Supervisors voted 4-3 to deny the proposed Summerlyn development, which would have been the county’s first rental community restricted to residents 55 and older.
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VUU tower signs stay dark as repair work, permit violations continue
According to the city, the signs couldn’t be turned on even if underway repair work was finished, due to a lingering permitting issue that remains unresolved.
City Council approves shelter capacity increases; Northside businesses plan to file injunction
The approvals are first steps in what councilmembers have described as a larger, long-term plan to increase capacity across the city with potentially a shelter in each of its nine magisterial districts.
Co-conspirator in Richmond public works fraud case gets 14-month prison sentence
The sentence for Shaun Lindsey, a former senior administrative technician with the department, is roughly half what her ex-boss received last week for his role in the three-year scheme that defrauded the city of over $600,000 in contracts.
JLARC OKs VCU Health review in light of failed downtown project
The state-led study into the health system’s governance structure comes as a request to examine its $73 million project exit payment has been forwarded to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The $100M question: Why was doomed VCU Health development’s loan amount so high?
“The big question is why the financing was $100 million higher than the projected cost, and where did that money go,” asked one of several observers who have scrutinized the ill-fated deal.
Northside businesses wary of city’s plan to add shelter capacity on Chamberlayne Ave.
A neighborhood association told a city committee it would take legal action if council approves the proposal this Monday.
Hampton Gardens, Mooreland-area houses among top five home sales in October
While two of the biggest area home sales in years led the pack of the priciest residential real estate deals in October, the month also saw two other transactions that reached the multimillion-dollar mark.
Former Richmond public works official gets 27-month prison sentence in fraud case
The former senior manager pled guilty in July to defrauding the city of over $600,000 in contracts. His wife also was sentenced Tuesday, while a second co-conspirator is to be sentenced next week.
Veteran Richmond architect sells his firm, becomes buyer’s in-house designer
A longtime fixture in Richmond’s architecture scene is giving up his business, but not his drafting table just yet.