Fulton / Rockett's Landing

[Cadeho]

The city marina? Where exactly? At Nicholson and Main or closer to the river?

[Shakman]

The city marina? Where exactly? At Nicholson and Main or closer to the river?

The city marina will be next to the Lehigh silos as ones travels on eastbound Rt 5.

Edited December 7, 2007 by Shakman

[burt]

The city marina will be next to the Lehigh silos as ones travels on eastbound Rt 5.

To be more precise, won't the marina be built where the Eagle and (formerly) The Anabel Lee dock? And won't Rocketts highrise be close to the location Cam mentions?

[wrldcoupe4]

The condo tower will be built at the southeast corner of Main and Nicholson. (east of main, south of nicholson)

Edited December 7, 2007 by wrldcoupe4

[Cadeho]

Let's start now!

[burt]

The condo tower will be built at the southeast corner of Main and Nicholson. (east of main, south of nicholson)

And Ryan says it will top out at 150 feet.

[wrldcoupe4]

It should be 13 stories as well

[Downtowner]

wow I cant wait to see this thing start to rise. Should be fun to watch.

[Icetera]

What he said was that they were PLANNING for a bridge across the river. Plus im sure that they realize that it has to be 100+ Feet above the water. So keyword PLANNING this not anything we have heard yet.

A bridge would look horrible there in relation to the Rockett's developement, unless it was low (which it would not be). Perhaps some short of lower drawbridge could be used. Either way, a bridge would fill in a large gapped area for river crossings, which would generate a lot of traffic between East End and Blackwell, straight through Rockett's developement. Nothing about this sounds advantagous to Rockett's tenants.

[burt]

I will go on record, ice, and bet my quarter that no one will see a bridge across the James at Rocketts Landing in our lifetimes. (Of course, I'll be long gone before all of you, so if I lose, you'll have to sue my estate for the payout . )

[burt]

InRich tells us today that the first of 41 new townhouses at Rocketts Landing will be ready next summer:

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news/busines...12-16-0119.html

[TBurban]

Another rendering was released with the latest Captain's Blog..

[TBurban]

Commercial space rendering:

[burt]

Thanks for all this info on Rocketts landing, Tommy. Just talked to my friends who will spend their first night at Fall Line tomorrow. Another friend has purchased a large unit in the Skyline and moves in during January or February.

I loved the story in the blog about the Parade of Ships and the party in the heated tent. Also the info about concrete floors being laid in the Power Plant in preparation for restaurants.

[Downtowner]

Tommy that rendering is showing me a big red x of the Comercial space rendering.

Edited December 22, 2007 by Downtowner

[burt]

Wouldn't the Miss Ann look neat tied up at Rocketts Landing, or the new City Marina, or at Echo Harbour?

From today's in Rich:

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-co...12-22-0135.html

[Downtowner]

Looks like the Skyline Condo Building is now completed as it says in the below link to the article. It mentions that all but one penthouse is sold in Skyline. Looks like 210 Rock is the last big condo building to be completed untill the next phase begins of rocketts landing.

http://www.rockettsvillage.com/blog.asp?date=1/2/2008

[TBurban]

Were these pillars always there?

[Downtowner]

Tommy I saw that too and I was really wondering about those. Can anyone tell us whats up with those pillars?

[burt]

Were these pillars always there?

Yes. They have been there since the port area of Rocketts was established. Abraham Lincoln may have docked there on his post-war visit to Richmond. Wharfs lined the James from at least this point all the way upstream to the Great Ship lock in Richmond's seafaring days.

[Icetera]

Has anyone checked Rockett's recently? I need to swing down there and take a look and maybe learn how to use my new camera (I will miss my 15 year old Polariod).

[nhughes]

Has anyone checked Rockett's recently? I need to swing down there and take a look and maybe learn how to use my new camera (I will miss my 15 year old Polariod).

I was down there last Thursday. The commercial side is taking a little longer to get started than expected, but there has been significant progress overall. I believe there are 3 or 4 condo buildings already in use, along with at least one parking deck.

Not a lot of info for you, but there it is.

[wrldcoupe4]

It appears that work has stalled for the past couple months on some of the rowhouses....

[Downtowner]

Wow that isnt good. Wonder whats wrong? I hope the economy and the housing market didnt have anything to do with this. If so then I really hate these times. Nothing new has been proposed this year and then this happens.

[TBurban]

It appears that work has stalled for the past couple months on some of the rowhouses....

When I drove by Saturday night there were a couple workers working on the homes adjacent to the Cedar Works building. Not sure about the other rowhouse sites though.