A rendering of Elmington’s planned apartments off Rady Street. (City documents)
Six Points development, tax assessment presentation on City Council agenda
Richmond City Council meets Monday starting with an informal session at 4 p.m. to receive a presentation from assessor Richie McKeithen on how real property tax assessments are derived.
On the agenda for the 6 p.m. regular meeting is a special-use request for Tennessee-based developer Elmington’s plan to build 352 apartments on a 23-acre parcel at 2811 Rady St. near the Six Points neighborhood.
Continued from January is a vote on 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.
Also back on the agenda is a special-use request for a four-story commercial building planned to replace the Westhampton Pastry Shop building at 5728 Patterson Ave. The new structure would include three stories of office space above ground-floor retail space. Planning the project are the building’s landlord, the Robins family, and Tyler Currie, a local real estate investor.
The full agendas for the meetings can be found here.
Chesterfield supervisors to vote on Magnolia Green zoning amendment
The overall conceptual plan for the 3,900-acre Magnolia Green development. (County doucments)
The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors is scheduled this week to consider a zoning request that would eliminate existing square-footage restrictions on largely undeveloped commercial tracts at the Magnolia Green community.
New York-based Starfield Cos. is seeking to amend the prior zoning approval tied to the massive development near Moseley in order to better position nearly 90 acres of the site on Hull Street Road for commercial development.
Magnolia Green’s current zoning has a total limit of 20,000 square feet of retail and office uses across the entire site. Of that amount, retail development specifically is limited to no more than 12,000 square feet, and no single retail or office building can be larger than 5,000 square feet, according to a staff report.
Under the new proposal, the square-footage cap would be removed from Community Center (CC) tracts and retained for Activity Center (AC) areas.
More than 2,100 residential units have been built at Magnolia Green, which consists of 3,900 acres. The site’s 1991 rezoning allows up to 4,900 residential units. Commercial development so far has been limited to a daycare center.
The board has deferred consideration of the proposal a couple times. The Planning Commission voted in October to recommend approval.
Supervisors meet in regular session Wednesday at 6 p.m. Full agenda here.
Thacker’s View project up for deciding vote in Chesterfield
The proposed Thacker’s View project would bring 260 residential units, most of them single-family homes, to site on Swift Creek Reservoir. (County documents)
Also on the board’s docket this week is consideration of the Thacker’s View residential development project.
Thacker’s View is a proposed 260-unit residential project on 139 acres on Swift Creek Reservoir. Powhatan-based Cross Creek Development Corp. is planning to develop the project in a joint venture with the Thacker family, which owns the land.
The largely undeveloped project site off Woolridge Road and bordering the reservoir was formerly home to wedding and events venue Celebrations at the Reservoir.
The current vision of the project would involve the construction of 172 single-family homes and 88 townhouses, as well as a restaurant and amenities on an assemblage that includes 4901 Woolridge Road, per a staff report.
The single-family detached homes in the development would be built in two styles. Some of the homes would be at least 12,000 square feet, while others would be built on “cluster” lots that would range between 8,400 and 11,999 square feet, the staff report states. The townhomes would have a minimum-lot area of 1,520 to 2,720 square feet.
The project, which has attracted opposition from nearby residents, was recommended for approval by the Planning Commission. The full agenda for the supervisors meeting can be viewed here.
Henrico opens newest firehouse on Nine Mile Road
Henrico’s Bungalow City Firehouse 23 opened this month at 5618 Nine Mile Road. (Henrico photo)
Henrico County opened Bungalow City Firehouse 23 at 5618 Nine Mile Road. The 14,000-square-foot firehouse on a 5-acre lot near Westover Avenue began responding to calls for service Feb. 12.
Firehouse 23 includes three drive-thru apparatus bays, and training, dining and exercise areas and individual bunk rooms for firefighters. The station currently is home to six staff operating an engine company and fire medic unit. The Division of Fire expects to add a ladder truck to the station in 2027.
Henrico voters approved funding for the $14.5 million facility in the 2016 bond referendum. Construction began in August 2023. A community open house will be announced in the spring.
Parham-Mayland intersection improvements topic of March 10 info meeting
Henrico’s Department of Public Works will hold a public information meeting Monday, March 10, to highlight plans to improve the intersection at Parham Road and Mayland Drive. The meeting will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Tuckahoe Library and was rescheduled from Feb. 20 due to inclement weather.
The $550,000 project will add a raised directional concrete island at the signalized intersection that would eliminate through movements across Parham. Traffic on Mayland would be restricted to right turns onto Parham, but left turns onto Mayland will still be possible from Parham. The goal is to improve traffic flow and safety at the intersection, according to a project summary.
More information about the project is available on the county’s website.
Teacher, housing voucher participant appointed to RRHA board
Marika McCray
Marika McCray was appointed to serve on the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority Board of Commissioners. McCray joined the board in December as its third resident commissioner, replacing outgoing commissioner Veronica Blount.
McCray is a participant in RRHA’s Housing Choice Voucher Program and has been a resident of the Sixth Council Voting District for a decade. She has been a voucher participant since 2015 and currently resides in the Afton development.
A mother of four and a graduate of Highland Springs High School in Henrico, McCray holds a childcare degree from Reynolds Community College and works as a lead teacher at Midlothian Kids Academy.
McCray’s term on the RRHA board ends January 2028. The board consists of nine commissioners who to serve four-year terms and are appointed by Richmond City Council.
A rendering of Elmington’s planned apartments off Rady Street. (City documents)
Six Points development, tax assessment presentation on City Council agenda
Richmond City Council meets Monday starting with an informal session at 4 p.m. to receive a presentation from assessor Richie McKeithen on how real property tax assessments are derived.
On the agenda for the 6 p.m. regular meeting is a special-use request for Tennessee-based developer Elmington’s plan to build 352 apartments on a 23-acre parcel at 2811 Rady St. near the Six Points neighborhood.
Continued from January is a vote on 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.
Also back on the agenda is a special-use request for a four-story commercial building planned to replace the Westhampton Pastry Shop building at 5728 Patterson Ave. The new structure would include three stories of office space above ground-floor retail space. Planning the project are the building’s landlord, the Robins family, and Tyler Currie, a local real estate investor.
The full agendas for the meetings can be found here.
Chesterfield supervisors to vote on Magnolia Green zoning amendment
The overall conceptual plan for the 3,900-acre Magnolia Green development. (County doucments)
The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors is scheduled this week to consider a zoning request that would eliminate existing square-footage restrictions on largely undeveloped commercial tracts at the Magnolia Green community.
New York-based Starfield Cos. is seeking to amend the prior zoning approval tied to the massive development near Moseley in order to better position nearly 90 acres of the site on Hull Street Road for commercial development.
Magnolia Green’s current zoning has a total limit of 20,000 square feet of retail and office uses across the entire site. Of that amount, retail development specifically is limited to no more than 12,000 square feet, and no single retail or office building can be larger than 5,000 square feet, according to a staff report.
Under the new proposal, the square-footage cap would be removed from Community Center (CC) tracts and retained for Activity Center (AC) areas.
More than 2,100 residential units have been built at Magnolia Green, which consists of 3,900 acres. The site’s 1991 rezoning allows up to 4,900 residential units. Commercial development so far has been limited to a daycare center.
The board has deferred consideration of the proposal a couple times. The Planning Commission voted in October to recommend approval.
Supervisors meet in regular session Wednesday at 6 p.m. Full agenda here.
Thacker’s View project up for deciding vote in Chesterfield
The proposed Thacker’s View project would bring 260 residential units, most of them single-family homes, to site on Swift Creek Reservoir. (County documents)
Also on the board’s docket this week is consideration of the Thacker’s View residential development project.
Thacker’s View is a proposed 260-unit residential project on 139 acres on Swift Creek Reservoir. Powhatan-based Cross Creek Development Corp. is planning to develop the project in a joint venture with the Thacker family, which owns the land.
The largely undeveloped project site off Woolridge Road and bordering the reservoir was formerly home to wedding and events venue Celebrations at the Reservoir.
The current vision of the project would involve the construction of 172 single-family homes and 88 townhouses, as well as a restaurant and amenities on an assemblage that includes 4901 Woolridge Road, per a staff report.
The single-family detached homes in the development would be built in two styles. Some of the homes would be at least 12,000 square feet, while others would be built on “cluster” lots that would range between 8,400 and 11,999 square feet, the staff report states. The townhomes would have a minimum-lot area of 1,520 to 2,720 square feet.
The project, which has attracted opposition from nearby residents, was recommended for approval by the Planning Commission. The full agenda for the supervisors meeting can be viewed here.
Henrico opens newest firehouse on Nine Mile Road
Henrico’s Bungalow City Firehouse 23 opened this month at 5618 Nine Mile Road. (Henrico photo)
Henrico County opened Bungalow City Firehouse 23 at 5618 Nine Mile Road. The 14,000-square-foot firehouse on a 5-acre lot near Westover Avenue began responding to calls for service Feb. 12.
Firehouse 23 includes three drive-thru apparatus bays, and training, dining and exercise areas and individual bunk rooms for firefighters. The station currently is home to six staff operating an engine company and fire medic unit. The Division of Fire expects to add a ladder truck to the station in 2027.
Henrico voters approved funding for the $14.5 million facility in the 2016 bond referendum. Construction began in August 2023. A community open house will be announced in the spring.
Parham-Mayland intersection improvements topic of March 10 info meeting
Henrico’s Department of Public Works will hold a public information meeting Monday, March 10, to highlight plans to improve the intersection at Parham Road and Mayland Drive. The meeting will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Tuckahoe Library and was rescheduled from Feb. 20 due to inclement weather.
The $550,000 project will add a raised directional concrete island at the signalized intersection that would eliminate through movements across Parham. Traffic on Mayland would be restricted to right turns onto Parham, but left turns onto Mayland will still be possible from Parham. The goal is to improve traffic flow and safety at the intersection, according to a project summary.
More information about the project is available on the county’s website.
Teacher, housing voucher participant appointed to RRHA board
Marika McCray
Marika McCray was appointed to serve on the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority Board of Commissioners. McCray joined the board in December as its third resident commissioner, replacing outgoing commissioner Veronica Blount.
McCray is a participant in RRHA’s Housing Choice Voucher Program and has been a resident of the Sixth Council Voting District for a decade. She has been a voucher participant since 2015 and currently resides in the Afton development.
A mother of four and a graduate of Highland Springs High School in Henrico, McCray holds a childcare degree from Reynolds Community College and works as a lead teacher at Midlothian Kids Academy.
McCray’s term on the RRHA board ends January 2028. The board consists of nine commissioners who to serve four-year terms and are appointed by Richmond City Council.
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