The former Best Products headquarters building, which is to be repurposed as part of the GreenCity development. (Henrico County image)
Second GreenCity CDA, Willow Lawn urbanization plan on Henrico agenda
Henrico supervisors meet in regular session Tuesday at 7 p.m. Full agenda here.
Public hearing items include Federal Realty Investment Trust’s proposed long-term plan to redevelop Willow Lawn into a new mixed-use district with over 2,200 residential units and 500,000 square feet of commercial space.
Also on the agenda are resolutions authorizing public hearings on a proposed amendment to the GreenCity Community Development Authority and the creation of a second GreenCity CDA encompassing the former Best Products property, the Scott Farm property and the nearby St. Gertrude athletic center property.
The new CDA would help finance public infrastructure improvements within the initial GreenCity CDA district, which covers the 93-acre Best Products site, and the improvements would be funded by bonds issued by the original CDA and repaid by revenues generated from development within the two CDAs.
Related, another public hearing item would authorize condemnation proceedings for property needed for an extension of Magellan Parkway, which would bisect and provide access to the GreenCity development.
Large data center park to be considered by Hanover Planning Commission
Denver-based company Tract in early September filed a rezoning application for 1,200 acres to establish a data center park outside Ashland and east of I-95. (County documents)
The Hanover Planning Commission is slated this week to consider a proposed 1,200-acre data center park just outside Ashland.
Denver-based company Tract is seeking a rezoning of the land to create a shovel-ready development site for a future data center park along Hickory Hill Road east of Interstate 95 in Hanover County.
Should the proposal be approved by the county, Tract would get the groundwork in place and then sell off pieces of the land, which is under contract, to other firms that would build their own data facilities at the park.
In addition to the rezoning, Tract is seeking a special exception to allow four buildings to be up to 140 feet tall. Among the proffered conditions of the project is guarantee the center would only allow data processing facilities and permitted accessory uses.
The proposed data center park is expected to be able to accommodate several dozen facilities and hundreds of employees.
The Planning Commission on Thursday will vote on whether to recommend the Board of Supervisors provide final zoning approval of the project at a future meeting.
The full meeting agenda can be viewed here.
Emergency shelter plans on City Council agenda Monday
The former HI Richmond Hostel building at 7 N. Second St. (BizSense file photo)
Richmond City Council meets Monday starting with an informal session at 4 p.m. Council will discuss the process for filling the vacancy created by council president Michael Jones’s election to the Virginia House of Delegates.
Business on the 6 p.m. regular meeting agenda includes several items tied to the city’s plan to increase year-round emergency shelter capacity in the city. On the consent agenda are a funds transfer, grant contract, lease, sublease and special-use authorization for the use of 7 N. Second St., the former HI Richmond Hostel building downtown, as a 50-bed shelter to be run by HomeAgain.
Also on the consent agenda, which is typically approved as a group without discussion unless councilmembers want to pull items to the regular agenda, are several items to increase bed capacity at the Salvation Army headquarters at 1900 Chamberlayne Parkway. That part of the city’s plan has received pushback from business owners in that part of Northside.
The full agendas for the meetings can be found here.
Chesterfield board to mull extension of Route 1 redevelopment grant program
The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Thursday on the renewal of a performance grant program intended to foster development along Route 1.
In June 2019, county supervisors approved an inventive policy to encourage development in the Route 1 and Willis Road, Route 1 and Route 288 and Route 1 and Chippenham Parkway areas.
The program is currently scheduled to expire Dec. 31 of this year. The proposed extension would push the end date of the program to Dec. 31, 2025.
The program allows performance-based grants for projects that invest at least $10 million in the program zones, and the policy is intended to help facilitate the implementation of the Northern Jefferson Davis Special Area plan, according to a staff memo.
The memo states that market conditions and the time required for projects to be finished has meant that no projects have been completed, which is required to take advantage of the incentive. County staff believe additional time is needed to assess the effectiveness of the program.
Projects are able to receive a percentage of incremental real estate taxes back as a grant for a 10-year period.
The extension proposal is planned to be considered in block vote with other agenda items.
The full agenda for the meeting can be viewed here.
The former Best Products headquarters building, which is to be repurposed as part of the GreenCity development. (Henrico County image)
Second GreenCity CDA, Willow Lawn urbanization plan on Henrico agenda
Henrico supervisors meet in regular session Tuesday at 7 p.m. Full agenda here.
Public hearing items include Federal Realty Investment Trust’s proposed long-term plan to redevelop Willow Lawn into a new mixed-use district with over 2,200 residential units and 500,000 square feet of commercial space.
Also on the agenda are resolutions authorizing public hearings on a proposed amendment to the GreenCity Community Development Authority and the creation of a second GreenCity CDA encompassing the former Best Products property, the Scott Farm property and the nearby St. Gertrude athletic center property.
The new CDA would help finance public infrastructure improvements within the initial GreenCity CDA district, which covers the 93-acre Best Products site, and the improvements would be funded by bonds issued by the original CDA and repaid by revenues generated from development within the two CDAs.
Related, another public hearing item would authorize condemnation proceedings for property needed for an extension of Magellan Parkway, which would bisect and provide access to the GreenCity development.
Large data center park to be considered by Hanover Planning Commission
Denver-based company Tract in early September filed a rezoning application for 1,200 acres to establish a data center park outside Ashland and east of I-95. (County documents)
The Hanover Planning Commission is slated this week to consider a proposed 1,200-acre data center park just outside Ashland.
Denver-based company Tract is seeking a rezoning of the land to create a shovel-ready development site for a future data center park along Hickory Hill Road east of Interstate 95 in Hanover County.
Should the proposal be approved by the county, Tract would get the groundwork in place and then sell off pieces of the land, which is under contract, to other firms that would build their own data facilities at the park.
In addition to the rezoning, Tract is seeking a special exception to allow four buildings to be up to 140 feet tall. Among the proffered conditions of the project is guarantee the center would only allow data processing facilities and permitted accessory uses.
The proposed data center park is expected to be able to accommodate several dozen facilities and hundreds of employees.
The Planning Commission on Thursday will vote on whether to recommend the Board of Supervisors provide final zoning approval of the project at a future meeting.
The full meeting agenda can be viewed here.
Emergency shelter plans on City Council agenda Monday
The former HI Richmond Hostel building at 7 N. Second St. (BizSense file photo)
Richmond City Council meets Monday starting with an informal session at 4 p.m. Council will discuss the process for filling the vacancy created by council president Michael Jones’s election to the Virginia House of Delegates.
Business on the 6 p.m. regular meeting agenda includes several items tied to the city’s plan to increase year-round emergency shelter capacity in the city. On the consent agenda are a funds transfer, grant contract, lease, sublease and special-use authorization for the use of 7 N. Second St., the former HI Richmond Hostel building downtown, as a 50-bed shelter to be run by HomeAgain.
Also on the consent agenda, which is typically approved as a group without discussion unless councilmembers want to pull items to the regular agenda, are several items to increase bed capacity at the Salvation Army headquarters at 1900 Chamberlayne Parkway. That part of the city’s plan has received pushback from business owners in that part of Northside.
The full agendas for the meetings can be found here.
Chesterfield board to mull extension of Route 1 redevelopment grant program
The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Thursday on the renewal of a performance grant program intended to foster development along Route 1.
In June 2019, county supervisors approved an inventive policy to encourage development in the Route 1 and Willis Road, Route 1 and Route 288 and Route 1 and Chippenham Parkway areas.
The program is currently scheduled to expire Dec. 31 of this year. The proposed extension would push the end date of the program to Dec. 31, 2025.
The program allows performance-based grants for projects that invest at least $10 million in the program zones, and the policy is intended to help facilitate the implementation of the Northern Jefferson Davis Special Area plan, according to a staff memo.
The memo states that market conditions and the time required for projects to be finished has meant that no projects have been completed, which is required to take advantage of the incentive. County staff believe additional time is needed to assess the effectiveness of the program.
Projects are able to receive a percentage of incremental real estate taxes back as a grant for a 10-year period.
The extension proposal is planned to be considered in block vote with other agenda items.
The full agenda for the meeting can be viewed here.