The $4 million redevelopment of the St. Luke Building, which housed the bank and other businesses of the pioneering entrepreneur and activist, is complete.
Maggie Walker’s bank building converted to apartments; developer plans dozens more next door
Residential Real Estate
$290M Courthouse Landing project OK’d in Chesterfield
Six months after receiving an initial thumbs down from the county, a reworked version of a hotel-anchored development that would bring hundreds of new homes and other uses to central Chesterfield has secured the approval of county supervisors.
Project Snapshot(s): Developer duo adding hundreds of apartments across three projects
A recurring collaboration between two Richmond development firms is bearing fruit in the form of three residential projects targeting low-income renters that are taking shape in different parts of the city.
Richmond adopts rules for Airbnb-style home rentals; declares Public Safety Building as surplus
The city now has new rules lined up to make short-term home rentals legal, while council also voted Monday night to declare one of the Navy Hill properties surplus, allowing for a formal RFP.
Old Scott’s Addition row houses reborn as commercial space
In Scott’s Addition, it’s become common practice for developers to convert derelict warehouses into residential units. But a career electrician and local broker have flipped the trend and converted a set of old row houses into commercial space.
Douglas Development scraps hotel plans for former DEQ building; now opting for apartments
“In light of what’s happening in the hospitality industry, we pivoted to apartments,” Norman Jemal said. “The building is a very well-built building that fortunately works very well for both a hotel or apartments.”
NoVA-based buyer grabs more land at the edge of Scott’s Addition
The latest deal gives Bonaventure Realty Group more than an acre of undeveloped land in the sought-after neighborhood. The company bought the Scott’s Edge apartments last year for nearly $18 million.
Ukrops list Windsor Farms home at just under $2M
Two members of one of the more prominent families in Richmond have put their longtime residence in Windsor Farms on the market.
After Carillon Place, developers set sights on Woodland Heights
With the final nail hammered on the last of four new homes they developed around the oldest house in Byrd Park, a local residential development duo is turning their attention to their next infill project on the other side of the river.
Physicians’ house swap tops May home sales
A transaction between doctors led the pack of area home sales in May, edging out four other seven-figure deals that each came in at $1.4 million.