Dominion Resources: New High-rise Building Planned for Downtown

[drayrichmond]

5 hours ago, jbjust said:

Could somebody explain to me why I shouldn't be concerned about all the dust emanating from this site as I walk by?  Seems like there has to be asbestos in there and we require folks to basically put a plastic bag over their house if they're replacing their asbestos roof.  

If it makes you feel any better the original building was built a little too early to have a lot of asbestos in it and the re-clad was done too late to involve asbestos; and the best news of all is that about 90% of the asbestos used in construction is non-toxic, it's that 10 or so percent you have to look out for!

[Shakman]

On ‎9‎/‎19‎/‎2016 at 2:42 PM, wrldcoupe4 said:

what about lead paint?

Lead paint is also to be removed prior to demolition.

[Downtowner]

I found this time lapse on youtube of the demolition of Richmond Plaza. Seems like the person does it pretty daily.

 

 

[eandslee]

1 hour ago, Downtowner said:

I found this time lapse on youtube of the demolition of Richmond Plaza. Seems like the person does it pretty daily.

 

 

Wow!  This is really good!  It's great if he does this daily!  Almost as good as a webcam. 

[wrldcoupe4]

Richmond Plaza is basically gone. I assume next we will see a big pit before we see a tower crane.

[wrldcoupe4]

That's great to hear. 

[drayrichmond]

That's awesome! glass by may!

[meegwell]

 

Getting there....

[JSI]

Was at Kabana on Saturday night and took this pic. Looks like the former building on this site is just rubble and dust now.

[meegwell]

Gonzo!

[wrldcoupe4]

exciting!

[drayrichmond]

Wow!

[Shakman]

Awesome!!!

Had no idea how big the site really is.

Edited November 9, 2016 by Shakman

[vaceltic]

There's a new rendering perspective of the proposed towers on Clayco's project page. I wouldn't mind some architectural variation to the second tower to get away from a twin towers concept.

http://www.claycorp.com/p/29952/dominion-resources-office-tower/

Edited November 25, 2016 by vaceltic

[changingskyline]

It says it will be "the tallest building in Richmond." Is that because the land is higher than under James Monroe or has the height been increased?

[blopp1234]

Hoping for the later!

[meegwell]

under the pictures it states:   "Soaring 20 stories into the Richmond skyline, this 1,174,340-square-foot Class “A” office space"

 

on the sidebar it says: "Project Size 20-story | 908,000 square feet"

 

Why the difference?

[eandslee]

4 hours ago, meegwell said:

under the pictures it states:   "Soaring 20 stories into the Richmond skyline, this 1,174,340-square-foot Class “A” office space"

 

on the sidebar it says: "Project Size 20-story | 908,000 square feet"

 

Why the difference?

Not sure, but you bring up a good point. Perhaps the floor plans had not been finalized when the site was published. I still think it will only be 20 stories though. If it is Richmond's tallest, it will be due to the elevation of the piece of land compared to the rest of downtown. 

Has anyone found a construction cam yet?  The dude doing timelapses of the demo work appears to have stopped taking video. There's got to be one up soon, right?

[eandslee]

Well, it's official.  Construction on this tower began today. Hope a construction cam and a tall tower crane are set up soon!

 

http://m.nbc12.com/nbc12/db/330650/content/XvoeaYRV

[eandslee]

An even better article about the groundbreaking today. Mentions some major milestones:

Can anyone confirm that there is a crane onsite?  Mentions there is one in the article.

http://www.virginiabusiness.com/all-headlines/article/dominions-new-office-tower-will-be-the-tallest-in-richmond

[blopp1234]

Great to see this moving so quickly! They said in a year it will be topped out which means this thing is gonna go up FAST. Can't wait till they start really ramping up construction.

[wrldcoupe4]

How about this? Guess it could go either way or not change  

http://www.richmond.com/business/local/article_84da6853-9afb-5222-9684-f8f15c1fa603.html

"When finished, if there are no changes to the planned height, the building will be the second tallest in the city. The James Monroe Building at 101 N. 14th St. will remain the tallest at 449 feet"

[eandslee]

33 minutes ago, wrldcoupe4 said:

How about this? Guess it could go either way or not change  

http://www.richmond.com/business/local/article_84da6853-9afb-5222-9684-f8f15c1fa603.html

"When finished, if there are no changes to the planned height, the building will be the second tallest in the city. The James Monroe Building at 101 N. 14th St. will remain the tallest at 449 feet"

I often hear/read a decrepancy in the building's height. Sometimes I read what you have posted above and other times I read that it will be the city's tallest. I wonder if that is technically true or just a matter of perspective as this tower will be built on a block that sits at a slightly higher elevation.  417' would not the tallest in Richmond; however, If they make some changes along the way, I guess they could easily make it the city's true tallest. We shall see how this plays out!

[wrldcoupe4]

It sits at a higher elevation so it would be the tallest above sea level but the height of the building itself is 417'

[drayrichmond]

I'm getting really tired of them throwing the "from sea-level" number around, they're just trying to make it sound better than it is. If that was how we measured building height then the tallest buildings in the US wouldn't be in NYC or Chicago, they'd be in Denver...