A growing private school’s students no longer have to eat lunch in the chapel thanks to an 18,000-square-foot, two-story wing that was recently completed.
Mechanicsville private school marks completion of $6M expansion project
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VCU board clears up committees’ real estate, construction duties in wake of failed development deal
In the wake of VCU Health’s controversial exit from a failed downtown redevelopment project, the university has clarified real estate and construction responsibilities of its own governing board’s committees. The VCU Board of Visitors last week approved updated language to the charters of its administration and finance committees, both of which serve to review and… Read more »
Project Snapshot: Restoration propping up once-sagging VUU building
Construction has ramped up in recent months on the stone structure that’s planned to become an art gallery and museum for Virginia Union University.
Saint Gertrude preparing to open new $40M school in Goochland
After moving out of the city in 2020, Saint Gertrude High School students finally have a school of their own.
Construction to start on $95M, three-story middle school near Moseley
A groundbreaking ceremony planned for Aug. 9 will mark the start of construction on what’s tentatively referred to as the West Area Middle School in Chesterfield’s Upper Magnolia Green area.
University of Richmond underway on $25M library upgrades
The project includes a new atrium with a multiuse seating area and more study spaces for students. Construction started in the spring and comes as the latest in a sequence of projects at the Boatwright Memorial Library.
VCU board approves $1.5B FY23-24 spending plan, discusses failed real estate deal
The university’s Board of Visitors approved a $1.5 billion budget on Wednesday, as it expects that dozens of jobs will be affected by its efforts to balance the budget amid increased costs and an unclear outlook on state funding.
VCU plans $70M renovation of shuttered Johnson Hall dorm
The 12-story freshman dorm at 801 W. Franklin St. has been closed since November 2021, when high levels of mold spores were detected in the building. It displaced more than 400 students.
‘Why is there a cover-up?’ Wilder responds to VCU Health payout report, repeats call for state investigation
The VCU professor and former Virginia governor discussed the report’s findings in a series of interviews with BizSense: “What it amounts to is the Board of Visitors has not done its job, the president has not done his job…and the people of Virginia are being ill-served,” he said.
Review finds ‘insufficient due diligence, institutional eagerness’ as flaws in VCU Health’s downtown development deal
The third-party review represents the first accounting of the aborted Public Safety Building project that has ended up costing the health system at least $80 million, including a $73 million project-exit payment.