A rendering of townhomes planned for the proposed Rockwood Grove residential development in Chesterfield. (Images courtesy StyleCraft Homes)
Looking to help kickstart the county’s long-term plan to redevelop aging retail centers at Hull Street and Courthouse roads, a local homebuilder is eyeing a few hundred new residential units for the area around Chesterfield’s Rockwood Park.
StyleCraft Homes is planning a residential development of up to 420 units that would rise on a 35-acre site next to Oxbridge Square Shopping Center near the park.
The homebuilder is seeking zoning approval for the project, and hopes to bring its proposal before the Chesterfield Planning Commission this summer, said Clarke Argenbright, land acquisition manager for StyleCraft.
The commission would vote on whether to recommend approval of the proposal, and the Board of Supervisors would render a final decision at a later date.
StyleCraft hopes to break ground on the project in 2024.
The development site, which StyleCraft has under contract, consists of four parcels at 9801 Oxbridge Place, 9725 Hull Street Road, 9727 Hull Street Road and 9701 Hull Street Road. The land is largely undeveloped save for a single-family house on one parcel.
The project is expected to cost about $80 million, which includes construction costs and land acquisition, Argenbright said.
Dubbed Rockwood Grove, the development is planned to feature up to 240 apartments built along Hull Street Road as well as up to 180 for-sale townhomes farther back on the property. Argenbright said that while StyleCraft is seeking permission for those maximums, the final tally of units likely would come in slightly under the ask.
StyleCraft plans to build an east-west road that would link Oxbridge Road and Lynchester Drive by way of an extension of Paulett Road as a proffered condition of the project. Also among the proffers would be an 8-foot-wide, asphalt shared-use pedestrian path along the rear of the project site that would run between Oxbridge and Sheringham roads.
Rockwood Grove would feature townhomes and apartments on a 35-acre project site near Rockwood Park in Chesterfield.
The development is planned for inside the Rockwood Special Focus Area, a land-use plan adopted in 2021 by the Board of Supervisors to guide the redevelopment of the aging retail centers at Hull Street and Courthouse roads and the surrounding area.
The plan charts out a 50-year shift toward mixed-use redevelopment of the shopping centers and the creation of high-density residential development in the northwest and eastern portions of the area. Also encouraged by the plan is more pedestrian access and additional roads to better connect the area.
“Hopefully with the new rooftops and the walkability, that will restore some of the blighted commercial next door and encourage some redevelopment or new tenants,” Argenbright said.
The county’s plan helped motivate StyleCraft’s interest in its project, which would be built in the eastern portion of the plan’s zone, Argenbright said.
“Chesterfield County has been growing rapidly for the last 15, 20 years, so anytime we can take on projects that are being advocated for by any county or local municipality, we think it’s a good opportunity for both,” he said.
StyleCraft held a community meeting Wednesday to discuss Rockwood Grove. Argenbright said the meeting was well attended by area residents. The company plans to hold a second community meeting before the Planning Commission hearing but a date and location hasn’t been set.
Argenbright likened Rockwood Grove and its part in the reimagining of that part of Chesterfield to StyleCraft’s participation in the Springdale Park project on the site of the former Henrico Plaza Shopping Center. He said people are expected to start moving in June into those townhomes StyleCraft is building.
StyleCraft is at least the second developer to set in motion plans in the Rockwood area since Chesterfield adopted its land-use plan for the area. Reston-based Stanley Martin Homes is planning a residential development of its own nearby.
A rendering of townhomes planned for the proposed Rockwood Grove residential development in Chesterfield. (Images courtesy StyleCraft Homes)
Looking to help kickstart the county’s long-term plan to redevelop aging retail centers at Hull Street and Courthouse roads, a local homebuilder is eyeing a few hundred new residential units for the area around Chesterfield’s Rockwood Park.
StyleCraft Homes is planning a residential development of up to 420 units that would rise on a 35-acre site next to Oxbridge Square Shopping Center near the park.
The homebuilder is seeking zoning approval for the project, and hopes to bring its proposal before the Chesterfield Planning Commission this summer, said Clarke Argenbright, land acquisition manager for StyleCraft.
The commission would vote on whether to recommend approval of the proposal, and the Board of Supervisors would render a final decision at a later date.
StyleCraft hopes to break ground on the project in 2024.
The development site, which StyleCraft has under contract, consists of four parcels at 9801 Oxbridge Place, 9725 Hull Street Road, 9727 Hull Street Road and 9701 Hull Street Road. The land is largely undeveloped save for a single-family house on one parcel.
The project is expected to cost about $80 million, which includes construction costs and land acquisition, Argenbright said.
Dubbed Rockwood Grove, the development is planned to feature up to 240 apartments built along Hull Street Road as well as up to 180 for-sale townhomes farther back on the property. Argenbright said that while StyleCraft is seeking permission for those maximums, the final tally of units likely would come in slightly under the ask.
StyleCraft plans to build an east-west road that would link Oxbridge Road and Lynchester Drive by way of an extension of Paulett Road as a proffered condition of the project. Also among the proffers would be an 8-foot-wide, asphalt shared-use pedestrian path along the rear of the project site that would run between Oxbridge and Sheringham roads.
Rockwood Grove would feature townhomes and apartments on a 35-acre project site near Rockwood Park in Chesterfield.
The development is planned for inside the Rockwood Special Focus Area, a land-use plan adopted in 2021 by the Board of Supervisors to guide the redevelopment of the aging retail centers at Hull Street and Courthouse roads and the surrounding area.
The plan charts out a 50-year shift toward mixed-use redevelopment of the shopping centers and the creation of high-density residential development in the northwest and eastern portions of the area. Also encouraged by the plan is more pedestrian access and additional roads to better connect the area.
“Hopefully with the new rooftops and the walkability, that will restore some of the blighted commercial next door and encourage some redevelopment or new tenants,” Argenbright said.
The county’s plan helped motivate StyleCraft’s interest in its project, which would be built in the eastern portion of the plan’s zone, Argenbright said.
“Chesterfield County has been growing rapidly for the last 15, 20 years, so anytime we can take on projects that are being advocated for by any county or local municipality, we think it’s a good opportunity for both,” he said.
StyleCraft held a community meeting Wednesday to discuss Rockwood Grove. Argenbright said the meeting was well attended by area residents. The company plans to hold a second community meeting before the Planning Commission hearing but a date and location hasn’t been set.
Argenbright likened Rockwood Grove and its part in the reimagining of that part of Chesterfield to StyleCraft’s participation in the Springdale Park project on the site of the former Henrico Plaza Shopping Center. He said people are expected to start moving in June into those townhomes StyleCraft is building.
StyleCraft is at least the second developer to set in motion plans in the Rockwood area since Chesterfield adopted its land-use plan for the area. Reston-based Stanley Martin Homes is planning a residential development of its own nearby.
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I’m not an architect, but is anyone else tired of what seems to be the same townhouses, apartments and condos popping up with each project? I’d love to see more variety in design.
Same developers cookie-cutter elevations and floor plans.
You’d be quickly shown the door at Ryan after a comment like that
Who doesn’t want to live in the middle of a transmission line easement?
Chesterfield needs to allow the school system to catch up to the population growth before approving any more housing developments. They already have 10 or 11 High Schools and may even need at least one more over in Enon.
Oh boy more housing in a housing scarce county were the mean home is $400,000
Chesterfield should have approved this 5 years ago.
But I wish they would set some of the tax funds from this project for sidewalks and pedestrian crossings along Hull Street.
Instead of paving over every corner of green space where the native trees and animals seek solace from our runaway urban blight, Chesterfield should prioritize tearing down its numerous, vacant, and unbearably ugly pot-holed strip-malls that dot the county and replace them with introductory priced (entry) housing. Preferably not in this basic contemporary-colonial style that all these unoriginal builders have been using since the 90’s (how do they get away with “Style” in their name?). If one is not easily prone to sudden episodic depression, I suggest taking a drive down JD HWY or Midlo TPK past the other side… Read more »
Southside continues to be on the rise!
Chesterfield complains about Commercial Vacancy in the Courthouse / 360 area after issuing years and years of permits for Residential and Commercial Growth out past Brandermill. Chesterfield must have some dense planners if they couldn’t forecast what would happen with Commercial!