While a needed seven-vote majority seemed to be secured going into Monday’s meeting, the vote was uncertain and displayed a coming together among councilmembers who have been divided on past proposals.
Richmond’s Economic Development Authority is preparing a joint solicitation that it plans to issue with the Greater Richmond Convention Center Authority to gauge development interest in a 9-acre assemblage that includes the shuttered arena and the site of a long-sought convention center hotel.
RVA Diamond Partners LLC, a consortium of groups including locally based Thalhimer Realty Partners and Southside Community Development, would be tasked with redeveloping nearly 67 acres of publicly owned land.