK this dates all the way back to the Gateway Plaza building's construction. What was the timing between the Gateway and Dominion buildings going up? Dominion got underway before Gateway was finished, no?
Now I know at least two developments in Scott's used tower cranes - it was either the Summit or the Nest - I think it was the Summit - and the Otis, but the Otis was later. I'm wondering if the Summit came between the Gateway and Dominion buildings (in the event the two downtown towers didn't overlap in terms of when their cranes were up?)
YES - this is the kind of junk I sit around thinking about late on a Saturday night when it's cold and there's snow on the ground. (Only an inch or so - not the 77-plus inches they got in Orchard Park, N.Y. - holy moly!)
The Penny and Locks Tower had one up through 2019 and then the Summit and 2525 E Main through 2020.
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44 minutes ago, I miss RVA said:Perfect! Thanks, Coupe!
NOTE: I'VE UPDATED THE LIST TO INCLUDE THESE!
BTW - do we have any updates on the open questions?
ALSO - What's ABSOLUTELY mind boggling to me: I was just going over the list. ACCOUNTING FOR JUST THE LARGE-SCALE RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS (and understanding that this list is not complete by any means - and that there are other developments either in the pipeline or under construction NOT included): I tallied up no fewer than 28 LARGE RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS that are either under construction, in the pipeline or even just announced. HOLY MOLY!!! 28!!!
What's more -- that doesn't mean 28 BULDINGS - because some developments have more than one building (N. Chasen & Son redevelopment have three buildings, Locks 7 & 8 are two buildings. South Falls II & III are two buildings, at least one of the Scott's Addition projects up on Belleville is two buildings, etc.
Here is my very basic spreadsheet for tracking residential of 6+ floors with total floor counts per year:
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3 hours ago, eandslee said:
I also thought that GRTC had already purchased the larger capacity buses (I thought that someone on this forum had even seen them….maybe…that is if memory serves).
This new North/South route needs to get up and runner sooner rather than later. Also, extending the Pulse eastward to the airport and westward to Short Pump is critical!
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.
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On 6/27/2022 at 1:53 AM, Gexckos said:
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.
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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:
