A hotel-anchored development that’s been years in the making for a vacant corner of Jackson Ward appears to be a go.
Developers filing plans for hotel-anchored second phase of Jackson Place project
Jonathan Spiers
Jonathan joined BizSense in 2015 after a decade of reporting in Wilmington, N.C., and at the Henrico County Leader. The Virginia Tech grad covers government, real estate and other news.
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Apartments scrapped, more townhomes proposed for church site at Hull Street and Genito
An amended plan for the proposed Genito Crossing redevelopment calls for the former cinema-turned-church property to be filled with 111 for-sale townhomes, less than half the proposed density of the original plan.
Timmons Group expanding with new offices in Roanoke, Charleston
The offices are the first in Southwest Virginia and second in South Carolina for the engineering firm, which also is in the process of relocating its Chesterfield headquarters.
Richmond moves business tax filings online, extends deadline through March
The portal is the latest in an ongoing effort to move certain city services online. The typical March 1 deadline for renewing licenses and paying BPOL taxes has been extended to March 31.
Henrico budget plan includes tax rate reductions, $50M for water upgrades
“If the water crisis showed us anything, it’s that we need to increase our water resiliency in the east. That’s what this money is doing,” County Manager John Vithoulkas said of the plan, which includes a 6% raise for all Henrico employees.
The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 2.25.25
Thirty Brandcenter alums touched this year’s Super Bowl ads and an annual panel provides local critiques. New work for VPM and a local EV bikes dealer. (BizSense Pro required)
Amended lawsuit filed in $40M Diamond District developers spat
Republic Properties now argues that former teammates Loop Capital and Thalhimer Realty Partners breached a business “venture,” after its “partnership” argument was rejected by a judge.
Six-unit townhome infill planned to replace Shockoe Bottom parking lot
Center Creek Homes is planning the three-story townhomes on a quarter-acre lot beside where Keel Custom Homes has started building five townhomes of its own.
Developer moving forward with data center project after buying Azalea Flea Market site for $8M
DC Blox has filed development plans for the data center it’s been planning on part of the property that housed the long-running flea market, which ended earlier this month after a four-decade run.
City releases preliminary after-action report on water plant outage
The initial findings from consultant HNTB Corp. follows similar reports released earlier this week by Henrico and Hanover counties, which are partly served by the plant and also experienced service disruptions.
