Chesterfield’s Springline development moves forward

Timmons Group expects to move its headquarters from a Chesterfield County office park into the county’s new Springline at District 60 mixed-use project in the first quarter of 2025.

The five-story, 150,000-square-foot building is one of three buildings in the first phase of the development near the Chippenham Parkway and Midlothian Turnpike intersection that should be ready for occupancy in the first quarter.

The others are James at Springline — a 298-unit apartment building with 28,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurant space and a 417-car parking garage — and a 1,340-car parking garage that will have 790 spaces available by then.

Springline is rising on the 42-acre site of the former Spring Rock Green shopping center, which Chesterfield purchased from Bond Cos. in 2021 for $16 million. Demolition began in March 2023 so the county could build new infrastructure and sell lots. The project’s masterplan also features two hotels, additional apartments and retail space, another 150,000-square-foot office building, a three-story entertainment and corporate office building, and a green space for farmers markets, art shows, concerts and other activities.

“What we’re trying to provide is what the market is saying,” says Garrett Hart, Chesterfield’s director of economic development. “If office is going to come back, it’s going to be Class A with a lot of amenities around it. So that’s what we’re trying to create here and that’s the goal.”

Timmons Group will move 400 employees from The Boulders Office Park to its new $50 million headquarters in Springline. Other tenants will be Chesterfield County Public Schools’ administrative offices and the county’s Department of Economic Development.

Connecticut-based developer Collins Enterprises is completing the $85 million, six-story James at Springline, with leasing beginning in April. The developer also is designing a second building with 230 to 240 apartments and around 15,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, expected to break ground this year.

Springline has space for at least 650 additional residential units and for restaurants and retail in the future. Additionally, Shamin Hotels plans to open a 120-room Residence Inn by Marriott and a 275-room Hilton Hotel and Conference Center in 2027.

“Our hope,” says Mike Laing, executive vice president of the Richmond project management firm ECI Development Services, “is that we’ll have enough momentum that the entire project will be done in five to seven years.”