[DC and Baltimore Area Mass Transit/Transportation]

Yeah, I am not familiar with it myself. If no one responds maybe later I can research it and post my findings.

It connects with Metro at Union Station, along with MARC and Amtrak.

[Richmond Developments]

What I'd really like to see somewhere, though I don't know where, would be a pedestrian area with this type of development. It would definitely have a European feel. When I'm in the Welsh Capital, Cardiff, I love going to their pedestrian district.

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I feel the same way... It would've been cool if Stony Point was "put downtown" per se. But, I feel that Manchester would probably be the best place to put any type of development that you talk about. There's lots of potential in that area that's yet to be realized and there is a lot of space available that still could be developed.

[Richmond Developments]

My dad had dinner with someone last night that said a NY development firm is planning a major project in manchester....To my knowledge it hasn't been announced. Does anyone know anything about this?

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Man, I wish I didn't know about this. It's making me itch to know more now LOL.

[Centennial Tower]

Here's another article on Wilder's support of the CT

So true:

"Wilder scoffed at the notion that the Convention Center and the Performing Arts Center would develop Downtown Richmond by themselves, as some had previously suggested. 'It doesn't work that way," he said. "You have to have the incremental approaches.'"

Convention Center is soooo dead. I hope it pays off someday.

Gotta laugh just a little... "We have seen a city transform from a transient city to a destination city," ... the article states Staats as saying. I wouldn't go as far as calling it a destination city just yet, just getting there..

[Centennial Tower]

Article from Richmond.com about Centennial Towers

The market report should be finished by August. Every aspect of the project will be handled by companies with Richmond offices. Construction start in 2007 is because it will take 14-20 months to get all the paperwork and design done for the building. Man I hope this market report comes back strong! It will be close to a lot of renovated buildings that have condos/apartments (such as the John Marshall).

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It should come back strong! On Yahoo News, Richmond was mentioned alongside SAN FRANCISCO and ATLANTA for having STRONG housing activity :-). It's nice to have some national recognition sometimes. Heh. Link:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050727/ap_on_..._fi/fed_economy

[Richmond Developments]

Thanks for the welcome! I was born and raised in the Richmond area... first in east end Henrico near the city, now in Mechanicsville.

[Richmond Developments]

Rus, it would be nice to have a big tower downtown, bit I like Richmond's skyline.  It's dense and in scale.

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I agree. Bigger doesn't always necessarily mean better anyway. Look at some of the biggest cities in the world such as London, Paris, or DC. Their cities don't thrive on monster-sized high-rises.

Also, between HR and Richmond, I don't think that either will significantly surpass the other. I think development is happening at a pretty equal pace in both cities.