A performing arts and innovation building, a new dorm, an athletics village, and other academic buildings are planned to be funded between 2022 and 2028.
VCU approves $1.5B budget for 2021-22, maps out $1.2B in capital projects
Government
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 5.17.21
TOD zonings are sought for sites near Rocketts Landing and in Shockoe Bottom. Rebkee gets thumbs up for two projects in Henrico.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 5.10.21
500 apartments are pitched for Virginia Center Commons, a 41-acre development gets a thumbs up in Goochland, and Richmond’s budget director takes a job in Hanover.
Pharma venture fuels $25M expansion of AMPAC facility in Petersburg
The project is spurred by a federal-funded venture that also includes Phlow, Civica and VCU’s Medicines for All Institute to shore up the supply of U.S.-made generic drugs.
Planning Commission recommends rezonings of Caravati’s, Loving sites
The redevelopment of a Manchester warehouse and a Shockoe Bottom surface lot got the green light as did a 5-story, 52-unit apartment building at 711 Dawn St.
Five-story mixed-use building planned near Northside brewery
A former city administrator is representing the applicant in a rezoning request for 711 Dawn St., where two existing industrial buildings would be demolished.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 5.3.21
A 41-acre mixed-use development in Goochland, rezoning proposals in Shockoe Bottom and The Diamond area, and Powhatan holds a budget hearing.
Chesterfield supervisors sign off on Rockwood area redevelopment plan
The land-use roadmap will guide redevelopment of aging retail centers at the corner of Hull Street and Courthouse roads toward a mixed-use future.
A year into the pandemic, RIC’s passenger traffic numbers are taking off
With monthly counts no longer compared to pre-COVID numbers, the airport’s year-to-year statistics are starting to show signs of rebuilding.
Petersburg warns developer to repair or raze blighted hotel, or city will
The city made its ultimatum just as the same firm has started work on the Model Tobacco building in South Richmond.