“We felt so many people were burned by the Enrichmond process,” Chopus said. “We wanted the reputation and gravitas of the Community Foundation behind us as we try to right this wrong.”
The split vote came just weeks after officials announced that Goochland had won the remaining funding it needed for a new diverging diamond-style interchange near the site.
The other Kultivate outpost at 13140 Midlothian Turnpike in Chesterfield remains operational, as does owner Evan Somogyi’s four Kulture head shops.
Hundreds of condos and apartments are up for votes in Henrico, a county planning director retires and another is hired. (BizSense Pro subscription required)
Proposed industrial buildings in Rockville are up for a vote, and Chesterfield supervisors wind down a community development authority. (BizSense Pro subscription required)
The authorization from City Council comes as the health system was due to make a $1.3 million payment to Richmond in lieu of taxes on the site – the latest cost to the health system for its expensive exit from a downtown development project.
A 17-story apartment building next to Legend Brewing is up for a deciding vote and planned interchange improvements in Short Pump advance.
The removal of the Coliseum will create a tabula rasa upon which city officials want to establish a mixed-use complex.
The sports and events center is slated for a mid-October opening. Meanwhile, construction is underway on apartments and townhomes, and a $12 million land deal has set the stage for hundreds of condos.
The VCU professor and former Virginia governor discussed the report’s findings in a series of interviews with BizSense: “What it amounts to is the Board of Visitors has not done its job, the president has not done his job…and the people of Virginia are being ill-served,” he said.
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