Richmond "Weekly" Construction Updates

[Icetera 344]

AUGUST 17, 2014

 

Port RVA

 

Hatcher Tobacco Flats

 

The Terraces at Manchester

 

Belle Summit Apartments

 

 

 

[Icetera 344]

AUGUST 17, 2014

 

1200 Semmes

 

Gateway Plaza

 

VCU Children's Hospital

 

Rockett's Landing Town-homes

[RVA-Is-The-Best 563]

Is this really going to become a thing? Because I like this thing.

[eandslee 1428]

Is this really going to become a thing? Because I like this thing.

 

I'm hoping this will become a thing!  This is an awesome set of photos to get us started!  Thanks, Icetera, for posting this and taking the time to run around and take these photos!  I love to see Richmond development in progress!  Let's keep this rolling.  If you have any photos of the construction projects going on in and around Richmond, please feel free to post them here!

[Icetera 344]

I'm hoping this will become a thing!  This is an awesome set of photos to get us started!  Thanks, Icetera, for posting this and taking the time to run around and take these photos!  I love to see Richmond development in progress!  Let's keep this rolling.  If you have any photos of the construction projects going on in and around Richmond, please feel free to post them here!

 

I promised I would start this a few weeks ago but it has not happened until now (excluding crappy cell phone pictures I never posted).  Hopefully when I return next week from travels I can do my part to keep it going. VCU, First Freedom Center and better Gateway Plaza pictures are still needed for this week.

[jbjust 276]

You can just screen cap the Gateway Plaza photos from the webcam.

[Icetera 344]

AUGUST 30, 2014

 

Brook Road Student Housing

 

VCU Children's Hospital

 

First Freedom Center

[eandslee 1428]

Wow! Awesome set of pix! Wonderfully done. Love how the first freedom center is turning out! Thanks!

[540_804 13]

Thanks for the pics! Love this weekly update thing.

 

I, on the other hand, actually don't like how the First Freedom Center looks. The prefab brick panels (the lines in the facade are a dead giveaway) look embarrassingly cheap.

 

How is it that the Belle Summit development, aimed at the affordable and moderate-income tenants is one of the only new construction buildings that uses hand-laid bricks?

[Shakman 246]

Weekly updates?  It seems we are just a few weeks behind with providing updates.

Edited December 9, 2014 by Shakman

[RVA-Is-The-Best 563]

Weekly updates?  It seems we are just a few weeks behind with providing updates.

 

Emphasis on "just"....

[eandslee 1428]

I know that it's hard to provide a weekly update as life sometimes gets in the way, but we just can't let this thread die. Anyone have anything?

[RVA-Is-The-Best 563]

Patience, my friends. People get busy.

 

In the mean time, TimesDispatch reports the First Freedom Cener pair of Marriotts (Homeyard Courtooms and Comrtyaed brand) have opened in Shockoe Slip.

 

http://www.timesdispatch.com/business/real-estate/two-new-hotels-open-in-downtown-richmond/article_773af4aa-d4d2-50e9-9033-cec3f8cd93c0.html

Edited December 10, 2014 by RVA-Is-The-Best

[Richmonopoly 78]

I live very near the two hotels and I must say that since their opening, there has been a great deal of tourists in the few blocks in our immediate area.  It's nice to see people out and about and enjoying what this city has to offer.  

 

I wonder how long before the building directly beside the Tobacco Company is developed? (Cary Street side) 

[eandslee 1428]

I live very near the two hotels and I must say that since their opening, there has been a great deal of tourists in the few blocks in our immediate area.  It's nice to see people out and about and enjoying what this city has to offer.  

 

I wonder how long before the building directly beside the Tobacco Company is developed? (Cary Street side) 

 

This is great news!  Love to hear that tourists are visiting Richmond...hopefully, they are loving it!

[Icetera 344]

Edited April 28, 2015 by Icetera

[Icetera 344]

 

The Tiber:

 

Rockett's Landing Townhomes:

Edited April 30, 2015 by Icetera

[eandslee 1428]

Whoa!  Construction photos!!!  Yes!  These look great, Icetera!  Semmes in Manchester...that area has totally transformed.  The changes are amazing and so are the views from that area looking to the north toward downtown!  That part of town has so much potential!  Thank you so much for posting the photos.  By-the-way, which building is the one with all the green construction exterior?

[Icetera 344]

Whoa!  Construction photos!!!  Yes!  These look great, Icetera!  Semmes in Manchester...that area has totally transformed.  The changes are amazing and so are the views from that area looking to the north toward downtown!  That part of town has so much potential!  Thank you so much for posting the photos.  By-the-way, which building is the one with all the green construction exterior?

 

It is Hatcher Tobacco Flats and takes up the entire block of Commerce/7th between Porter and Bainbridge with the exception of the existing structure for Genesis' office.  Hopefully I can find time to add captions down the road.

 

http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2014/03/04/southside-project-reaches-its-genesis/

[georgeglass 293]

Maybe this thread needs to be revived..

This was taken 4/28/19.  The Penny in Jackson Ward.

 

[eandslee 1428]

Thanks for posting the pics for the update!  I would LOVE to see this thread revived!!  Got to get a commitment from you locals though.  I think there is plenty of material to post about, so there should be no lack of construction pictures to take!  Thanks for leading the way!

[georgeglass 293]

Not a lot to see yet, but they have broken ground and started site work at the Southside Veil location / apartments on Forest Hill.

 

[georgeglass 293]

Updates of The Locks Tower...still interested in how it will tie into the canal walk.

Pics from floodwall of South Falls site and City View Landing. Another building is going up in City View Landing with 2 elevator shafts that seem to be about 5 floors in height.

see elevator shafts.

Edited May 5 by georgeglass

[rjp212 634]

On 5/2/2019 at 9:56 AM, georgeglass said:

Not a lot to see yet, but they have broken ground and started site work at the Southside Veil location / apartments on Forest Hill.

 

Sorry, no pictures to add, but this project has really gone vertical lately. Seems to be a solid mix of tenants and will really help the area explode.

[georgeglass 293]

Snapped this driving by Wednesday. This is the building on Grace St near Stuart Circle.