County officials have pitched a conceptual plan for the former Matoaca Elementary School that includes apartments for seniors and single-family homes. The school closed in spring 2021.
“If the legislature makes progress on creating a retail market, it’ll be interesting to see what happens to the timeline,” Jeremy Preiss told BizSense.
Local developer Scott Boyers is behind the endeavor, which would replace a 60-year-old office building on Augusta Avenue.
Lynx Ventures and the Maggie Walker Community Land Trust are behind the project, which would consist of 240 apartments and 15 for-sale units targeted to lower-income households.
The mall recently filed a request for a commercial lifestyle center license, which would allow visitors to consume alcoholic beverages in common areas.
The Richmond Planning Commission will consider permits for VUU tower signs and a Saint Gertrude High School apartment conversion. Chesterfield will discuss a plan for the future use of the old Matoaca Elementary School.
The botanical gardens struck a deal to purchase the neighboring Lakeside Baptist Church, which will add six acres to the garden’s 82-acre campus.
Approved without much fanfare in the shadow of Diamond District discussions at Monday’s meeting, the area that includes the Richmond Coliseum is now set up for an RFP of its own.
Having waited for this since arriving in Richmond in 2009, Flying Squirrels President Lou DiBella and COO Todd “Parney” Parnell said they’re chomping at the bit to get the design process started.
Both undertakings involve a bit of mystery: The retail site’s grocery anchor is being kept secret for now, while the county has previously been in talks with an unidentified developer for land near the Sportsplex that includes the former Southside Speedway.
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