The 60-plus acres of the Diamond District are bordered by Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Hermitage Road, the interstate and the railroad tracks. (BizSense file images)
Less than two weeks remain before initial submissions are due for Richmond’s Diamond District redevelopment project, and interest from developers and other prospective firms is coming from across the country and beyond.
While it won’t be known which firms respond to the city’s solicitation for interest in the project, as such info isn’t expected to be released until later in the process, a list of attendees who took part in a pre-submission meeting last month shows which firms are eyeing the mixed-use project that would include a replacement of The Diamond baseball stadium.
Firms from as far as New York, San Francisco, Texas and Toronto were represented in the meeting, which was held virtually Jan. 13. Attendees’ names were viewable during the meeting, and a full list of the nearly 160 attendees and their respective organizations was provided afterward to those who participated.
An analysis by BizSense showed that just over half of the firms represented — ranging from developers, builders, architects and engineers to solar energy companies and entertainment venue operators — hail from outside the Richmond area, while the roughly 50 remaining firms are either headquartered here or have a local office.
Most of the out-of-town firms are either based or have offices in the D.C.-Maryland-Northern Virginia area or New York City, while others hail from different parts of Virginia or other states.
The area that makes up the Diamond District includes the namesake baseball stadium and nearby Sports Backers Stadium.
Four are headquartered in Canada, five in Atlanta, one in Washington state, and two each in California, Ohio, Missouri and Texas.
Another pair, Convergence Design and Populous, are from Kansas City and notably have each designed ballparks. Convergence designed Major League Baseball’s PNC Park in Pittsburgh and New Busch Stadium in St. Louis, while Populous’s ballparks include Truist Park in Atlanta, Citi Field in New York and the new Yankee Stadium.
Two Los Angeles-based firms are both entertainment venue operators with facilities in Richmond: ASM Global, which manages Dominion Energy Center and Altria Theater; and AEG Live, which manages The National. Another firm, Texas-based Machete Group, is a venue advisory and development management firm.
Out-of-town development firms included: Acquest Development, Crescent Communities, Community Housing Partners, Community Core Development, Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate, Evergreen Investment Company, Fuqua Development, Hoffman & Associates, Joss Realty Partners, Kettler, Level 2 Development, MAG Partners, Storied Partners, Urban Atlantic and Weller Development.
Out-of-town architects and design firms included: AtelierTek Architects, Ayers Saint Gross, Cooper Carry, David M. Schwarz Architects, DLR Group, Gensler, Hanbury, IBI Group, L. Paul Zajfen, Lessard Design, Moody Nolan, Rafael Vinoly Architects, TVS Architecture & Design and Woods Bagot.
Developers converged on the grounds of The Diamond for a pre-submission site visit last month.
Developers and builders based locally or with a Richmond office included several names familiar to the area, such as Barton Malow, Canterbury Enterprises, Capital Square, Catalyst Development Co., D.R. Horton, Freehold Communities, Gilbane Development Co., Hourigan, HHHunt, Markel | Eagle Partners, Rebkee, S.B. Ballard, Spy Rock Real Estate Group, Thalhimer Realty Partners and W. M. Jordan Co.
Design firms based locally or with a Richmond presence included: Baskervill, Glave and Holmes, HKS Architects, Hickok Cole, KEI Architects, Marvel Architects and Stantec. Engineering firms included Bohler, Burns & McDonnell, Draper Aden Associates, Dunbar, ECS Mid-Atlantic, Froehling & Robertson, Lynch Mykins, Timmons Group and VHB.
The virtual meeting preceded an on-site tour that was offered the following week, and responses to questions from the meeting and others that were submitted were posted on the city’s project webpage last week.
Responses to the solicitation are due Feb. 15, and a panel consisting of local officials will evaluate the responses and compile a shortlist of firms to be invited to submit proposals in April or May, with final selections to be made in the spring or summer.
The city plans to share the names of the short-listed respondents, but their submissions will not be shared until a contract is awarded, for negotiating purposes, project manager Maritza Pechin said.
The 60-plus acres of the Diamond District are bordered by Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Hermitage Road, the interstate and the railroad tracks. (BizSense file images)
Less than two weeks remain before initial submissions are due for Richmond’s Diamond District redevelopment project, and interest from developers and other prospective firms is coming from across the country and beyond.
While it won’t be known which firms respond to the city’s solicitation for interest in the project, as such info isn’t expected to be released until later in the process, a list of attendees who took part in a pre-submission meeting last month shows which firms are eyeing the mixed-use project that would include a replacement of The Diamond baseball stadium.
Firms from as far as New York, San Francisco, Texas and Toronto were represented in the meeting, which was held virtually Jan. 13. Attendees’ names were viewable during the meeting, and a full list of the nearly 160 attendees and their respective organizations was provided afterward to those who participated.
An analysis by BizSense showed that just over half of the firms represented — ranging from developers, builders, architects and engineers to solar energy companies and entertainment venue operators — hail from outside the Richmond area, while the roughly 50 remaining firms are either headquartered here or have a local office.
Most of the out-of-town firms are either based or have offices in the D.C.-Maryland-Northern Virginia area or New York City, while others hail from different parts of Virginia or other states.
The area that makes up the Diamond District includes the namesake baseball stadium and nearby Sports Backers Stadium.
Four are headquartered in Canada, five in Atlanta, one in Washington state, and two each in California, Ohio, Missouri and Texas.
Another pair, Convergence Design and Populous, are from Kansas City and notably have each designed ballparks. Convergence designed Major League Baseball’s PNC Park in Pittsburgh and New Busch Stadium in St. Louis, while Populous’s ballparks include Truist Park in Atlanta, Citi Field in New York and the new Yankee Stadium.
Two Los Angeles-based firms are both entertainment venue operators with facilities in Richmond: ASM Global, which manages Dominion Energy Center and Altria Theater; and AEG Live, which manages The National. Another firm, Texas-based Machete Group, is a venue advisory and development management firm.
Out-of-town development firms included: Acquest Development, Crescent Communities, Community Housing Partners, Community Core Development, Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate, Evergreen Investment Company, Fuqua Development, Hoffman & Associates, Joss Realty Partners, Kettler, Level 2 Development, MAG Partners, Storied Partners, Urban Atlantic and Weller Development.
Out-of-town architects and design firms included: AtelierTek Architects, Ayers Saint Gross, Cooper Carry, David M. Schwarz Architects, DLR Group, Gensler, Hanbury, IBI Group, L. Paul Zajfen, Lessard Design, Moody Nolan, Rafael Vinoly Architects, TVS Architecture & Design and Woods Bagot.
Developers converged on the grounds of The Diamond for a pre-submission site visit last month.
Developers and builders based locally or with a Richmond office included several names familiar to the area, such as Barton Malow, Canterbury Enterprises, Capital Square, Catalyst Development Co., D.R. Horton, Freehold Communities, Gilbane Development Co., Hourigan, HHHunt, Markel | Eagle Partners, Rebkee, S.B. Ballard, Spy Rock Real Estate Group, Thalhimer Realty Partners and W. M. Jordan Co.
Design firms based locally or with a Richmond presence included: Baskervill, Glave and Holmes, HKS Architects, Hickok Cole, KEI Architects, Marvel Architects and Stantec. Engineering firms included Bohler, Burns & McDonnell, Draper Aden Associates, Dunbar, ECS Mid-Atlantic, Froehling & Robertson, Lynch Mykins, Timmons Group and VHB.
The virtual meeting preceded an on-site tour that was offered the following week, and responses to questions from the meeting and others that were submitted were posted on the city’s project webpage last week.
Responses to the solicitation are due Feb. 15, and a panel consisting of local officials will evaluate the responses and compile a shortlist of firms to be invited to submit proposals in April or May, with final selections to be made in the spring or summer.
The city plans to share the names of the short-listed respondents, but their submissions will not be shared until a contract is awarded, for negotiating purposes, project manager Maritza Pechin said.