VCU President Michael Rao met with the Richmond Times-Dispatch editorial board Wednesday for a wide-ranging discussion that included a potential racial literacy requirement, student safety and the future of the
The events that led up to it were years in the making, but it was over the course of this year that the controversial and costly downtown development deal was revealed and unraveled.
“The developer exploited our desire to partner with the city.to push a grossly one-sided project that offers limited value to VCU Health but saddles us with all of the project’s costs and risks,” then-VCU Health CEO Art Kellermann said days before signing off on the deal.