Richmond's Suburban Developments

[I miss RVA]

Some news from RBS about the new industrial park in Ashland. Nice to see the far northern suburbs getting into the industrial park mix.

https://richmondbizsense.com/2022/02/25/maryland-based-developer-finishes-first-building-at-industrial-park-in-ashland/

[wrldcoupe4]

There is like 20x more occurring up there at the moment. 

[eandslee]

2 hours ago, wrldcoupe4 said:

There is like 20x more occurring up there at the moment. 

How come we only hear about a select few of them?  I didn’t know there were a ton of them being built up there. I mean, I know a few, but not 20!

[Downtowner]

Before I fall asleep here very shortly just wanted to point out that I saw on the RTD website that Walgreens is bringing a micro distribution center to the atlee area of Hanover creating 249 jobs. Warehouse sector is very active here. Also anyone have an update on the wegmans distribution center not much info on that lately?

[skinsfan]

8 hours ago, Downtowner said:

Before I fall asleep here very shortly just wanted to point out that I saw on the RTD website that Walgreens is bringing a micro distribution center to the atlee area of Hanover creating 249 jobs. Warehouse sector is very active here. Also anyone have an update on the wegmans distribution center not much info on that lately?

I wonder if this is the one visible on 295 near the railroad bridge.   

[Child2021]

Confirmed: Henrico Plaza project has broken ground today.

[rjp212]

Some renderings from Baskervill that I hadn't seen of Genworth Redevelopment.  https://www.baskervill.com/project/brookfield-campus-master-plan/

[I miss RVA]

49 minutes ago, rjp212 said:

Some renderings from Baskervill that I hadn't seen of Genworth Redevelopment.  https://www.baskervill.com/project/brookfield-campus-master-plan/

Really nice design.

[Brent114]

Looks better than the first drawings of this redevelopment. (the ones that made it look like a tourist souvenir strip).

I don’t understand why they would destroy the existing Life of Virginia errr Genworth building.  And then replace it with a smaller/shorter  building. 

[wrldcoupe4]

I don’t understand the low density residential on the east side of the site though. This whole property should look more like the west side. 

[123fakestreet]

10 hours ago, rjp212 said:

Some renderings from Baskervill that I hadn't seen of Genworth Redevelopment.  https://www.baskervill.com/project/brookfield-campus-master-plan/

Love that "main street." Even if the suburbs can't be completely walkable we at least need some more islands of walkability, like West Broad Village, Libbie Mill, etc. Not just acres of open surface lots.

Edited March 3, 2022 by 123fakestreet

[I miss RVA]

Lennar has entered the RVA market, with a fairly splashy buy-in to the Harpers Mill project out in the  Winterpock area, well past 288, south of 360. Not the more modern "urbanized" kind of suburban development - rather a more traditional cul de sac, single-fam home RVA suburban style project, it's still a fairly sizeable project and according to the RBS article, getting Lennar into the local market is a big deal.

From Richmond BizSense:

https://richmondbizsense.com/2022/03/08/national-homebuilder-lennar-buys-into-harpers-mill-with-25m-land-deal/

 

[RiverYuppy]

It looks like they're finally breaking ground on the Henrico Plaza development.

I'm hoping this will prompt a bit more development on the Henrico side of Mechanicsville Turnpike, as opposed to the Hanover side.  Right now many people on the north and east of the city are hit with driving pretty far from the city (or to the other side of the city) to get to something like a Publix, Target, Golds/Crunch gym, Best Buy, etc.  

I think many of these would be great in the Diamond area, but for the ones that we aren't going to get by with limited parking, it would be nice if they went close to everyone on Mechanicsville Turnpike near the city.  It is super close to Church Hill, Shockoe, Highland/Brookland Park, etc. 

[Child2021]

4 minutes ago, RiverYuppy said:

It looks like they're finally breaking ground on the Henrico Plaza development.

I'm hoping this will prompt a bit more development on the Henrico side of Mechanicsville Turnpike, as opposed to the Hanover side.  Right now many people on the north and east of the city are hit with driving pretty far from the city (or to the other side of the city) to get to something like a Publix, Target, Golds/Crunch gym, Best Buy, etc.  

I think many of these would be great in the Diamond area, but for the ones that we aren't going to get by with limited parking, it would be nice if they went close to everyone on Mechanicsville Turnpike near the city.  It is super close to Church Hill, Shockoe, Highland/Brookland Park, etc. 

This reminds me I have a picture of this.  I can capture more today.

[I miss RVA]

Chesterfield planning commission to vote on Spring Rock Green project - the one that will include hockey rinks -- at Chippenham & Midlo interchange.

From Richmond BizSense:

https://richmondbizsense.com/2022/03/14/spring-rock-green-redevelopment-plan-goes-to-planning-commission-for-vote/

 

[I miss RVA]

We now return to our regularly-scheduled suburban sprawl, already in progress...

Looks like a new subdivision is set to get underway near Wyndham Forest.

From Richmond BizSense:

https://richmondbizsense.com/2022/03/15/6-6m-deal-clears-way-for-75-homes-on-horse-stables-site-near-wyndham-forest/

Edited March 15, 2022 by I miss RVA

[Child2021]

Regency Square development 

[I miss RVA]

43 minutes ago, Child2021 said:

Regency Square development 

Really good to see. Thanks so much @Child2021for taking and posting!

[Brent114]

Wow.  That’s apart of town that I haven’t been near in a year or so.  Now I wanna do a drive by. 
 

The entire metro area is growing up! 

[Child2021]

Henrico plaza development.

[eandslee]

More information on Chesterfield's Spring Rock Green development.  Developer is selected.  Demolition occurs later this summer and the first installment will be a 6-story, 300 apartment building with ground floor retail.  Ice rinks and other components of the development will come in subsequent phases.

https://richmondbizsense.com/2022/03/22/chesterfield-picks-developer-for-first-piece-of-spring-rock-green-revamp/

[I miss RVA]

5 hours ago, eandslee said:

More information on Chesterfield's Spring Rock Green development.  Developer is selected.  Demolition occurs later this summer and the first installment will be a 6-story, 300 apartment building with ground floor retail.  Ice rinks and other components of the development will come in subsequent phases.

https://richmondbizsense.com/2022/03/22/chesterfield-picks-developer-for-first-piece-of-spring-rock-green-revamp/

Good start to that project! Really nice renderings in today's RBS.

Edited March 22, 2022 by I miss RVA

[Icetera]

The new Amazon warehouse is definitely a monster in person:

[Shakman]

So is the photographer.

[I miss RVA]

Some density is coming to the near northern suburbs in the 9000 block of Brook Road (between Parham and I-295) on the site of the former Knights Inn motel.. Glad to see these kinds of projects starting to take root there. Great quote in the article - demonstrating that the development is spurred, in part, by the anticipated coming of Green City. VERY interesting, when you stop to think about it.

From RBS:

"Jason Pfister, Middleburg’s vice president for land entitlements, said the company was drawn to the Knights Inn site due in large part to GreenCity, the $2.3 billion arena-anchored development in the works across Interstate 95 from the Brook Road corridor. The Magellan Parkway extension will connect those two projects and lead right to the Knights Inn site, Pfister noted.

“We were very interested in that part of town, particularly with GreenCity coming,” Pfister said. “It’s an area that’s kind of flagged for revitalization, so our site acquisition guys located this site and we’ve been able to work with the owner of the Knights Inn to redevelop the property.”

https://richmondbizsense.com/2022/04/05/300-unit-residential-complex-planned-to-replace-knights-inn-on-brook-road/