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A similar extension and renovation plan is in the works for Richmond Jet Center competitor Million Air, which also operates on the grounds of Richmond International Airport.

Council also deferred until April a vote on the proposed redeveloped of the Westhampton Pastry Shop building at Libbie and Patterson.

State law requires that the licensees have at least 45% of their gross receipts per year come from food sales, which some argue is too difficult to comply with.

There appears to be progress in clearing up at least some of the turbulence between Richmond International Airport and its two fixed-base operators.

A General Assembly committee last month got a glimpse of the 316,000-square-foot office tower that is proposed as a replacement to the James Monroe Building.

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.

With the team fully assembled, the hope is to open the $11 million center inside Main Street Station’s Train Shed either by the end of 2025 or within the first quarter of 2026. 

“You come from a position of strength as the largest customer of the City of Richmond who also, by the way, has capacity to do more with water,” Henrico Manager John Vithoulkas told the Board of Supervisors during Tuesday’s meeting.

Newly installed Mayor Danny Avula has endorsed a design for the next incarnation of the bridge that would be more pedestrian and bike friendly.

Council pushed the vote to its meeting later this month, though it did approve a plan from Superstars Pizza owner Taylor Antonelli to open deli a few miles east on Patterson Avenue.