Residential Real Estate

A West End mansion on and off the market for years got snatched up before its latest listing this week. The 10,000-square-foot Tudor-style home known as Windemere at 5501 Cary Street Road was listed Tuesday as an already-pending sale at $3.99 million. Listing agent Richard Buckingham of Engel & Volkers said he was preparing to… Read more »

Local homebuilder digs in on first townhome project

The path is cleared for HHHunt’s next big project. Henrico County supervisors unanimously approved a rezoning on Tuesday for the 250-acre River Mill, which will add more than 1,000 homes to wooded land across Brook Road from Virginia Center Commons. The development, largely unchanged since it was first proposed in February, will consist of 400… Read more »

Two million-dollar homes just doors down from each other have hit the market in western Henrico. Off River Road just west of Chippenham Parkway, the 6,800-square-foot house at 5 Lancaster Lane was listed March 15 for $1.79 million. Two weeks later, on March 28, an 11,800-square-foot house a few doors away at 8 Berkshire Drive… Read more »

A veteran Richmond development team is aiming high – and high-end – for their next project in Scott’s Addition. Louis Salomonsky and David White of Main Street Realty are proposing two 10-story towers totaling 258 residential units at 1400 Roseneath Road that would convert from apartments to condominiums over time. The towers – the tallest… Read more »

Continuing their strategy of filling alleys with modern architecture, Patrick Sullivan and John White have turned their attention to an alley in Richmond’s oldest neighborhood. Two-thirds of the team behind six modern townhomes planned between two alleys near the Fan, the development duo is working with Zach Kennedy of Upward Builders on a similar project:… Read more »

Call it the Massey mansion, “the next generation.” The family behind the highest-priced residential listing in Richmond can now lay claim to another noteworthy property: a Manakin-Sabot estate that was the most expensive area home sale for the month of March. Totaling 6,600 square feet on nearly 35 acres in the Sabot Hill community, the… Read more »

A well-known local developer’s latest project has been stopped short after being met with opposition. Hank Wilton, former head of the Wilton Cos., has withdrawn his proposal . The development, called The Glenn at Centerville, was presented last fall but faced public opposition in the months since. At a planning commission meeting in November, two… Read more »

A local printing executive’s 5,800-square-foot home is the latest high-dollar listing on Monument Avenue. The six-bedroom, 3½-bathroom house at 2230 Monument Ave. was listed last week for $1.79 million. City records list the owners as Michael G. and Laura M. Bland. Michael Bland is president of B&B Printing and of NimbleBridge, a marketing asset management… Read more »

A residential concept that blends organic farming with suburban living will become a reality in Hanover County. County supervisors have approved Cornerstone Homes’ proposal for Chickahominy Falls, a 400-home development on about 150 acres along Holly Hill Road just south of Cedar Lane. The unanimous vote introduces the concept locally of a residential development with… Read more »