The parcel sits just south of the Leigh Street Viaduct and has views of the downtown skyline. (Mike Platania photo)
On the heels of the draft Shockoe Small Area Plan being released, a chunk of Shockoe Valley is being teed up for redevelopment.
Last month a rezoning request was filed for 1700 Venable St., a 2-acre parcel that’s currently home to a vacant warehouse.
The request seeks to rezone the property to a TOD-1 Transit-Oriented Nodal District designation. That zoning would allow for a mix of uses and up to 12 stories in height and has been a popular designation for developers since its inception in 2017.
The parcel sits just south of the Leigh Street Viaduct and is owned by an entity tied to David Campbell of Middlesex County. Campbell’s rezoning application states that the parcel is “ripe for a higher-density, mixed-use (development).”
City records show that the 67,000-square-foot building on the site was once a mailing, shipping and printing facility.
Specifics regarding any planned redevelopment for the property are unclear. Campbell, through Hirschler attorney Rob Benaicha, declined to comment.
Benaicha is representing Campbell in the rezoning request along with Hirschler colleagues Susan Smith and Scott Miller Jr. are
A vacant, former printing warehouse is currently on the site.
The Venable Street site falls in the study area of the Shockoe Small Area Plan, a supplement to the city’s Richmond 300 master plan that was released in the spring after years of formulation.
Campbell’s application references that plan, offering that rezoning 1700 Venable could be a catalyst for “additional mixed-use, dense, walkable redevelopment of underutilized parcels in the neighborhood.”
“The property’s proximity to both Main Street Station and arterial roads that serve as gateways to the City from the interstate, make it an ideal site to attract more visitors, consumers and businesses to (Shockoe),” the application states.
Campbell’s rezoning is another example of both the public and private sectors’ interest in the Shockoe area in recent years.
The city is vetting locations for the planned National Slavery Museum, a project that would be a major landmark in the neighborhood. The city also has received $11 million in grant money to build an interpretive center at Main Street Station that would be part of the museum-anchored Shockoe Bottom Heritage Campus.
Near 1700 Venable is 807 Oliver Hill Way, another 2-acre property that sold last summer for nearly $2 million. That property’s ownership group, which includes One South Realty Group co-founder Rick Jarvis, said at the time they bought the property as a long-term play. It was listed for sale in March through One South Commercial.
A 5-acre surface parking lot at East Broad Street and Oliver Hill Way owned by the Loving family also is being eyed for redevelopment, while Louis Salomonsky is going vertical with his 12-story redevelopment of the Weiman’s Bakery site at 127 N. 17th St.
The parcel sits just south of the Leigh Street Viaduct and has views of the downtown skyline. (Mike Platania photo)
On the heels of the draft Shockoe Small Area Plan being released, a chunk of Shockoe Valley is being teed up for redevelopment.
Last month a rezoning request was filed for 1700 Venable St., a 2-acre parcel that’s currently home to a vacant warehouse.
The request seeks to rezone the property to a TOD-1 Transit-Oriented Nodal District designation. That zoning would allow for a mix of uses and up to 12 stories in height and has been a popular designation for developers since its inception in 2017.
The parcel sits just south of the Leigh Street Viaduct and is owned by an entity tied to David Campbell of Middlesex County. Campbell’s rezoning application states that the parcel is “ripe for a higher-density, mixed-use (development).”
City records show that the 67,000-square-foot building on the site was once a mailing, shipping and printing facility.
Specifics regarding any planned redevelopment for the property are unclear. Campbell, through Hirschler attorney Rob Benaicha, declined to comment.
Benaicha is representing Campbell in the rezoning request along with Hirschler colleagues Susan Smith and Scott Miller Jr. are
A vacant, former printing warehouse is currently on the site.
The Venable Street site falls in the study area of the Shockoe Small Area Plan, a supplement to the city’s Richmond 300 master plan that was released in the spring after years of formulation.
Campbell’s application references that plan, offering that rezoning 1700 Venable could be a catalyst for “additional mixed-use, dense, walkable redevelopment of underutilized parcels in the neighborhood.”
“The property’s proximity to both Main Street Station and arterial roads that serve as gateways to the City from the interstate, make it an ideal site to attract more visitors, consumers and businesses to (Shockoe),” the application states.
Campbell’s rezoning is another example of both the public and private sectors’ interest in the Shockoe area in recent years.
The city is vetting locations for the planned National Slavery Museum, a project that would be a major landmark in the neighborhood. The city also has received $11 million in grant money to build an interpretive center at Main Street Station that would be part of the museum-anchored Shockoe Bottom Heritage Campus.
Near 1700 Venable is 807 Oliver Hill Way, another 2-acre property that sold last summer for nearly $2 million. That property’s ownership group, which includes One South Realty Group co-founder Rick Jarvis, said at the time they bought the property as a long-term play. It was listed for sale in March through One South Commercial.
A 5-acre surface parking lot at East Broad Street and Oliver Hill Way owned by the Loving family also is being eyed for redevelopment, while Louis Salomonsky is going vertical with his 12-story redevelopment of the Weiman’s Bakery site at 127 N. 17th St.
This would be a good location for a 12 story tall apartment building. Their also looks like a lot of empty lots and abondoned buildings around it for some new housing. Also when the city of Richmond gets a new building over a parking lot or old building they are getting pre profit from a tax standpoint with the fact that the water lines and roads and schools already their. But I hope they replace the narrow 4 foot wide sidewalk along Route 360 and the roads around this with 8 foot and 10 foot wide sidewalks and add some… Read more »
Tear that thing down before someone declares it “Historic”!!!