Residential Real Estate

Transformation of former Cloverleaf Mall hits a milestone

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The former site of Cloverleaf Mall is getting its first residential tenants. Virginia Beach-based Boyd Homes cut the ribbon last month on Element at Stonebridge, a 400-unit apartment project that completes the first residential piece of the larger Stonebridge mixed-use development where the former Southside mall once stood. The apartments are grouped in three buildings… Read more »

Gottwalds list Riverside Drive home for $3.1M

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Two members of one of Richmond’s most prominent and wealthiest families have listed their secondary home for $3.1 million. John D. and Margaret N. Gottwald are selling their 5,400-square-foot home at 7701 Riverside Drive, which they have used as a city retreat. The couple, who reside in Goochland County, listed the home April 28 through… Read more »

Real estate exec nabs top home sale for April

The president of a New York real estate firm that recently entered the local market has finalized his move to Richmond with the top area home purchase for April. A 6,300-square-foot home at 2712 Monument Ave. sold April 19 for $1.56 million, just below its list price of $1.65 million but above all other sales… Read more »

Final phase of FoxCreek underway

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A 475-acre development 10 years in the making is entering its final phase. Locally based TerraForge Communities broke ground this month on Greenwich Walk at FoxCreek, the third and final section of the expansive residential project off Hull Street Road in Chesterfield County. Marketed for residents 55 and up, Greenwich Walk will consist of 450… Read more »

Pair of $2M homes hit the market

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Two colonial-style homes with price tags topping $2 million hit the market the same day this month – one of them returning at a reduced price. A five-bedroom, six-bathroom home at 6500 Westham Station Road, on a hill overlooking Huguenot Road at the northern end of the Huguenot Bridge, was listed at $2.59 million. And… Read more »

Belize-bound couple lists Grace Street B&B

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An historic Fan District house that for years has been used as a bed and breakfast has been put on the market. The 8,000-square-foot Grace Manor Inn at 1853 W. Grace St. was listed April 5 for $1.14 million. Chris Small of Small & Associates Real Estate has the listing. Owners Albert and Dawn Schick,… Read more »

Windemere mansion under contract for $4M in cash

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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 »

1,000-home project approved near Henrico mall

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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 »

Cartoonist, doctor list neighboring homes in 7-figure sales

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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 »