The four-story structure planned to replace the Westhampton Pastry Shop building at 5728 Patterson Ave. (City documents)
Real estate disposition plan, Westhampton building on City Council agenda
Richmond City Council meets in regular session Monday at 6 p.m.
On the agenda is a real estate disposition plan that calls for unloading 28 surplus parcels totaling about 55 acres to housing nonprofits and private developers, with a goal of adding to the city’s tax base and increasing its supply of lower-income housing.
The bulk of the land is made up of five parcels between Whitcomb Court and Interstate 64. The vacant land – at 2100 Sussex St. and 1924, 1924-A, 1924-B and 2100 Whitcomb St. – include the former Whitcomb Court Elementary School site and are considered brownfields that would require environmental cleanup or remediation for potential development.
Also included in the plan is 2503 Q St., a 1-acre parcel at Q and 25th streets that’s currently home to the Richmond Police Department’s First Precinct. The property is slated to become surplus next year when the precinct is relocated to a new facility under construction beside the city jail on Oliver Hill Way.
A special-use permit is sought to allow a four-story commercial building planned to replace the Westhampton Pastry Shop building at 5728 Patterson Ave. The building at the corner of Patterson and Libbie avenues also houses gift shops Gild and Ash and Relics to Rhinestones.
The new structure would include three stories of office space above ground-floor retail space. The 74-year-old bakery is likely to be part of the new project and continue to operate there. Planning the project are the building’s landlord, the Robins family, and Tyler Currie, a local real estate investor.
Another special-use request would allow a restaurant at 3401 Patterson Ave. in the Museum District. Plans show a restaurant called “Antonelli’s Deli” would use the former dry cleaners building, which previously had been floated for a PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans location.
Other business includes a plan to add six townhomes beside an existing four-unit multifamily dwelling at 3618 Hawthorne Ave., beside Laburnum Avenue. Baker Development Resources is handling the special-use request for an LLC tied to Stephen Brown.
The full agenda for the meeting can be found here.
Dana Fox to leave Richmond school division for Hanover government role
Dana Fox has been hired by Hanover County as general services and capital projects director.
Hanover announced Fox’s hire in a news release last week. Fox is currently the COO of Richmond Public Schools, a post she’s held since 2021. In that role, she oversees facilities, procurement and manages the school division’s capital projects.
Fox is slated to start in her new role at Hanover on March 17.
“Under her leadership, General Services and Capital Projects will continue providing essential services and infrastructure improvements to meet the evolving needs of our community,” Hanover County Administrator John Budesky said in a prepared statement.
“Dana’s extensive experience in general services and construction management, along with her deep understanding of local government operations, makes her exceptionally qualified to lead this department.”
Fox is a graduate of East Carolina University. She is a former director of the National Association of Women in Construction.
Water outage report, Belmont-area subdivision on Henrico agenda
A site plan of the Belmont Green subdivision, oriented with the bottom side as north. (County documents)
Henrico supervisors meet Tuesday starting with an informal session at 3 p.m. The board will receive a report from consultants Whitman, Requardt and Associates and AquaLaw on the Jan. 6-11 water service disruption that stemmed from a loss of power and resulting shutdown of the City of Richmond’s water treatment facility.
On the 6 p.m. regular meeting agenda is a rezoning request from local homebuilder Kittrell Co. to allow an 18-home subdivision beside Belmont Golf Course. The development would fill about 8 acres across Hilliard Road from the Belmont Recreation Center.
Other business includes local Dunkin’ franchisee Lou Cabral’s plan to convert the former Jiffy Lube at 9215 Quioccasin Road into a location for the coffee and donut brand. The plan also calls for a potential second building to the east of the restaurant that would be used for office or commercial use.
The full agendas for the meetings can be viewed here.
Chesterfield EDA files rezoning applications for two data center projects
The Chesterfield EDA is seeking zoning approval for a data center project that would be built on part of the Upper Magnolia Green site near Moseley. (County documents)
The Chesterfield Economic Development Authority is seeking to rezone hundreds of acres of land in the western part of the county to set the stage for new data center developments.
Last week the EDA filed zoning requests for data center projects near Westchester Commons and on part of the Upper Magnolia Green site near Moseley. More than 1,300 acres are subject to the two data center rezoning requests, which have been spurred by conversations between county staff and an unidentified prospective data center operator.
The data center project near Moseley would rise on a 970-acre site that includes parts of the Upper Magnolia Green site that was rezoned in 2022 for a technology park as well as additional parcels. The EDA also wants to rezone 345 acres near Westchester Commons for a data center development.
The EDA also has filed a separate zoning request that would create a conservation area of at least 350 acres on the Upper Magnolia East site, which is currently zoned for residential development.
Though the requests were filed by the EDA, they will go through the usual zoning request process, with the Planning Commission slated to review the proposals before a final decision from the Board of Supervisors.
The four-story structure planned to replace the Westhampton Pastry Shop building at 5728 Patterson Ave. (City documents)
Real estate disposition plan, Westhampton building on City Council agenda
Richmond City Council meets in regular session Monday at 6 p.m.
On the agenda is a real estate disposition plan that calls for unloading 28 surplus parcels totaling about 55 acres to housing nonprofits and private developers, with a goal of adding to the city’s tax base and increasing its supply of lower-income housing.
The bulk of the land is made up of five parcels between Whitcomb Court and Interstate 64. The vacant land – at 2100 Sussex St. and 1924, 1924-A, 1924-B and 2100 Whitcomb St. – include the former Whitcomb Court Elementary School site and are considered brownfields that would require environmental cleanup or remediation for potential development.
Also included in the plan is 2503 Q St., a 1-acre parcel at Q and 25th streets that’s currently home to the Richmond Police Department’s First Precinct. The property is slated to become surplus next year when the precinct is relocated to a new facility under construction beside the city jail on Oliver Hill Way.
A special-use permit is sought to allow a four-story commercial building planned to replace the Westhampton Pastry Shop building at 5728 Patterson Ave. The building at the corner of Patterson and Libbie avenues also houses gift shops Gild and Ash and Relics to Rhinestones.
The new structure would include three stories of office space above ground-floor retail space. The 74-year-old bakery is likely to be part of the new project and continue to operate there. Planning the project are the building’s landlord, the Robins family, and Tyler Currie, a local real estate investor.
Another special-use request would allow a restaurant at 3401 Patterson Ave. in the Museum District. Plans show a restaurant called “Antonelli’s Deli” would use the former dry cleaners building, which previously had been floated for a PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans location.
Other business includes a plan to add six townhomes beside an existing four-unit multifamily dwelling at 3618 Hawthorne Ave., beside Laburnum Avenue. Baker Development Resources is handling the special-use request for an LLC tied to Stephen Brown.
The full agenda for the meeting can be found here.
Dana Fox to leave Richmond school division for Hanover government role
Dana Fox has been hired by Hanover County as general services and capital projects director.
Hanover announced Fox’s hire in a news release last week. Fox is currently the COO of Richmond Public Schools, a post she’s held since 2021. In that role, she oversees facilities, procurement and manages the school division’s capital projects.
Fox is slated to start in her new role at Hanover on March 17.
“Under her leadership, General Services and Capital Projects will continue providing essential services and infrastructure improvements to meet the evolving needs of our community,” Hanover County Administrator John Budesky said in a prepared statement.
“Dana’s extensive experience in general services and construction management, along with her deep understanding of local government operations, makes her exceptionally qualified to lead this department.”
Fox is a graduate of East Carolina University. She is a former director of the National Association of Women in Construction.
Water outage report, Belmont-area subdivision on Henrico agenda
A site plan of the Belmont Green subdivision, oriented with the bottom side as north. (County documents)
Henrico supervisors meet Tuesday starting with an informal session at 3 p.m. The board will receive a report from consultants Whitman, Requardt and Associates and AquaLaw on the Jan. 6-11 water service disruption that stemmed from a loss of power and resulting shutdown of the City of Richmond’s water treatment facility.
On the 6 p.m. regular meeting agenda is a rezoning request from local homebuilder Kittrell Co. to allow an 18-home subdivision beside Belmont Golf Course. The development would fill about 8 acres across Hilliard Road from the Belmont Recreation Center.
Other business includes local Dunkin’ franchisee Lou Cabral’s plan to convert the former Jiffy Lube at 9215 Quioccasin Road into a location for the coffee and donut brand. The plan also calls for a potential second building to the east of the restaurant that would be used for office or commercial use.
The full agendas for the meetings can be viewed here.
Chesterfield EDA files rezoning applications for two data center projects
The Chesterfield EDA is seeking zoning approval for a data center project that would be built on part of the Upper Magnolia Green site near Moseley. (County documents)
The Chesterfield Economic Development Authority is seeking to rezone hundreds of acres of land in the western part of the county to set the stage for new data center developments.
Last week the EDA filed zoning requests for data center projects near Westchester Commons and on part of the Upper Magnolia Green site near Moseley. More than 1,300 acres are subject to the two data center rezoning requests, which have been spurred by conversations between county staff and an unidentified prospective data center operator.
The data center project near Moseley would rise on a 970-acre site that includes parts of the Upper Magnolia Green site that was rezoned in 2022 for a technology park as well as additional parcels. The EDA also wants to rezone 345 acres near Westchester Commons for a data center development.
The EDA also has filed a separate zoning request that would create a conservation area of at least 350 acres on the Upper Magnolia East site, which is currently zoned for residential development.
Though the requests were filed by the EDA, they will go through the usual zoning request process, with the Planning Commission slated to review the proposals before a final decision from the Board of Supervisors.
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