As more details emerge about parts of the plan – including buildings earmarked for VCU Health – a majority of Richmond City Council members maintained their opposition to the proposed Navy Hill development this week, despite a largely supportive report from a third-party consultant that council had hired to assess the project.
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City-bound hotelier finishes projects, starts others
Shamin Hotels recently opened the region’s lone Sheraton-branded hotel, purchased a Hyatt Place in Chester and has started on its new Moxy Hotels by Marriott, among other endeavors.
Creative Q&A: Martin Agency’s football recruit
From playing ball under Justin Fuente at the University of Memphis to rubbing shoulders with Nick Saban on and off the field, art director Derek Smith brings an insider’s perspective to The Martin Agency’s Buffalo Wild Wings account.
Council majority asks mayor to withdraw Navy Hill proposal
The same day project backers rolled out their latest endorsement with the promised return of minor-league hockey to Richmond, a majority of City Council called for Mayor Levar Stoney to withdraw his hotly debated Navy Hill plan, just weeks before an anticipated vote on the $1.5 billion development proposal.
‘It’s a great piece of dirt’: Developers hungry for Boulevard RFP
While a proposed redevelopment of the Richmond Coliseum and adjacent downtown area has dominated headlines in recent years, city leaders appear also to be turning their attention back to the Diamond-anchored 60-acre site along Arthur Ashe Boulevard.
Goodbye ‘Barber Martin,’ hello ‘Yebo’
One of Richmond’s longer-running ad agencies has taken on a new moniker, inspired by its owner’s southern African heritage.
The BizSense Crystal Ball: Things to watch in 2020
An objective news publication must tread carefully when dipping its toe into the subjective waters of making bold predictions. Nevertheless, we polished the ol’ crystal ball well enough to give you this guide for 2020.
The year in Navy Hill news: What happened, what’s next
The biggest economic development project ever proposed for Richmond had an eventful but sometimes rocky 12 months in 2019, a year that saw the now-$1.5 billion Navy Hill plan finalized and formally submitted to City Council, initiating a months-long, multilayered review process that is set to continue into 2020.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 12.23.19
Local businesses and nonprofits pitch in on a renovation of Richmond Social Services’ Child Protective Services room, a 1,250-unit residential development advances in Chesterfield, and City Council’s Navy Hill advisory group delivers its report this week.
Belmont Golf Course to get $4M transformation in deal with First Tee
The nonprofit’s ambitious plan includes modernizing the century-old course to add a driving range and practice areas, a six-hole short course and a 12-hole course, while relying on many of the bones of its original design from 1916.