Hundreds of condos and apartments are up for votes in Henrico, a county planning director retires and another is hired. (BizSense Pro subscription required)
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 7.10.23
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The Agenda: Local government briefs for 7.3.23
Proposed industrial buildings in Rockville are up for a vote, and Chesterfield supervisors wind down a community development authority. (BizSense Pro subscription required)
VCU Health OK’d to demolish city-owned Public Safety Building
The authorization from City Council comes as the health system was due to make a $1.3 million payment to Richmond in lieu of taxes on the site – the latest cost to the health system for its expensive exit from a downtown development project.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 6.26.23
A 17-story apartment building next to Legend Brewing is up for a deciding vote and planned interchange improvements in Short Pump advance.
The City Center: Toward creating ‘hometown atmosphere’ (Guest Commentary)
The removal of the Coliseum will create a tabula rasa upon which city officials want to establish a mixed-use complex.
Project Snapshot: Henrico event center booking up at transforming Virginia Center Commons
The sports and events center is slated for a mid-October opening. Meanwhile, construction is underway on apartments and townhomes, and a $12 million land deal has set the stage for hundreds of condos.
‘Why is there a cover-up?’ Wilder responds to VCU Health payout report, repeats call for state investigation
The VCU professor and former Virginia governor discussed the report’s findings in a series of interviews with BizSense: “What it amounts to is the Board of Visitors has not done its job, the president has not done his job…and the people of Virginia are being ill-served,” he said.
Stymied by the state, upstart kava bar in the Fan readies legal fight with VDH
A kava kerfuffle between the state government and a new specialty bar in the Fan is taking a litigious turn.
Review finds ‘insufficient due diligence, institutional eagerness’ as flaws in VCU Health’s downtown development deal
The third-party review represents the first accounting of the aborted Public Safety Building project that has ended up costing the health system at least $80 million, including a $73 million project-exit payment.
Chesterfield weighs loosened residential development rules in rural areas
Developers interested in rural residential projects may soon have more site options in Chesterfield if a proposed zoning ordinance amendment is approved by the county.