The Fan / Museum District

[whw53]

@rjp212i wonder if we were at the same show, that was the first time i had been into that spot. i had thought it was an escape room or something..

Edited October 3, 2023 by whw53

[Icetera]

22 hours ago, whw53 said:

@rjp212i wonder if we were at the same show, that was the first time i had been into that spot. i had thought it was an escape room or something..

The experience is not very clear from the website when signing up, but the art experience is kind of interesting.  Love the Blues nights there.

[rjp212]

The Wellness Center at the corner of Grove and N Thompson is on the market.  Would make for a great redevelopment opportunity, especially with the upcoming redevelopment of Assisted Living compex across the street.

Edited October 11, 2023 by rjp212

[I miss RVA]

@RVABizSenseMikehas a good roundup in this morning's RBS of the redevelopment of the former Dominion parcels on Grayland Avenue on/near the southern portion of the old GRTC bus barn. 

From today's Richmond BizSense:

https://richmondbizsense.com/2023/11/06/developers-pay-15m-for-5-acre-dominion-complex-in-the-fan/

[rjp212]

Building Permits have been filed for 3600 Grove Ave.

[I miss RVA]

2 hours ago, rjp212 said:

Building Permits have been filed for 3600 Grove Ave.

YESSSS!!! It looked like it was going to be a fight to get this approved given the NIMBY pushback - but thankfully it sailed through with no problems. Glad to see some actual movement starting to happen on this one. Can't wait for construction to start.

VERY good news indeed.

[ancientcarpenter]

Good news: the site for the "two dozen townhomes..." is being worked on! The only thing that one would recognize here would be the fence that's been up for years; everything else is new! 

 

Always love new development when "for sale" housing is in the picture. This will be a strong asset to the fan and RVA housing market!

 

 

[I miss RVA]

48 minutes ago, ancientcarpenter said:

Good news: the site for the "two dozen townhomes..." is being worked on! The only thing that one would recognize here would be the fence that's been up for years; everything else is new! 

 

Always love new development when "for sale" housing is in the picture. This will be a strong asset to the fan and RVA housing market!

 

 

Where specifically is this being developed?

[ancientcarpenter]

18 hours ago, I miss RVA said:

Where specifically is this being developed?

bottom blue triangle.

Right across the pedestrian bridge from Byrd Park to Fan. Half block south from Lamplighter.

[Flood Zone]

2 minutes ago, ancientcarpenter said:

Right across the pedestrian bridge from Byrd Park to Fan. Half block south from Lamplighter.

We used to run by there on weekend mornings (before kids). VERY fascinating collection of trash at the base of that pedestrian bridge, as I recall. 

[Brent114]

I’m happy to see this taking off.  
It should be pretty visible from the expressway making that stretch look more updated.  
 

I’m always happy to see stuff that is actually visible (can one see things that aren’t visible lol) from the highways.  There’re some new houses/condos south of the expressway that are creating a bit of a canyon feel through here. 

Edited November 29, 2023 by Brent114

[ancientcarpenter]

On 11/29/2023 at 9:14 AM, Flood Zone said:

We used to run by there on weekend mornings (before kids). VERY fascinating collection of trash at the base of that pedestrian bridge, as I recall. 

Ugh, a few apartments and all the houses store their trashcans there. I think sometimes houses from further away use it as dumping ground for when renters are moving out. It always gets cleaned out eventually but not until the wind picks up some of it. 

You'll be happy to hear that there is also now a mini lake there where the alley meets the street. It becomes an ice rink after rain and freezing temp! Hopefully they fix that drainage with the new construction happening.

I go by it every day multiple times as I run with my kid and dog and the daycare is in the fan. Love that bridge - it's so RVA in the truest classical sense. 

[I miss RVA]

WRIC-TV8 News is reporting that Richmond's dining scene is about enjoy a blast from the past - a new tea room!

The Pauley Center Parlor at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will be the home of Floris at VMFA. While it's not downtown, this harkens back to an earlier era enjoyed by our parents' and grandparents' generation when downtown was graced with two wonderful tea rooms - Morton's at 20 W. Franklin and the Miller & Rhoads Tea Room - on the 5th floor of M&R's flagship store on Broad Street. Sadly - these long-standing downtown tea rooms closed in 1991 and 1990 respectively.

I soooooooo love resurrecting the tea room concept. It's one of those cool things that is so "VERY Richmond".

Floris at VMFA is scheduled to open on December 10th.

From WRIC-TV8 News:

https://www.wric.com/news/local-news/richmond/virginia-museum-of-fine-arts-introduces-new-richmond-tearoom-floris/

Edited December 4, 2023 by I miss RVA

[Brent114]

Thanks for posting an article with some photos.

I read the headlines and just assumed it was in the subterranean area by the African collection.    There was a tea room there when I was a kid/young adult. 
 

I love that the public has a reason to go into the Home for Confederate Widows.   I’ve been curious to see inside of there for decades!   I like that it will create a bit of traffic between the two buildings too.   Not to state the obvious but connectivity makes pubic spaces work so much better. 

[I miss RVA]

Axios Richmond is reporting today that work is underway on converting the former Shenandoah apartment building into the boutique hotel, per plans we've known about for quite some time. NYC-based hotelier Ash is behind the redevelopment and plans to open the new hotel - to be called Shenandoah Mansions - next fall.

Exciting to see this development come to the Fan. Looking forward to having a cool, chic hotel right there along Monument Avenue.

From today's Axios Richmond:

https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2023/12/05/richmond-fan-districts-first-hotel

 

Edited December 5, 2023 by I miss RVA

[I miss RVA]

On 11/27/2023 at 7:22 PM, rjp212 said:

Building Permits have been filed for 3600 Grove Ave.

UPDATE:

@RVABizSenseMikehas reporting in today's RBS that Flournoy Development has closed on the property and ponied up a whopping $10M for the site. The sale was completed on November 30. This -- combined with their having filed applications for building permits -- seems to indicate that, as they used to say on the Apollo moon missions, "all systems are GO!"  Man-oh-man - I can't wait to see this bad boy get under way!

Wonder if we'll see a boom crane pop up over the Museum District with this project?  

https://richmondbizsense.com/2023/12/12/developer-pays-10m-for-apartment-project-site-on-grove-ave/

[rjp212]

On 11/28/2023 at 2:10 PM, ancientcarpenter said:

Good news: the site for the "two dozen townhomes..." is being worked on! The only thing that one would recognize here would be the fence that's been up for years; everything else is new! 

 

Always love new development when "for sale" housing is in the picture. This will be a strong asset to the fan and RVA housing market!

 

 

I’m surprised with how quickly these townhomes are going up.  Didn’t get to take a pic from the expressway but the first floor is already up. 

[I miss RVA]

1 hour ago, rjp212 said:

I’m surprised with how quickly these townhomes are going up.  Didn’t get to take a pic from the expressway but the first floor is already up. 

Any chance we could get a few ?

[rjp212]

On 11/27/2023 at 8:22 PM, rjp212 said:

Building Permits have been filed for 3600 Grove Ave.

Demo has begun. I meant to swing back around to take a picture but half the building is already down. 

[I miss RVA]

5 hours ago, rjp212 said:

Demo has begun. I meant to swing back around to take a picture but half the building is already down. 

Fantastic! Looks like this project is really rolling forward.

[ancientcarpenter]

FYI this is the 24 condo development in the Fan...might as well be considered Byrd Park if it wasn't for the highway - right off the pedestrian bridge. 

From the Byrd Park side of the highway, the condos are coming up nicely through the freshly cut/trimmed highway trees.

Great use of the land. 

https://richmondbizsense.com/2022/12/19/two-dozen-townhomes-planned-for-dominion-owned-site-near-the-fan/

Speaking of the parking lot area, I drove by the adjacent (formerly owned by Dominion) lots where they demo'd old dominion offices and I see stacks of 2x4s sitting. Can anyone dig up and see if this fell under our radar - it's right off of Robinson across from the Casque bar. Maybe they're just using it for storage for another project?

 

https://richmondbizsense.com/2023/11/06/developers-pay-15m-for-5-acre-dominion-complex-in-the-fan/

[I miss RVA]

1 hour ago, ancientcarpenter said:

FYI this is the 24 condo development in the Fan...might as well be considered Byrd Park if it wasn't for the highway - right off the pedestrian bridge. 

From the Byrd Park side of the highway, the condos are coming up nicely through the freshly cut/trimmed highway trees.

Great use of the land. 

https://richmondbizsense.com/2022/12/19/two-dozen-townhomes-planned-for-dominion-owned-site-near-the-fan/

Speaking of the parking lot area, I drove by the adjacent (formerly owned by Dominion) lots where they demo'd old dominion offices and I see stacks of 2x4s sitting. Can anyone dig up and see if this fell under our radar - it's right off of Robinson across from the Casque bar. Maybe they're just using it for storage for another project?

 

https://richmondbizsense.com/2023/11/06/developers-pay-15m-for-5-acre-dominion-complex-in-the-fan/

Looking good! Glad to see things up and running on this development.

Oh - and you know the drill. Mazal Tov!

[I miss RVA]

On 1/28/2024 at 5:26 PM, rjp212 said:

Demo has begun. I meant to swing back around to take a picture but half the building is already down. 

FOLLOW UP:

@RVABizSenseMike has reporting in today's RBS about demo work underway at the site at 3600 Grove Avenue. ALSO - Mike is reporting that, as we had surmised, site work is underway on Arthur Ashe Boulevard for the Outlier development. Good to see both of these projects moving forward. I'm guessing we'll see two new cranes popping up in the relatively near future (hopefully!).

(Photos courtesy of @RVABizSenseMike and RBS.) NOTE -- VERY cool to see construction equipment on the site of the Outlier within camera-shot of the crane at the Ace site just up the street. It would be SO neat to see two big cranes on Arthur Ashe a block apart at the same time. Wonder if this will get a boom crane or one of the smaller red/crawler-type cranes (or something similar to what was used at the Novel site)?

From today's Richmond BizSense:

https://richmondbizsense.com/2024/02/13/project-snapshot-work-begins-on-grove-ave-apartments-cohousing-project-on-arthur-ashe-blvd/

 

[ancientcarpenter]

250 units in the museum district is significant. My only wish would have been more density (of course) but this number is nothing to cry about that's for sure!

[I miss RVA]

17 minutes ago, ancientcarpenter said:

250 units in the museum district is significant. My only wish would have been more density (of course) but this number is nothing to cry about that's for sure!

     !!!