A 123,600-square-foot Kroger Marketplace anchors Stonebridge. (Courtesy S2 Capital Partners)
Kroger gets approval for plans for larger store in Mechanicsville
Hanover supervisors last week voted to approve a zoning request to set the stage for the construction of a new Kroger grocery store in Mechanicsville.
The upcoming store is planned to be 18,300 square feet and would be located at Mechanicsville Turnpike and Compass Point Lane. In addition to the grocery store, plans also call for a 9,800-square-foot retail strip on the project site, which per the proposal’s proffered conditions will be off limits to vape, CBD and tattoo shops. The retail strip is larger than previously planned.
The approved zoning request is a tweaked iteration of a 2015 rezoning approval Kroger got for the site. The grocer went through the county approval process again to seek permission for a larger store, changes to the parking lot and other amendments.
The site of the proposed Kroger is less than a mile from the Kroger at 6335 Mechanicsville Turnpike. The company told BizSense earlier this year that it intends to close that store in favor of the planned new location.
Chesterfield supervisors approve land-use plan for area around Chippenham and Iron Bridge interchange
A conceptual plan of potential residential, mixed-use and commercial development as suggested in the Ridgedale Special Focus Area plan. (Courtesy Chesterfield County)
The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors last week approved the Ridgedale Special Focus Area plan, a long-range planning document to guide future zoning requests and land-use policies for the roughly 580-acre area around the Chippenham and Ironbridge interchange.
The 52-page Ridgedale plan encourages new commercial, residential and recreational development for the area, as well as provides design guidelines for such things as connectivity, site layouts and open spaces.
The plan’s area includes the former Martin’s grocery store at 5201 Chippenham Crossing Shopping Center, Ukrop Park soccer fields, youth swimming nonprofit SwimRVA and J.G. Hening Elementary School. Also in the plan’s zone are several apartment complexes and some single-family homes, as well as a portion of Mary B. Stratton Park.
The Ridgedale plan is the latest such set of land-use guidelines adopted by Chesterfield. The county’s special focus area plans are used to guide zoning and land decisions in specific areas considered ripe for transformation or considered in the midst of change. The plans don’t change existing zoning.
The plan’s adoption follows the county’s adoption of similar documents for the former Southside Speedway and surrounding areas, as well as the area that includes aging shopping centers near Rockwood Park.
Chessa Walker
Chesterfield names new transportation director
Chessa Walker has been promoted to lead Chesterfield’s transportation director, the county announced last week.
Walker had been Chesterfield Department of Transportation’s assistant director since September 2020. She came aboard at the county as a senior engineer in 2016, following nearly 15 years at Kimley-Horn and Associates, according to a county news release.
Walker has also been on the Central Virginia Transportation Authority’s technical advisory committee since it was created in 2020.
A 123,600-square-foot Kroger Marketplace anchors Stonebridge. (Courtesy S2 Capital Partners)
Kroger gets approval for plans for larger store in Mechanicsville
Hanover supervisors last week voted to approve a zoning request to set the stage for the construction of a new Kroger grocery store in Mechanicsville.
The upcoming store is planned to be 18,300 square feet and would be located at Mechanicsville Turnpike and Compass Point Lane. In addition to the grocery store, plans also call for a 9,800-square-foot retail strip on the project site, which per the proposal’s proffered conditions will be off limits to vape, CBD and tattoo shops. The retail strip is larger than previously planned.
The approved zoning request is a tweaked iteration of a 2015 rezoning approval Kroger got for the site. The grocer went through the county approval process again to seek permission for a larger store, changes to the parking lot and other amendments.
The site of the proposed Kroger is less than a mile from the Kroger at 6335 Mechanicsville Turnpike. The company told BizSense earlier this year that it intends to close that store in favor of the planned new location.
Chesterfield supervisors approve land-use plan for area around Chippenham and Iron Bridge interchange
A conceptual plan of potential residential, mixed-use and commercial development as suggested in the Ridgedale Special Focus Area plan. (Courtesy Chesterfield County)
The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors last week approved the Ridgedale Special Focus Area plan, a long-range planning document to guide future zoning requests and land-use policies for the roughly 580-acre area around the Chippenham and Ironbridge interchange.
The 52-page Ridgedale plan encourages new commercial, residential and recreational development for the area, as well as provides design guidelines for such things as connectivity, site layouts and open spaces.
The plan’s area includes the former Martin’s grocery store at 5201 Chippenham Crossing Shopping Center, Ukrop Park soccer fields, youth swimming nonprofit SwimRVA and J.G. Hening Elementary School. Also in the plan’s zone are several apartment complexes and some single-family homes, as well as a portion of Mary B. Stratton Park.
The Ridgedale plan is the latest such set of land-use guidelines adopted by Chesterfield. The county’s special focus area plans are used to guide zoning and land decisions in specific areas considered ripe for transformation or considered in the midst of change. The plans don’t change existing zoning.
The plan’s adoption follows the county’s adoption of similar documents for the former Southside Speedway and surrounding areas, as well as the area that includes aging shopping centers near Rockwood Park.
Chessa Walker
Chesterfield names new transportation director
Chessa Walker has been promoted to lead Chesterfield’s transportation director, the county announced last week.
Walker had been Chesterfield Department of Transportation’s assistant director since September 2020. She came aboard at the county as a senior engineer in 2016, following nearly 15 years at Kimley-Horn and Associates, according to a county news release.
Walker has also been on the Central Virginia Transportation Authority’s technical advisory committee since it was created in 2020.