The Chesterfield Planning Commission gave the nod to a proposed technology park near Moseley on Tuesday, as well as advancing a request to rezone a shopping center and adjacent golf park for a residential redevelopment project pitched by Stanley Martin Homes. Both projects will need final approval from the Board of Supervisors, which will vote… Read more »
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Rockwood shopping center and golf park could be replaced with hundreds of residential units
Chesterfield County’s long-range plan to transform the aging Rockwood retail corridor is about to get a kick-off from a Reston-based builder with a busy Richmond-area pipeline.
N.Y. developer MAG Partners co-leads team pitching for Diamond District project
“The only way to really know how to do it is to have done it,” said MAG’s MaryAnne Gilmartin, whose development credits include Brooklyn’s Barclays Center arena and a surrounding mixed-use development.
Q&A with Maritza Pechin, Diamond District project manager
“I worked a lot on that master plan, and I wanted to be able to see something come out of it,” said Pechin, who made the unusual move from the private sector to City Hall after similarly guiding the Richmond 300 master plan update.
Proposed tech park near Moseley heads to Chesterfield Planning Commission
The county-initiated proposal would rezone a total of around 2,400 acres, teeing up a technology park on the bulk of the land as well as hundreds of homes and several public facilities on the so-called “Upper Magnolia Green” property.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 4.18.22
A 250-unit subdivision is floated in Hanover, some movement on the City Center plan, and several projects advance in Henrico.
Henrico adopts $1.5B budget for FY23 with tax rate cuts, employee pay raises
The real estate tax rate will be 2 cents lower in addition to a 2-cent credit, and the tax rate for biotech company equipment will be slashed by 74 percent.
Details emerge about Diamond District contender led by Machete Group
A previously unknown team among the six vying to be selected for Richmond’s redevelopment project has ties to multiple pro sports venues.
Law nixes state registration requirement for medical cannabis patients
Patients will still be required to secure written certification from registered health care practitioners but the law is expected to speed up access.
StyleCraft Homes plans 160 townhomes beside Azalea-area post office
“We think this is going to be a continued addition to the demand that we see down in the city,” said company President Richard Kuhn.