Richmond's Suburban Developments

[eandslee]

I also noticed that it says (in the Richmondbizsense article) that this will be a mixed-use project with retail on the first level, a 200-room hotel, and the housing of some sort above it. Could we see some height here?  Maybe 10 stories?

[vaceltic]

"Mixed-use development with standalone and ground-floor retail with residential above." I suspect the residential height is probably no more than 3 or 4 stories, similar to the Element at Stonebridge that already exists.  Hilton Short Pump, with 254 rooms, is 8 floors; at 200 rooms, the Stonebridge hotel is probably two floors less.

[eandslee]

Gee, I really misinterpreted that!  Wow, for some reason I read it to mean that there would be residential above the hotel and first floor retail.  Maybe I’m suffering from lack of sleep because I was way off! 

[KJHburg]

Ate at the Westchester Commons area and now new apartments being built.  My friend who lives in Midlothian said this was stalled out and mostly vacant after 2008 now it seems filled up now.  Pretty busy tonight. 

[KJHburg]

Was in the Short Pump area as well love the Wegmans out there (and they are moving southward to NC starting this summer) Seems to be lots of growth out there.  Friday photos.   Saw the new Drive Shack.  There seemed be another like facility on I-64 or was that just a driving range or was it a TopGolf? 

[Seaboard Fellow]

It might have been this Top Golf location currently under construction. https://topgolf.com/us/richmond/

[KJHburg]

this might have been the TopGolf right off I-64 as I saw the Drive Shack out in Short Pump.  Photo from friday. 

[Icetera]

14 hours ago, KJHburg said:

this might have been the TopGolf right off I-64 as I saw the Drive Shack out in Short Pump.  Photo from friday. 

Yup, that is Top Golf.  Originally they were aiming for Drive Shack's location  but this will be better.

[rjp212]

Developer is planning a $100 million mixed used development just west of the Food Lion on West Broad in Goochland. Dubbed Manakin Towne, it’ll include two 2-story office buildings, 45,000 square feet of retail,  39 townhomes and 224 multi family units. 

https://richmondbizsense.com/2019/06/18/100m-manakin-towne-mixed-use-development-planned-goochland/

 

 

[Icetera]

2 hours ago, Hike said:

Was surprised to read that the ongoing project at Regency initially had segments being considered that were 15 to 25 stories and they've scaled it back to between 8 and 9 stories.  

From the article  - We share the crowd’s concerns about the planned residential buildings and traffic impacts, which Slusher addressed in depth. The plans call for adding 1,250 apartments, although the first phase will consist of 285 units — and whether more are built depends on the market. Originally the plans called for apartment buildings as high as 200 to 250 feet, which translates into somewhere between 15 and 25 stories.  In an area of Henrico where few buildings exceed three or four stories, those soaring heights would have been grossly out of place. We were relieved to hear Slusher say that as of Wednesday night, they were changing their request to a maximum height of 120 feet — about eight or nine stories.

Link here to the RTD article

https://www.richmond.com/opinion/our-opinion/editorial-regency-reborn/article_469ba9d8-bb52-5970-90f9-5ee793f01a31.html

 

Wow, unfortunately I have to agree that that is out of place for the area.  8-9 will be a great fit while still being on fairly tall for the area.  Save the towers for the city

[rjp212]

I drove by the Akaza Hotel yesterday and thought to myself, someone needs to do something with it.  Turns out a local developer has purchased the property and will begin abatement/demolition soon.  The 5 - story portion will he raised and its pad redeveloped into an unnamed hotel. The 7 - story portion will be remodeled and turned into a La Quinta, and they are going through planning now to add a 50,000 sf office building.  Henrico recently upzoned the area to allow for a taller/denser projects and it seems to have worked. 

https://richmondbizsense.com/2019/07/17/broad-street-hotel-shuttered-slated-overhaul-new-brand/

 

 

[rjp212]

On 7/17/2019 at 8:32 AM, rjp212 said:

I drove by the Akaza Hotel yesterday and thought to myself, someone needs to do something with it.  Turns out a local developer has purchased the property and will begin abatement/demolition soon.  The 5 - story portion will he raised and its pad redeveloped into an unnamed hotel. The 7 - story portion will be remodeled and turned into a La Quinta, and they are going through planning now to add a 50,000 sf office building.  Henrico recently upzoned the area to allow for a taller/denser projects and it seems to have worked. 

https://richmondbizsense.com/2019/07/17/broad-street-hotel-shuttered-slated-overhaul-new-brand/

 

 

Some renderings:

 

[ZUMAN2]

Perhaps this has already been posted elsewhere, but VCU Health has moved into the former SunTrust operations' building on Parham Rd.  Nice to see this building being re-purposed.

[Brent114]

I was out at Wegmans Sunday and saw this at the interaction of Broad and whatever the road to Wegmans  is called...

 

not sure what  it is (hotel of some brand) but I love that it is right up on Broad Street (not set back). 

 

 

[Shakman]

On 3/18/2019 at 12:26 PM, Shakman said:

While driving on West Broad Street, near the Goochland /Henrico line, I noticed ground has been broken for a new Hampton Inn.  It looked to be about 6 to 7 floors.  

 

17 hours ago, Brent114 said:

I was out at Wegmans Sunday and saw this at the interaction of Broad and whatever the road to Wegmans  is called...

 

not sure what  it is (hotel of some brand) but I love that it is right up on Broad Street (not set back). 

 

 

This must be the Hampton Inn I was referring to in a previous post, which I have reposted above.

Edited September 4, 2019 by Shakman

[Brent114]

Cool.

I thought you were referring to the hotel under construction  at 288 and Broad, also about 6-7 floors.  That one is all framed now.  When you made your post a few months back that site was just starting f to build the elevator shafts./stairwells. 

 

[Shakman]

Another hotel?  What is brand of the one located at 288 and Broad?

[rjp212]

Massive 800- home subdivision being proposed between Bailey Bridge Rd and Hull St.  Plans call it “mixed use” but it’ll only be some drive thru options, ie coffee shop, fast food, gas station. 

Also, this ridiculous line about how it’ll be different: “you’re able to have a true master-planned mixed-use community with some commercial nodes, hopefully a craft brewery.” ::rolls eyes::

https://richmondbizsense.com/2019/09/16/tarrington-developer-eyes-800-home-mixed-use-project-near-brandermill/

[Shakman]

Great!  There will be drunk seniors driving on Hull St!

Edited September 16, 2019 by Shakman

[Brent114]

https://richmondbizsense.com/2019/09/17/wells-fargo-owned-innsbrook-site-eyed-for-mixed-use-including-700-apartments/

This Innsbrook development looks very promising. 

[Henrico Weather]

2 hours ago, Brent114 said:

https://richmondbizsense.com/2019/09/17/wells-fargo-owned-innsbrook-site-eyed-for-mixed-use-including-700-apartments/

This Innsbrook development looks very promising. 

700 units in my neck of the woods will certainly impact the schools in my area. Many of them are at/near/above capacity. There is some redistricting being done right now. I wonder if this was part of that consideration, or if it will just need to be adjusted down the road again later on.

[Icetera]

7 minutes ago, Henrico Weather said:

700 units in my neck of the woods will certainly impact the schools in my area. Many of them are at/near/above capacity. There is some redistricting being done right now. I wonder if this was part of that consideration, or if it will just need to be adjusted down the road again later on.

The vast majority of this development is studios and one-bedrooms so I doubt it will attract too many breeders.  This will be great for the ever increasing foreign and young immigrant employees in the area.

[RiverYuppy]

While I think the development is great, I also would much rather see it built in the city.  There is only a certain amount of demand in the region and while it isn't exactly zero-sum, adding supply in Innsbrook does ease demand in the city. 

[Wahoo 07]

2 hours ago, RiverYuppy said:

While I think the development is great, I also would much rather see it built in the city.  There is only a certain amount of demand in the region and while it isn't exactly zero-sum, adding supply in Innsbrook does ease demand in the city. 

Think about it this way -- if Innsbrook becomes a high density residential and employment center, it increases the likelihood that the Pulse gets extended to Short Pump.

[RiverYuppy]

250 unit apartment building going up near the new Kinsale HQ