Richmonder23

Anyone know what's happening here? Always sad to see local business go. I'm curious what is meant to take this location. https://richmond.com/business/18-commercial-properties-along-two-blocks-of-sheppard-st-in-the-museum-district-sold-for/article_3be31231-5605-59ce-ad1d-ed05804d9dd5.html

Is this an attempt to punt the vote to the incoming City Council in the new year, without Kim Gray's interference? Or are they just giving up? Either way, I'm mad as hell and ready to send some strongly worded e-mails to these craven city council reps.

Well this is just a win-win situation right here (though I can't say that I'm particularly excited about a new stadium, but it would be nice to resolve the issue)

Excellent news! Hopefully this is only the start of new 10-20+ story towers on Broad.

Uh oh... what's going to happen to the Fan with all the extra shadow?? Will it wilt away forever?

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Some big news here: NC gets federal grant to buy corridor for Raleigh-Richmond high-speed rail. I wasn't aware that moves were being made already; looks like a big step as the funding for the state of NC has been secured to buy their portion of the rail-line. Looks like we're getting closer to high speed rail to both DC and Raleigh; exciting stuff! https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article245841010.html

I completely agree. As a transplant to Richmond myself, I've never understood why Richmond couldn't be another link in the chain of great East Coast / I-95 corridor cities - it's got the history, the arts, culture/cuisine, regional political importance- all the right ingredients to make it another great East Coast city like a Philadelphia, Boston, or heck even Baltimore. It's a nicer climate and less of a headache than the DC area- I genuinely don't see why it's a bigger attraction, other than the NIMBYs who were born and raised here, never want to break their "it's my small hometown" mentality, don't want any change, don't want to see the city grow (both in terms of population and vertically/density), don't want to give up our "Civil War identity" (and I don't mean utilizing our city's history in a dynamic and educational way, but rather being stuck in the mindset of old Confederate statues and generally backwards way of thinking that's off-putting to other regions of the country), and a fairly incompetent city government that's shot itself in the foot over and over for the last 50+ years. I do agree that there's a certain level of inertia we need. Once enough people move into the city's boundaries, and a critical mass is hit, the ball will start moving that hopefully will take Richmond to a next-great-city level. Maybe the next Austin, who knows. Or, we just need to change the rules to start annexing the 'burbs to get that tax revenue and go from there

Excellent news. I'll always complain and say it should be taller, but hey, it's been relatively pretty slow in terms of development news the last few weeks and I'll take what I can get!

Well they got me, haha! I fixed the name in my original post

https://richmondbizsense.com/2020/08/11/boulders-lakeside-apartments-developer-files-for-214-more-units/ Looks like more apartments in the works at Boulders Office Park

Looks like a few moves are being made down by the river - for both New Market and CoStar https://richmondbizsense.com/2020/08/10/newmarket-files-rezoning-application-for-tredegar-iron-works-site/

there shouldn't be any surface parking lots sitting on Broad. that should be goal #1

Some pictures from the ground level of the VCU Outpatient building and the Children's hospital.

honestly something like this is so unique that I could see this being a massive tourism draw from people across the nation and even world, if it's done right. I prefer the Baskerville National Slavery Museum design but I have to trust that they will make the right decisions