Residential Real Estate

Libbie condo project gets a lifeline, but financing questions remain

Tiber

A federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved a plan for interim financing for The Tiber, a high-end condo development that’s been in limbo at Libbie and Guthrie avenues since a dispute arose between its owners and general contractor.

Townhomes planned for Southside city tract

Cherokee Road

A Mechanicsville developer is cooking up a baker’s dozen of townhomes inside city limits. Youngblood Properties filed plans this month to build 13 attached single-family homes at 2940 Cherokee Road, a 1.5-acre site in Stratford Hills, east of Stony Point Fashion Park and west of the Forest Hill neighborhood. The development is tentatively called Cherokee… Read more »

Fan adds 25 renovated apartments

Columbia Apartments

A Grace Street property built in the 1800s has gotten a 21st century upgrade. Thalhimer Realty Partners, the development and investment arm of local real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, this month completed the transformation of 1142 W. Grace St. into a 25-unit apartment building dubbed the Columbia Apartments. The two-story building was… Read more »

Windward mansion listed for $2.9M

Windward front exterior

A 200-year-old reconstructed home near the University of Richmond is being sold by members of a notable Richmond family. “Windward,” a reconstruction of a Federal period dwelling that was relocated from Dinwiddie County nearly a century ago to 1 S. Ridge Road, hit the market on Wednesday for $2.9 million. The nearly 10,000-square-foot home, at… Read more »

Tiber enters Chapter 11

After dodging a foreclosure auction and weeks of negotiations with would-be residents, the developer of a stalled West End condo project has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy.    Tiber Partners LLC, the embattled ownership group behind the delayed Tiber condos at Libbie and Guthrie avenues, on Wednesday was ordered to enter bankruptcy protection. The ruling comes… Read more »