Your Perception of Richmond- SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE ?

[whw53]

Ha @wrldcoupe4 were you being sarcastic then?

12 hours ago, wrldcoupe4 said:

Yep CoStar occupied an existing building, not sure what this guy is talking about. 

Is this the news you've been waiting to drop for us that you hinted at in the Manchester thread?!

[eandslee]

6 minutes ago, whw53 said:

Ha @wrldcoupe4 were you being sarcastic then?

Is this the news you've been waiting to drop for us that you hinted at in the Manchester thread?!

Ha!  I doubt they are going to Manchester - not after they dropped $20M on their land at Foundry Park.  Plus, they have plenty of space there to build...almost too much space to build something tall...unless they incorporate some green space (like a small park) as part of their development plan.  That could be very cool!

[ancientcarpenter]

51 minutes ago, wrldcoupe4 said:

Well they dropped $20M on the land adjacent to the current building. They have planned a massive project, but it hasn't been publicly shared yet.

I have a very small scoop: they are going to start on it next year. Now, what does that mean exactly? Renderings? Breaking ground? etc. 

At a minimum, it seems like we will hear breaking news coming 2022. 

Edited December 2, 2021 by ancientcarpenter

[eandslee]

1 hour ago, ancientcarpenter said:

I have a very small scoop: they are going to start on it next year. Now, what does that mean exactly? Renderings? Breaking ground? etc. 

At a minimum, it seems like we will hear breaking news coming 2022. 

Thanks for your scoop!

Heard designs would be done by the end of this year (2021), but that was way back in January when I heard that.  Maybe they'll release renderings this month...you know...give us a Christmas gift!

[I miss RVA]

3 hours ago, HopHead said:

Hey RVA folks... Hope all is well. Just my two cents: Pay attention to what The Real Clayton says... He's a very well informed and connected poster in the Charlotte area (and just development stuff in general on the east coast). He used to go by a different name on UP and is usually pretty spot on. Don't shoot the messenger if it doesn't happen, LOL...  but definitely something I would keep an eye on in 2022 knowing where this info is coming from. 

Thanks so much for the heads-up! Much appreciated! This is good to know that The Real Clayton has his ear to the ground and knows whereof he speaks on these things. Thanks for adding some clarity to all of this!

[CLT Development]

On 12/1/2021 at 9:19 PM, wrldcoupe4 said:

You must mean in the coming decade. 

Told yall so :-) 

[Downtowner]

10 minutes ago, The Real Clayton said:

Told yall so :-) 

Man thank you thank you. Can’t tell you how appreciative we are of you guys down in Charlotte. It’s be n decades among decades since we have had a new tallest of any kind. I’m thankful for you guys letting us know as I would imagine all of us kept it quiet that did know here to some degree locally. We are very excited for this project. It’s going to be a history making project for Richmond. I think it will lead to a new huge spur of development on top of this. I’ve seen some cities once you hit the 500 foot mark for buildings some metros tend to boom big time at that point. Austin TX I’m looking at you. While I would love to have the development Austin has I just want it to be a little bit slower pace. I remember when Austin didn’t even have anything that was barely 400, feet tall. 

[eandslee]

15 minutes ago, The Real Clayton said:

Told yall so :-) 

@The Real Clayton - you were spot-on brother!  I admit, I had my doubts about it being the state's new tallest, but this one makes the mark by 2 feet!  Can't thank you enough for the heads up!  I will never doubt again!

Edited December 17, 2021 by eandslee

[whw53]

I still think the original props go to one of our own -  @Hike for breaking this first. Charlotte gave us the confirmation.

[I miss RVA]

59 minutes ago, The Real Clayton said:

Told yall so :-) 

Yes, indeed you did! I'm nominating you for Scoop of the Year! You hit the walkoff World Series winning-grand slam with this one! 

45 minutes ago, Downtowner said:

Man thank you thank you. Can’t tell you how appreciative we are of you guys down in Charlotte. It’s be n decades among decades since we have had a new tallest of any kind. I’m thankful for you guys letting us know as I would imagine all of us kept it quiet that did know here to some degree locally. We are very excited for this project. It’s going to be a history making project for Richmond. I think it will lead to a new huge spur of development on top of this. I’ve seen some cities once you hit the 500 foot mark for buildings some metros tend to boom big time at that point. Austin TX I’m looking at you. While I would love to have the development Austin has I just want it to be a little bit slower pace. I remember when Austin didn’t even have anything that was barely 400, feet tall. 

I agree with you with only ONE small exception - "a little slower pace" ...

No, no, no, no and NO!!  Let's go at WARP speed!! Both feet firmly on the gas pedal -- push that bad boy to the metal and light the afterburners. We've gone far too slow for far too long. Think of it this way - we're in the short chute between turns three and four at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on the white flag lap of the Indianapolis 500 and we have a CHANCE to win the race -- but there are other cars that MAYBE we could pass - or that MAYBE could pass us.

Coming out of turn four with the checkered flag ahead - should we back our foot off the throttle - just a bit - or do we give this EVERYTHING we've got?

That, my friend, MUST be RVA's mindset. LIGHT THE AFTERBURNERS. NO LOOKING BACK!!

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Edited December 17, 2021 by I miss RVA

[Hike]

4 hours ago, whw53 said:

I still think the original props go to one of our own -  @Hike for breaking this first. Charlotte gave us the confirmation.

Thanks!  I believe I was just lucky that day in all honesty. I've looked almost everyday since then hoping to find some other tidbit but found nothing.  Was even trying code names or abbreviations believing it was out there and just not under their name. Glad it's announced and excited for this project, hoping it starts soon.  It's truly a great time to be in RVA, well, it's always a good time. Yesterday,  I visited some family that live outside of the city,  drove home just as the sun was setting, crossed the James River on 522, beautiful, turned onto Patterson, heading east toward the city, river to my right, Goochland county, beautiful rolling hills right outside the city, streams of white headlights heading west, streams of red tail lights in front of me, 2 airplanes lined up, dropping down, heading east,  coming home,  just like me, my windows were down some, orange sky,  this is truly a great place.