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Creating community vibes
In Virginia Beach, most tourists flock to the Oceanfront. But just a couple blocks west, you’ll find an area that feels a little more artsy and a lot more local. In the 15-block ViBe Creative District, situated between the Virginia Beach Convention Center and the Oceanfront, coffee shops and restaurants operate out of former industrial […]
Va. receives $22.7M to reclaim abandoned mine lands
The Virginia Department of Energy will receive $22.7 million in federal funding toward redeveloping abandoned mine lands across the commonwealth, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. The funding is aimed at redeveloping the sites so that they can be used to attract new development and job opportunities to the region. Handled through Virginia’s Abandoned Mine Lands […]
Silver lining
As the long-delayed phase two opening of Metro’s Silver Line extension is set for later this year in western Fairfax and Loudoun counties, a development boom is following on the train’s wheels. Reston and Herndon, as well as eastern Loudoun, have already attracted big corporate tenants to millions of square feet of office space, retail […]
Carver Station to bring food hall, coworking space to RVA
Future Cities, the development firm behind the anticipated GreenCity development in Henrico County, has plans to renovate a historic substation in the Carver neighborhood of Richmond and turn it into a mixed-use development with a food hall, coworking space and micro retail. Carver Station, which will be located near Clay and Harrison streets, will span […]
‘Novel’ project will add 275 apartments to Scott’s Addition
Crescent Communities, ParkProperty Capital and Thalhimer Realty Partners are developing a 275-unit apartment community in a joint venture on the border of Richmond‘s fast-growing Scott’s Addition neighborhood and the city’s planned Diamond District. Dubbed “Novel Scott’s Addition,” the community will be located at the former Wesco Distribution Site at 2902 North[...]
78-unit apartment complex planned for Petersburg
A 78-unit apartment complex will be developed on a four-acre piece of land recently purchased in Petersburg, Colliers announced Thursday. Thalhimer Realty Partners purchased the High Street Land Development from Monroe Properties for $875,000, according to Colliers. Thalhimer will develop the apartments across two phases: With construction starting in 2023, the first phase will feature […]
Richmond names 3 Diamond District finalists
City of Richmond officials announced Tuesday that three development teams have continued to the finals for the Diamond District, which includes replacing the baseball stadium and revitalizing the area near the Scott’s Addition neighborhood. The announcement also gives more details than previously available about the plans submitted by the finalists, which include Richmond Community Developme[...]
A diversified portfolio
In a city where tourism reigns, nothing could be more welcome than a post-pandemic world. And though we’re not quite there yet, Virginia Beach is licking its chops over the prospect of maskless visitors pouring into town. The city, with fingers crossed in hopes that new coronavirus variants don’t arrive before the tourists do, is […]
West Falls Church on track for $1.2 billion transformation
Developers are expected to break ground this month on the first of three mixed-use projects near the West Falls Church Metro station with a total investment of about $1.2 billion. Each piece comes together to complete a puzzle that will transform about 40 acres of vacant land, parking lots and Virginia Tech’s Northern Virginia Center […]
Metro releases 10-year strategic plan for development
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which runs Metrorail and Metrobus, released its first-ever strategic plan for joint development on Thursday, announcing an ambitious initiative to bring in 26,000 new housing units in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. The document says that 40 Metro stations — including six in Northern Virginia — have more than […]
Richmond pares down Diamond District developer pool
Story updated, March 24 at 11:45 a.m. The city of Richmond announced Wednesday that six competing development teams have been chosen out of 15 applicants to continue in the competition to redevelop the Diamond District area near the Richmond Flying Squirrels’ stadium. The city requested applications late last year for the 67.57-acre site, which would […]
Fairfax County developer John ‘Til’ Hazel Jr. dies at age 91
John T. “Til” Hazel Jr., a major force behind the development of Tysons Corner and several planned communities in Fairfax County in the late 20th century, as well as a significant booster of George Mason University, died Wednesday at age 91. An Arlington native, Hazel was also an attorney and graduated from Harvard University and […]
