Richmond Developments

[Brent114]

While not awesome, 12 would be a new tallest between 95 and  Newport News (little victories). 

[eandslee]

Okay guys, help me out here...I was looking at the General Assembly Building construction webcam a few minutes ago and saw a crane in the background that appears to be behind City Hall (reference photo below). What is this for?  Seems too early for a tower crane to go up for the new VCU Adult Outpatient Tower, right?  What else could be over there in that area?

 

[Brent114]

They are doing something to the roof of city hall (or maybe the children’s hospital?). 

I saw the pieces on the street  Friday night and was really confused..

[Shakman]

While in town on Saturday, this crane was towering over City Hall.    

[Ward Wood]

Noob question, but where is the webcam for the General Assembly project/ other projects? I do have the new dominion cam bookmarked 

[eandslee]

9 hours ago, Ward Wood said:

Noob question, but where is the webcam for the General Assembly project/ other projects? I do have the new dominion cam bookmarked 

Not a noob question at all:

GAB: http://virginiageneralassembly.gov/GABwebcam.html

VCU Gladding: https://app.oxblue.com/open/ACC/VCW

Reynolds South: http://www.workzonecam.com/projects/purcell/reynoldssouth/workzonecam

ICA and others: https://ramcam.vcu.edu/

James River, Airport, Diamond, Petersburg: http://wtvr.com/weather/skytracker-cameras/

Edited May 29, 2018 by eandslee

[RiverYuppy]

Great news!  Virginia ABC gets OK to move on HQ deal.

[eandslee]

9 hours ago, RiverYuppy said:

Great news!  Virginia ABC gets OK to move on HQ deal.

Yes, but it will still be another several years before a new baseball park can be built.  It isn't going to happen overnight nor soon...unfortunately. 

Edited June 5, 2018 by eandslee

[cbl1]

Probably clears the way for Squirrels and VCU to announce the new stadium plans - now that they have the approval pretty much for the land to be cleared.  But sounds like new stadium would be 2022 opening.

 

 

Edited June 5, 2018 by cbl1

[wrldcoupe4]

Whole Foods is coming along nicely!

[jbjust]

Yes, I noticed it last week.  I'm very happy it's not facing the street.

[Shakman]

I hope that parking lot is just temporary.  

Edited June 10, 2018 by Shakman

[jbjust]

On 6/10/2018 at 2:21 AM, Shakman said:

I hope that parking lot is just temporary.  

Yeah, I promise you that will be here forever, unless replaced by a parking garage.  A grocery store without a parking lot is not a viable enterprise. 

[Shakman]

All over the DC area, there are high density residential developments with grocery on the ground floor.  One of those many projects has a Whole Foods on the ground floor.  It's along H St NW.

[RVA-Is-The-Best]

Given how many of the lots nearby fronting Broad St are being proposed for 5 or so story buildings, and Sauer Center includes a parking garage in it's eventual site plan, I'm sure the parking lot will go away....just ...not in the next 5 or so years, or until the next phases of Sauer Center are completed.

[wrldcoupe4]

That parking lot isn’t going anywhere. Richmond isn’t DC. 

[jbjust]

17 hours ago, Shakman said:

All over the DC area, there are high density residential developments with grocery on the ground floor.  One of those many projects has a Whole Foods on the ground floor.  It's along H St NW.

Believe it or not, that Whole Foods does most of its business from the lunchtime business crowd, from people picking up groceries to take home, from poor schmucks who are buying dinner to eat at their desks, and the local GW students who live in the surrounding blocks.  

[Shakman]

Forgot about that one.  The one I was referencing is on H St NW; northeast of Union Station.

 

Edited June 13, 2018 by Shakman

[jbjust]

4 hours ago, Shakman said:

Forgot about that one.  The one I was referencing is on H St NW; northeast of Union Station.

 

That's Northeast.  The one I referred to is on I Street NW.

[Shakman]

That's right.  Sorry about that.

[Downtowner]

A guy I grew up with and went to high school  with is doing this project. He has his own development company called CW Performance Group. His dad is the owner of saxon shoes. I know the family very well from going to school with them and playing soccer with his son Corey who is doing this development and owns CW Performance Group. 

http://www.richmond.com/business/local/plans-call-for-a-former-car-wash-lot-on-brookland/article_3dbabe5e-5abb-54dc-8bbe-96beb7337a50.html

[wrldcoupe4]

I know the Shockoe bottom ballpark ship has sailed, but it is interesting that Odell has a rendering of the mixed use project in the north side of Broad that was updated to replace the hotel portion with a building with the VCU logo. 

https://www.odell.com/portfolio/the-pavilion-residential-community/?portfolioCats=87

[eandslee]

Man, I wish this project would have come to fruition - that ballpark looks awesome and the surrounding buildings look sweet!  I can’t believe that instead of this, we have nothing but an eyesore of parking lots and trashy empty blocks.  Frustrating.  

Not sure what to make of the VCU building in that rendering except that maybe, at one time, VCU had considered occupying one of the proposed buildings.  I would love for this idea to be resurrected - man, what an opportunity missed!

[eandslee]

Okay folks, Richmond needs to get serious about this...we are the Capital City of Virginia and we do not have the state's tallest building and it's going to get tougher to build the tallest when a developer in Tyson's Corner builds The View at Tyson's Corner.  Here is a peek at the proposed rendering:

Now, this 48-story tower (615 feet) is not to be taken up by one giant corporation.  No, it will be a mixed use building that will consist of 61% residential space, only 19% office space, 14% hotel, and 5% retail and services space.  In my opinion, this sort of project is totally doable in Richmond (albeit a better looking tower - this one is bland).  An article just came out in the RTD that said that Richmond is lacking Class A space and that there was a new focus on recruiting middle office users.  Also, there is still a high demand for market-rate housing in the city and I'm sure it would not be that hard to find a hotel to take up some space as well.  What do you think...could this work in Richmond?  Share your thoughts.

Edited June 25, 2018 by eandslee

[RVAbigdawg]

That would be quite a sight!