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Dossier: Shockoe Valley Heights

November 10, 2011 By

PROJECT: Shockoe Valley Heights (Bobber Flats | Engine Company Lofts | Old Stone Row | Trolley Commons)
ADDRESS: Main, Franklin, 20th, 21st Richmond, VA 23223 (see below for individual projects)
DEVELOPER: Sensei Development
CONSTRUCTION: Monument Construction
ARCHITECTS: Walter Parks Architect

Projects

Bobber Flats | 2001 E Franklin St Richmond, VA 23223
Engine Company Lofts (+ Station 2, ABC Store) | 2026 E Main St Richmond, VA 23223
Old Stone Row | 2005 E Franklin St Richmond, VA 23223
Trolley Commons

Media

Developers top off a major project in the Bottom (Richmond BizSense, Al Harris, November 1, 2011)
Fuel for the firehouse (Richmond BizSense, Al Harris, January 14, 2011)
ABC store opens in Shockoe Bottom (Times Dispatch, Michael Martz, July 1, 2011) | Gallons of Liquor, From the Bottom to Top (Style Weekly, Vernal Coleman, August 24, 2011)
670-plus apartments coming to Shockoe Bottom area (Times Dispatch, Carol Hazard, February 12, 2010 )

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Dossier: Residences at the John Marshall

November 9, 2011 By

PROJECT: Residences at the John Marshall
ADDRESS: 101 N 5th St Richmond, VA 23219
DEVELOPER: Dominion Realty Partners, Virginia Atlantic Development
CONSTRUCTION: Choate Construction Company
ARCHITECTS: RJT+R

Media

New chapter awaits the John Marshall (Times Dispatch, Carol Hazard, May 16, 2011)
John Marshall Barber Shop headed home (Times Dispatch, Louis Llovio, November 7, 2011) | Fete will celebrate barber shop’s homecoming (Virginia Business, Robert Powell, October 27, 2011)
John Marshall conversion finally begins (Richmond BizSense, Aaron Kremer, April 23, 2010)
New life at John Marshall Hotel? (Richmond BizSense, Al Harris, May 29, 2009)

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Dossier: ArtBusiness Richmond District

November 4, 2011 By

PROJECT: ArtBusiness Richmond District (see below for individual projects)

Media

Ordinance would create Historic Broad Street Arts District (Times Dispatch, Will Jones, October 31, 2011) | Richmond arts district probably will be larger (Times Dispatch, Will Jones, November 9, 2011) | Editorial
Arts District Proponents Spar Ahead of Meeting…Downtown Arts District On Hold Again (Richmond Magazine, Chris Dovi, November 22 and 8, 2011)
“Premature” Arts District Signs Unnerve Artists (Style Weekly, Vernal Coleman, May 31, 2011)
City: Arts District Will See “Vigorous” Code Enforcement (Style Weekly, Vernal Coleman, February 23, 2011)
Jones proposes 65-block arts district for downtown (Times Dispatch, Will Jones, February 15, 2011)
Press Release (Launch) | Video
Arts District Idea Still on Drawing Board (Style Weekly, Sara Tisdale, August 18, 2010)
Broad Street Revivalists (Style Weekly, Scott Bass, January 6, 2010)

PROJECT: 214 East Grace and 213 East Broad St (Morton’s Jewelry)
ADDRESS: 213 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219 | 214 East Grace Richmond, VA 23219
DEVELOPER: Becca Group (Ronald H. Hunt and Michael A. Glass)
FINANCING: Department of Economic and Community Development Citywide Revolving Loan Fund (via Virginia Community Capital) | See Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond, Virginia Board Meeting March 31, 2011

Media

Press Release
Richmond revitalization groundbreaking ceremony (NBC12, Nicole Bell, November 2, 2011)
Richmond mayor to announce arts district loan today (Times Dispatch, Michael Martz, April 13, 2011)
East Broad gets some love (Richmond BizSense, Al Harris, April 14, 2011)

PROJECT: The Sara Belle and Neil November Theatre
ADDRESS: 114 W Broad St
DEVELOPER: Theatre IV and Barksdale Theatre

Media

Novembers Give $2M to Theatre IV (Style Weekly, Scott Bass, November 1, 2011)
Couple gives $2 million to restore Empire Theatre (Times Dispatch, Will Jones, November 1, 2011)
More: CBS6 | Richmond.com

Miscellaneous

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Dossier: Shockoe Bottom Revitalization

November 4, 2011 By

PROJECT: Shockoe Bottom Economic Revitalization Strategy (Full Plan | Powerpoint)
ADDRESS: 1500 East Main Street Richmond, VA 23219
GOVERNMENT: Department of Economic and Community Development (Jeannie Welliver, Project Manager)
CONSULTANTS: Bay Area Economics of San Francisco, Urban Collage of Atlanta, and Huntley Partners of Atlanta
ARCHITECTS: SMBW Architects, Williams Jackson Ewing

Media

Press Release
Bottom or Bust: The city’s plan to revitalize Shockoe Bottom skirts the bigger obstacles, and stakes the area’s future on a glowing, empty shed (Style Weekly, Scott Bass, November 8, 2011)
Shockoe Bottom plan requires major commitments (Times Dispatch, Will Jones, November 5, 2011)
Full steam ahead (Richmond BizSense, Al Harris, November 2, 2011)
Train shed focus of Shockoe Bottom revitalization plan (Times Dispatch, Will Jones, November 2, 2011)
What the city’s Shockoe Bottom plan means for small businesses (Work It Richmond, Jacob Geiger, November 1, 2011)
Shockoe Bottom Revitalization Strategy A Glass House (Shockoe News, Richard H, November 2, 2011)
More: CBS6 | NBC12

Miscellaneous

Accelerator: Richmond Venture Forum
Shockoe Bottom Neighborhood Association (President David Napier)
The Shockoe Design District (Create a place for inspiration, Times Dispatch, Andy Thornton, October 9, 2011 | Merchants promote Bottom with Shockoe Design Day (Times Dispatch, Jeff Schapiro, November 6 2011))
Current Projects – River District Shockoe Bottom

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Dossier: Cloverleaf Mall Project (Kroger)

November 4, 2011 By

PROJECT: Cloverleaf Mall Project (Kroger)
ADDRESS: 7203 Midlothian Turnpike Richmond, VA 23225
GOVERNMENT: Revitalization Office
DEVELOPER: Crosland Southeast

Media

Press Release
The Mall’s Last Stand…Dead Mall Rises: Cloverleaf Finally Turns Over (Style Weekly, Scott Bass, November 22 and 01, 2011)
Demolition of old Cloverleaf Mall under way (Chesterfield Observer Nancy Nusser, October 26, 2011)
Demolition begins on Cloverleaf Mall (Richmond Times Dispatch, Zachary Reid, October 26, 2011) | Editorial: Cloverleaf Mall: Lucky charm

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It’s the Return of The804.com

November 4, 2011 By

After a brief hiatus, we’re back. The blog’s renewed focus will feature dossiers of larger metro Richmond real estate developments. Fewer but more evergreen kinds of posts.

There will also be some minor facade changes (going to WordPress as CSS). Our first order of business is to update the various real estate and vendor directories. With the death of the traditional yellow pages, online directories can fill that void. Ours will be enhanced with social media links (Facebook and Twitter) and presented without clutter (one table, one screen, alphabetic).

To add or update your listing, simply email us (ed@the804.com). Thanks.

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