The Agenda: Local government briefs for 5.3.21
May 3, 2021
The Lovings Produce site is currently used as a parking lot both privately and by VCU. The owners are seeking rezoning to make way for a mixed-use development. (
BizSense file)
The Richmond Planning Commission meets at 1:30 p.m. Monday. Full agenda here.
Lovings Produce LLC seeks to rezone properties at 300, 400 and 510 Oliver Hill Way from industrial use to the TOD-1 Transit-Oriented Nodal District. The rezoning would potentially make way for a mixed-use development that could bring a new large retailer to the neighborhood.
Max Holdings LLC is proposing a five-story mixed-use building with 52 apartments above 7,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space at 711 Dawn St. The half-acre site is off Tazewell Street just north of where it branches off of Chamberlayne Avenue.
Council adopts plan to unload 77 city-owned properties, including Coliseum
April 27, 2021
Three of the city-owned properties included in the real estate disposition plan include, clockwise from bottom left: the Coliseum; the Public Safety Building at Ninth and Leigh streets; and the parking lot at 609 E. Grace St. The Theatre Row Building on Broad Street, bottom right, is not included in the plan after being considered for a surplus declaration last year. (
BizSense file and submitted photos)
Efforts to position the Richmond Coliseum and other city-owned properties for redevelopment took a step forward Monday night, as the City Council approved a plan for disposing of dozens of parcels deemed to be surplus including the long-dormant downtown arena.