Inclement weather shelter, tax rate cut, apartments grant on City Council agenda
Richmond City Council meets in a special session Monday at 4 p.m.
Council will consider a performance grant agreement to facilitate development of The Lawson Cos.’ plan for a 144-unit complex at 700 W. 44th St., south of Forest Hill (site map above).
Council also plans to introduce legislation to establish an inclement weather shelter at the Salvation Army headquarters at 1900 Chamberlayne Ave., part of a larger plan to increase emergency shelter capacity at multiple locations in the city. A public hearing and vote on the
Other legislation to be introduced includes development and operation of a cultural space at Main Street Station, lowering the real estate tax rate from $1.20 to $1.15 per $100 of assessed value, and amending a non-departmental agency line item in the current city budget. The agenda does not include further details on those items.
The full meeting agenda can be found here.
Hanover supervisors to consider age-restricted residential project
A rendering of the four- and five-story building that would house the age-restricted apartments. (Image courtesy Larry Shaia)
The Hanover Board of Supervisors is set to vote Wednesday on a 97-unit age-restricted development at 7147 Mechanicsville Turnpike.
Behind the project, which is called Summerlyn, is local developer Larry Shaia and real estate investor Jesse Lennon. The project is a smaller version of a previous proposal by to build 144 units. That proposal was voted down by the board earlier this year.
The project is estimated to cost upwards of $27 million.
The Summerlyn development would feature 46 one-bedroom apartments, 39 two-bedroom units and 12 three-bedroom units. Apartments would range in size from 750 to 1,300 square feet.
The full meeting agenda can be viewed here.
Supervisors approve new business park on Pole Green Road in Hanover
A conceptual plan of the upcoming Pole Green Business Center in Hanover. (Courtesy Rogers-Chenault)
The Hanover Board of Supervisors recently OK’d a new business park for a 30-acre site on Pole Green Road.
Rogers-Chenault plans to build a 217,000-square-foot business park near Pole Green’s intersection with Bell Creek Road across from the Hanover Grove subdivision.
The project is called Pole Green Business Center and would feature 14 one-story buildings, three of which would be dedicated medical office uses, per a conceptual plan. The park will be able to host a mix of medical office, office, commercial and limited industrial uses. Industrial uses would be limited to 108,000 square feet of the park’s total square footage.
Rogers-Chenault has proffered road improvements on Pole Green Road to include a new traffic signal at a future site entrance at Pole Green Road and Hanover Grove Boulevard, as well as new turn lanes.
The board voted to approve the zoning request tied to the project in late October. The board’s vote followed a recommendation to approve by the county’s planning commission.
Goochland deputy administrator leaving post
Krystal Onaitis is leaving her spot as deputy county administrator in Goochland about a year after she took the job.
Goochland announced last week that Onaitis would step down from her post effective Nov. 22. She started in her position, where she oversees Goochland’s community development, utilities and parks departments, in October 2022.
The county didn’t specify why Onaitis is leaving in its announcement, which stated she is “pursuing other employment opportunities to further her career in public service and governmental affairs.”
Sheetz-anchored Staples Mill Road plan, Varina industrial-office projects on Henrico planning agenda
A rendering of the Sheetz that’s planned for the Staples Mill Road site across from the train station. (County documents)
The Henrico County Planning Commission meets Thursday at 7 p.m. Full agenda here.
Business includes rezoning and provisional-use permit requests for Rebkee Co.’s revised plan for a Sheetz-anchored commercial development and 14 townhomes on a 10-acre undeveloped site across Staples Mill Road from the train station.
General Land Co. LLC seeks a rezoning and provisional-use permit for a self-storage facility on 8.6 acres at the southwest corner of the Woodman and Mountain roads. Diamond Communications LLC seeks a permit for a 155-foot-tall telecommunication tower at the southwest corner of Patterson Avenue and Maybeury Drive.
Also on the agenda are a request from Lingerfelt and three requests from VOZ724 Park City LLC for office and industrial development on four parcels totaling over 40 acres between Williamsburg Road and Charles City Road east of their intersection in Varina.
Henrico nearing end of $280M Cobbs Creek Reservoir project
Henrico supervisors and officials toured the Cobbs Creek Reservoir project in eastern Cumberland County to review the final stages of construction.
The $280 million project is a 14.8 billion-gallon regional water supply impoundment that will augment the flow of the James River as needed, according to Henrico. The project aims to secure the county’s drinking water needs for decades, and the reservoir is expected to help during drought or near-drought conditions by providing extra water to the James River.
Construction started in mid-2017 and is scheduled to finish by the end of 2024. More information on the project is available here.
Inclement weather shelter, tax rate cut, apartments grant on City Council agenda
Richmond City Council meets in a special session Monday at 4 p.m.
Council will consider a performance grant agreement to facilitate development of The Lawson Cos.’ plan for a 144-unit complex at 700 W. 44th St., south of Forest Hill (site map above).
Council also plans to introduce legislation to establish an inclement weather shelter at the Salvation Army headquarters at 1900 Chamberlayne Ave., part of a larger plan to increase emergency shelter capacity at multiple locations in the city. A public hearing and vote on the
Other legislation to be introduced includes development and operation of a cultural space at Main Street Station, lowering the real estate tax rate from $1.20 to $1.15 per $100 of assessed value, and amending a non-departmental agency line item in the current city budget. The agenda does not include further details on those items.
The full meeting agenda can be found here.
Hanover supervisors to consider age-restricted residential project
A rendering of the four- and five-story building that would house the age-restricted apartments. (Image courtesy Larry Shaia)
The Hanover Board of Supervisors is set to vote Wednesday on a 97-unit age-restricted development at 7147 Mechanicsville Turnpike.
Behind the project, which is called Summerlyn, is local developer Larry Shaia and real estate investor Jesse Lennon. The project is a smaller version of a previous proposal by to build 144 units. That proposal was voted down by the board earlier this year.
The project is estimated to cost upwards of $27 million.
The Summerlyn development would feature 46 one-bedroom apartments, 39 two-bedroom units and 12 three-bedroom units. Apartments would range in size from 750 to 1,300 square feet.
The full meeting agenda can be viewed here.
Supervisors approve new business park on Pole Green Road in Hanover
A conceptual plan of the upcoming Pole Green Business Center in Hanover. (Courtesy Rogers-Chenault)
The Hanover Board of Supervisors recently OK’d a new business park for a 30-acre site on Pole Green Road.
Rogers-Chenault plans to build a 217,000-square-foot business park near Pole Green’s intersection with Bell Creek Road across from the Hanover Grove subdivision.
The project is called Pole Green Business Center and would feature 14 one-story buildings, three of which would be dedicated medical office uses, per a conceptual plan. The park will be able to host a mix of medical office, office, commercial and limited industrial uses. Industrial uses would be limited to 108,000 square feet of the park’s total square footage.
Rogers-Chenault has proffered road improvements on Pole Green Road to include a new traffic signal at a future site entrance at Pole Green Road and Hanover Grove Boulevard, as well as new turn lanes.
The board voted to approve the zoning request tied to the project in late October. The board’s vote followed a recommendation to approve by the county’s planning commission.
Goochland deputy administrator leaving post
Krystal Onaitis is leaving her spot as deputy county administrator in Goochland about a year after she took the job.
Goochland announced last week that Onaitis would step down from her post effective Nov. 22. She started in her position, where she oversees Goochland’s community development, utilities and parks departments, in October 2022.
The county didn’t specify why Onaitis is leaving in its announcement, which stated she is “pursuing other employment opportunities to further her career in public service and governmental affairs.”
Sheetz-anchored Staples Mill Road plan, Varina industrial-office projects on Henrico planning agenda
A rendering of the Sheetz that’s planned for the Staples Mill Road site across from the train station. (County documents)
The Henrico County Planning Commission meets Thursday at 7 p.m. Full agenda here.
Business includes rezoning and provisional-use permit requests for Rebkee Co.’s revised plan for a Sheetz-anchored commercial development and 14 townhomes on a 10-acre undeveloped site across Staples Mill Road from the train station.
General Land Co. LLC seeks a rezoning and provisional-use permit for a self-storage facility on 8.6 acres at the southwest corner of the Woodman and Mountain roads. Diamond Communications LLC seeks a permit for a 155-foot-tall telecommunication tower at the southwest corner of Patterson Avenue and Maybeury Drive.
Also on the agenda are a request from Lingerfelt and three requests from VOZ724 Park City LLC for office and industrial development on four parcels totaling over 40 acres between Williamsburg Road and Charles City Road east of their intersection in Varina.
Henrico nearing end of $280M Cobbs Creek Reservoir project
Henrico supervisors and officials toured the Cobbs Creek Reservoir project in eastern Cumberland County to review the final stages of construction.
The $280 million project is a 14.8 billion-gallon regional water supply impoundment that will augment the flow of the James River as needed, according to Henrico. The project aims to secure the county’s drinking water needs for decades, and the reservoir is expected to help during drought or near-drought conditions by providing extra water to the James River.
Construction started in mid-2017 and is scheduled to finish by the end of 2024. More information on the project is available here.