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Just drove by Springline at District 60 and I have to say, in person you really get a sense of the massing this development brings. Looks awesome! Photos doesn’t do it any justice.

Anyone know what a developer is looking to build at 2201 Mcdonough St in Manchester? It is requiring a SUP. If you want to learn more, I screenshotted the details here:

CoStar plans to buy Matterport, a 3D photo mapping company from California. Matterport products are used to give real estate renters/buyers a 3D perspective of interested properties. Who knows what impact this will have on Richmond, if any, but CoStar plans to share more details tomorrow. Either way, CoStar is over taking the real estate data world! They’re huge and have very deep pockets (as we already knew). https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/costar-to-acquire-calif-tech-company-in-1-6b-deal/

Every word above taken directly from my heart and mind. In today’s slang - @I miss RVA is spittin’ facts!

$30M for a Brown’s Island overhaul. Looks awesome! Plan is to begin construction in 2026. Here’s the plan (warning - large file): https://venturerichmond.s3.amazonaws.com/Brown's+Island+Improvement+Plan_FULL.pdf

This sucker is taking forever to get demolished!

RIC could always “delay” the opening of the FIS until there is an airline that will use it for international flights. I have no idea when in April it’s supposed to open, but if there is no international service, what’s the point in announcing the opening of the FIS?

Sweet! So glad things worked out. I’m also glad to see very competitive prices out of RIC! That will go a long way to keeping people coming to RIC instead of the DC airports! Thanks for sharing!

More plane spotting captured by a friend a couple days ago at RIC (just posted). You can tell that air traffic at the airport is picking up as we draw closer to the summer months. This video has a lot of cool footage. Hope you enjoy (I happen to love these videos)!

Next up: hopefully, Mosby and Gilpin Courts, no? Couldn’t remember if these neighborhoods were going to get the same treatment.

Not RIC related, but just so you know - ORF just got a new route on Frontier Airlines to Philadelphia. How many is that now this year compared to RIC’s…what…2 new routes? Geez…. https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/norfolk/frontier-airlines-new-non-stop-flights-norfolk-to-philadelphia-this-summer/291-c15a68b5-26d9-4971-a300-ca67a052b12b?fbclid=IwAR0lGvBF16uUlOCixAQ5oXU286zQiCBCmboK3pae1RPVvF5YBtkKzzW2N2E_aem_AfBvtHxEPvFTWpjuRFSWeybJVCpPGcHGyhQWJ3A0z9GHD8ucdmROKeVg2SsJG-w3ur8#lultxztjqfixa35ggl

Not exactly sure how $750K helps do this, but a grant awarded to GRTC and Richmond will help plan for TOD zoning on Chamberlayne Ave as part of the N-S Pulse route. Read more here: https://ridegrtc.com/news-initiatives/press-releases/grtc-and-city-of-richmond-awarded-750000-for-north-south-pulse-transit-orie

To add to that good news, I just saw where frequency on Delta between RIC-DTW will increase. The big deal is that one of the flights will be an A-319 - a mainline aircraft much larger with more capacity than the CRJs! This is actually the first time I’ve seen anything larger than a CRJ serving this route…at least that I can remember. This is GREAT news! DCI = Delta Connection Incorporated

Awesome! You did a good job! The other guy seemed to just be a NIMBY…scared of any change. Nice to be able also put a name with a face!

Check out this document. Found this which contains mostly redacted pages, but there are some pages that are not redacted. Starting on page 63 through the end, are a bunch of renderings we’ve never seen before: https://www.wric.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/74/2024/03/Responsive-Document-Schematic-Design-Baseball-Stadium-1.pdf

Fence is up! Nice pic! Thanks!

The RTD posted a copy of their front page a day ago on Facebook and I just learned what it says in the highlighted area below - that groundbreaking for the new baseball stadium won’t be until EARLY SUMMER. Seems a little late to me, but okay,,,,,

Those were my thoughts EXACTLY! This guy created a big stink over the Avery Hall development only to sell anyway - what a complete goober! I hope Avery Hall now modifies its design so as not to accommodate for Legend and their baffoonery!

Well, they probably were - this video was just a portion of the day (maybe a couple hours or so). It just so happened that Breeze was not taking off or landing during the recorded times.

We’re going to need those crane parts right here in Richmond!!…’Cause Richmond is still on the rise!

SJR would be a nice addition too…if we can get an airline willing to take up the route from RIC. The best candidate would be JetBlue at this point, who currently serves the airport. We shall see if we actually get it. AUS did indeed have decent PDEW stats from Richmond, but I can’t remember the exact number…I just remember that they were pretty good! Just for fun: Here’s a video of planes taking off and landing at RIC recorded a couple days ago by a friend of mine who puts them on YouTube (like and subscribe!). You’ll notice our downtown in the background to the left of the water tower!!…and dang, that sunset! Beautiful! Also, quite a few cargo aircraft that day! Enjoy!

Road projects coming to Henrico: • Magellan Parkway – A new four-lane highway between Englewood Farms Drive and Scott Road, including a bridge over I-95. Construction is expected to begin in November. See video below. • GreenCity Connector – This road will add nearly a mile of paved shared-use path along Athens Road and Scott Road and rebuilding the Scott Road Bridge over I-95 for pedestrian and bicycle use only. Construction is expected to begin in September. https://henrico.us/projects/garden-city-connector-trail/ • Brook Road – This project will make changes between Villa Park Drive and Hilliard Road to improve traffic flow and provide more pedestrian accommodations. Construction is expected to begin in July 2026. https://henrico.us/projects/brook-road-improvements/ • North Gayton Road – The project will involve construction of a new interchange at North Gayton and I-64, rebuilding the West Broad and I-64 intersection in Short Pump, and improving I-295 between I-64 and Nuckols Road. Construction is expected to begin in 2026. • Woodman Road – The project will widen Woodman to a four-lane divided roadway with a shared-use path and sidewalk between Hungary Road and Mountain Road. Construction is expected to begin in May 2028. https://henrico.us/projects/woodman-road-improvements/ https://www.henricocitizen.com/articles/henrico-obtains-69m-for-5-major-road-projects/

Sorry - I did forget that we got Nashville as a new destination on Southwest. I was thinking that was the case but I couldn’t determine in my mind if I just dreamed it! Ha! I’m getting old and losing my marbles, I guess. Norfolk may get more tourist and military travelers than RIC, but we get a good amount too (and getting even more as of late…also, we have Fort Lee/Gregg-Adams). Additionally, Richmond has a lot of business travelers (our “bread and butter”) due to all of our Fortune 1000 companies (and a growing list at that!). As for International routes…I’m just hoping that when the FIS completion is announced in a few weeks (or less), RIC will also announce new international destinations. So, maybe they’re just building up to this crescendo where the airport announces the official opening of the FIS and new international routes! According to the airport, they’ve been in talks with certain airlines for a while now. Surely, something has come from said talks…right? I haven’t heard anything new about the RIC-SEA route. I would assume that this will take a while to solidify…if it happens at all. Maybe the grant can be used to lure other airlines/destinations, such as airlines willing to fly internationally, if SEA falls through. IDK…. For any other possible nonstop destinations from RIC I’d like to see…I would like to see the following added to RIC’s list of nonstop destinations: - SEA - AUS - Would love to see SLC - STL - SAN would be nice, but I don’t know if possible - MCI would be nice too - Would be a dream to land an airline that just shuttles people from small markets to RIC…kind of like what Silver Airways does, but just brings people to Richmond from a bunch of small regional airport markets. I just think that would be cool. I would suppose that someone in Richmond would have to start such an airline though (probably not likely to happen), that is, if Silver doesn’t do it (however, they usually do a lot of exotic/tropical destinations…and that isn’t Richmond).

Yeah, ORF is gaining ground on RIC what with all their new routes announced in the past few months. RIC has seen no new routes this calendar year…until today - BWI. This is a route that Southwest already has at ORF. I really don’t like when the airlines do this - they serve one of the two airports for a while, if successful, they’ll announce the same route for the other airport…which keeps us on even ground. I like the competition - wish the industry would stop equalizing us! Speaking of the RIC-BWI route on Southwest, I would much more prefer we get RIC-LUV, but we’re desperate, so I’ll take BWI…even if just seasonal. Great find BTW, @blopp1234! Way to keep a keen eye on the industry! Let’s see what else we can find!

Norfolk International is growing pretty fast. Just yesterday, Breeze Airways announced their 17th destination from ORF - Phoenix. Here were ORF’s passenger numbers for February: