Construction starts on $80M apartments in Chesterfield

The developer of an estimated $80 million apartment building in Chesterfield County’s Springline at District 60 mixed-use development broke ground at the site on Sept. 28.

The James at Springline will have 298 apartments and 28,000 square feet of ground-level retail space. Connecticut-based Collins Capital Partners is the lead developer. The project is scheduled for a 2025 completion.

The development will have office pods, a conference area, fireplaces, an interior courtyard with pool and lounge areas, a roof deck with a fitness center and garage parking.

The project is part of the $210 million, 42-acre first phase of the county’s Springline at District 60 development, located on Midlothian Turnpike off Chippenham Parkway. Chesterfield County cleared the way for development in March by starting demolition on the former Best Products building in what was the Spring Rock Green shopping center.

“We’re thrilled that [The James at Springline’s] groundbreaking marks the beginning of an exciting new mixed-use development in Chesterfield that will offer residents an opportunity to live, work, shop and play in one place,” Collins Capital Partners Managing Principal Art Collins said in a statement.

The first phase will also include a 150,000-square-foot office building, a sports entertainment and tournament venue, a specialty grocery store and a parking garage, and the center will be an open space that can host concerts, markets, festivals or other events.

The Chesterfield Economic Development Authority bought the land from Bond Cos. in 2021 for $16 million, and the county board of supervisors approved the development plan in April 2022. At the time of rezoning in 2022, the initial development cost estimate for the overall project was $675 million, according to a project spokesperson.

Remaining phases are still in planning stages. As of March, the county expected to have 1,200 residential units total, split between apartments and townhouses, and plans to add another office building, an extended-stay hotel, entertainment venues and a police station.