VCU Developments

[Hike]

I had hoped the VCU STEM would have a web cam, well, lo and behold....nice view of the campus and area not typically viewed from this angle.

https://app.oxblue.com/open/hourigan/vcustem

[eandslee]

4 hours ago, Hike said:

I had hoped the VCU STEM would have a web cam, well, lo and behold....nice view of the campus and area not typically viewed from this angle.

https://app.oxblue.com/open/hourigan/vcustem

Awesome find!  Thanks!!!  Love web cams and I save them all as favorite links I go to daily!

[Hike]

1 hour ago, eandslee said:

Awesome find!  Thanks!!!  Love web cams and I save them all as favorite links I go to daily!

I do too!

[I miss RVA]

8 hours ago, Hike said:

I had hoped the VCU STEM would have a web cam, well, lo and behold....nice view of the campus and area not typically viewed from this angle.

https://app.oxblue.com/open/hourigan/vcustem

Awesome! Tremendous find. Yeah - I love the web cams as well. So glad to see this one.

[Brent114]

https://shockeybuilds.com/sector/parking-transportation/under-construction-vcu-health/
 

Here’s  the  parking deck that is rising just north of downtown on I95 (and 7th street).  It should show up quite well from the 95/64 interchange and from its perch above 95 should create a bit of a canyon effect with the decks on the other side of the interstate. 

[Icetera]

A few quick drive-bys of the Children's Hospital.

[eandslee]

Great pics!  Thanks for posting. That cantilevered section though!

[wrldcoupe4]

This building is too big for its britches. 

[Brent114]

The STEM building is quite large.  It has a big presence around Monroe Park.

 

[eandslee]

Great photos Brent!  Thanks for posting. 

[Hike]

1 hour ago, eandslee said:

Great photos Brent!  Thanks for posting. 

Never thought of this view, nice addition to Monroe Park. 

[I miss RVA]

Great photos, Brent! Terrific perspectives too - especially coming up Laurel Street. This building will have tremendous mass. Note the rather remarkable floor-height difference between it and Johnson Hall. 

Edited April 27, 2021 by I miss RVA

[Blackbird Fly]

https://president.vcu.edu/media/president/assets/pdfs/agendas/board-of-visitors/BOVWebsiteAgenda.pdf
 

VCU’s Capital Plan for the next five years

 

Includes budgets for upcoming buildings and the athletics village. Some images included at the end of the document. 

[wrldcoupe4]

This is great - excited to see more on the Arts and Innovation building at Broad and Belvidere. Also curious about the School of Dentistry. I thought their building was relatively new but looks like a significant investment in 2024-2026.

[Brent114]

The dorm on Grace looks great.  

[I miss RVA]

A couple of really great renderings. The arts building at Broad and Belvidere - and the 12-story Honors Dorm at the southwest corner of Grace & Laurel. The only fly in the ointment for us - the dorm isn't to get funding until 2024-2026 biennium. So we have to wait.

 

[RVA-Is-The-Best]

And an official RTD article rehashing much of the above.

https://richmond.com/news/local/new-buildings-coming-to-vcu-athletics-village-student-commons-high-rise-dorm-arts-lab/article_625834de-0f86-5a93-84b6-e9a272e72e59.html

Great stuff. Over $1.2 billion in construction. 

[Hike]

The arts building, (arts and innovation) that part of the project has been out for budget, saw the schematic about 4-5 months ago, so underway. It's a very transparent building,  a clearer glass box with colorful interior showing thru.

Edited May 15, 2021 by Hike

[eandslee]

1 hour ago, Hike said:

The arts building, (arts and innovation) that part of the project has been out for budget, saw the schematic about 4-5 months ago, so underway. It's a very transparent building,  a clearer glass box with colorful interior showing thru.

Remind me which is the arts building again?  Is it the one planned for across the street from the ICA?

[Hike]

2 minutes ago, eandslee said:

Remind me which is the arts building again?  Is it the one planned for across the street from the ICA?

This one. The rendering looks transparent and it seems they are intentionally looking for that aesthetic and not just lines to represent a proposed shape.

[majors2410]

I like that they are going to use Grace and Belvidere as the main gateway to campus. This is much needed. I think Grace being more narrow will work better than the wider Broad St. 

[DowntownCoruscant]

On 5/15/2021 at 7:05 AM, eandslee said:

Remind me which is the arts building again?  Is it the one planned for across the street from the ICA?

Is the 18 floor building at the old gas station a dead idea? I know that was private, not VCU, but was fascinated to see how they’d fit that in there.

[eandslee]

9 minutes ago, DowntownCoruscant said:

Is the 18 floor building at the old gas station a dead idea? I know that was private, not VCU, but was fascinated to see how they’d fit that in there.

That was once a private proposal by “Uppy,” the owner of the gas station (long dead now).  The proposal seemed very odd in that there weren’t many details and the rendering seemed like it was done in Microsoft Paint (low budget).  I think it was a way for Uppy to get VCU interested in buying the property (which they did).  I think the latest VCU 5-year plan shows a building on that property, but I’m unclear on which one it is. 

[I miss RVA]

3 hours ago, eandslee said:

That was once a private proposal by “Uppy,” the owner of the gas station (long dead now).  The proposal seemed very odd in that there weren’t many details and the rendering seemed like it was done in Microsoft Paint (low budget).  I think it was a way for Uppy to get VCU interested in buying the property (which they did).  I think the latest VCU 5-year plan shows a building on that property, but I’m unclear on which one it is. 

And, if I recall, there was another fairly large project proposed for that area - also 18 stories or so - called "The Belividere" - it was to be a residential/mixed use building I think. We had an entire long-play thread on this forum dedicated to this building that never came to pass.

[I miss RVA]

Richmond BizSense's reporting on VCU's new budget and capital projects plan. Once again, Urban Planet Richmond had the scoop first!

https://richmondbizsense.com/2021/05/17/vcu-approves-1-5b-budget-for-2021-22-maps-out-1-2b-in-capital-projects/