Officials held a community meeting Tuesday to showcase draft recommendations amid talks between the county and an undisclosed developer who wants to build a mixed-use development on the former Southside Speedway property.
“Our first year was more than we anticipated for sure,” said Mark Lynch, the course’s vice president of operations.
Henrico supervisors weigh a 530-acre industrial zoning in Varina, an interim Midlothian District supervisor is named, and Chesterfield and Goochland hold proposed area plan meetings.
The move kicks off a process of winding down the organization’s operations, which include the Evergreen and East End cemeteries.
The national auto parts retailer is building an 800,000-square-foot facility in the western part of the county, which it said will be its largest distribution center.
A donation agreement with the city sets the stage for a new funding approach for the project, which had lost momentum in recent years.
The city will now move toward picking a winning team for the redevelopment project, which one of the groups projected to cost up to $2 billion.
A collective including Project:HOMES, the Better Housing Coalition, Virginia Housing and a group from Virginia Tech built the house as an experiment in housing affordability.
A planned equestrian center for the city’s mounted police unit receives a $3.7M donation, two residential projects are up for votes in Chesterfield, and several notable projects advance in Richmond and Henrico. (BizSense Pro)
“It is able to be pulled off,” said the city’s project manager. “The first thing we need is someone to help us build it, and that’s getting the developer on board.”
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