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VPM to build new 5-story HQ on downtown parking lot
After nearly 60 years on Sesame Street, VPM will soon be on its way to downtown Richmond.
Review finds ‘insufficient due diligence, institutional eagerness’ as flaws in VCU Health’s downtown development deal
The third-party review represents the first accounting of the aborted Public Safety Building project that has ended up costing the health system at least $80 million, including a $73 million project-exit payment.
VCU Health continues to pay for downtown development exit
While the health system remains on the hook for Richmond real estate tax payments that continue to come due, it’s unclear whether a new university-led project for the same site would align with the city’s desire to keep the downtown property taxable.
City Center pitches: A warm-up for the next round of downtown redevelopment (Guest Commentary)
This is the first of two guest columns by Edwin Slipek that discuss the planning for the new City Center redevelopment of the Coliseum area.
Baltimore law firm begins revamp of Richmond ranks, moves into new downtown office
After losing part of its Richmond attorney team to one rival, the firm is reconstituting its local ranks by poaching attorneys from two other competitors.
Dominion to sell downtown city block after scrapping plans for ‘clean energy park’
A full city block in downtown Richmond may be developed after all, as Dominion Energy has changed course yet again for the vacant lot it owns next to its headquarters.
$73M and counting: VCU Health on the hook for millions more in downtown project-exit costs
The known cost for the health system to walk away from the project on the site of the city’s Public Safety Building appears to be closer to $80 million – and could end up being higher.
VCU Health, after FOIA request, reveals it paid $73M to back out of unbuilt downtown development
The payment was quietly made to Project 10th Street Owner LLC, tied to Oak Street Real Estate Capital, which was handling financing for the project for developer Capital City Partners.
When Charles III’s Prince’s Institute of Architecture studied downtown Richmond in 1996 (Guest Commentary)
For two weeks in August 1996 the Prince of Wales’ Institute landed in downtown Richmond. While here the students made field studies, engaged with locals, became familiar with downtown’s geography and buildings, and devised an urban design plan for Monroe Ward.