Residential Real Estate

A Henrico-based homebuilder known for its large projects in the suburbs has broken ground for the first time in the city of Richmond.

Two years after site work got started, a $55 million apartment project is taking shape and moving in its first residents on the former Westwood tract across from Union Presbyterian Seminary.

A developer from Hampton Roads is looking to pile on more residential density in Innsbrook.

As it closes out one of its larger communities, a local development firm is moving forward with its next project in Chesterfield County: a mixed-use project on 200-plus acres that would add nearly 800 homes south of Brandermill.

The former Relay Foods warehouse at 1601 Roseneath Road is under contract to be sold to the South Carolina-based firm, which is planning to raze the building to make way for 350 apartments and retail space.

A local businessman, who was involved in the completion of a once-controversial West End condo project, is growing his city holdings south of the river after assembling 10 properties on a Manchester block that’s surrounded by flurry of private investment.

Named for one of Richmond’s largest rail yards, Fulton Yard is planned for a mix of 535 apartments and 106,000 square feet of commercial space on 20 acres. The requisite rezoning now heads to City Council and the Board of Supervisors.