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Plan for 210 townhomes would add rooftops to Westchester Commons
Courtesy of Poole & Poole Architecture)
Continuing the residential infill of Westchester Commons, an area homebuilder is looking to add hundreds of townhomes to the shopping center that’s transitioning to a mixed-use hub.
Lakeside-based StyleCraft Homes is seeking approval from Chesterfield County to build 210 townhomes on multiple pad sites within the nearly 800-acre commercial development at Midlothian Turnpike and Route 288.
The four-story townhomes would fill the vacant sites around the center’s Panera Bread, Bank of America, Gold’s Gym and Plaza Azteca locations. The sites total just over 13 acres.
Called Westchester Towns, the townhomes would continue the residential infill that started in recent years with The Vue at Westchester Commons, a 236-unit apartment complex overlooking 288 that was developed by George Emerson and Phil Roper. Emerson had previously collaborated with Casey Sowers on the project.
Shops, lofts next to Mobile’s Dew Drop on track for summer opening
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The Lofts at Midtown, a mixed-used development next to Mobile s iconic Midtown restaurant the Dew Drop Inn, is on track for a summer opening, according to its developer.Lawrence Specker | LSpecker@AL.com
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Timing can be everything, and it looked a little iffy for The Lofts at Midtown back in March 2020, when developers closed on property next to Mobile’s Dew Drop Inn only to have a pandemic hit.
Things were “a little scary” for a while there, said Stephen Howle of Crescent Development. Nonetheless, construction proceeded and in July the first tenant of the first-floor business space was announced: Nova Market, a coffee shop and market operated by the proprietors of downtown coffee shop Nova Espresso.
Project Snapshot: Demolition starts for new Sphere apartments near VUU
May 7, 2021
Remnants of a U.S. Postal Service warehouse that had been on the site are piled beside the adjacent Spectrum Apartments. (
Jonathan Spiers photos)
As a pair of new apartment buildings take shape nearby, another multifamily complex in the Brook Road corridor near Virginia Union University is getting underway.
Demolition crews were active this week at the site of the planned Sphere Apartments, a 224-unit complex to be fitted between the Brook Road post office and adjacent Spectrum apartments.
MVP Equities, a McLean-based private equity firm, is leading the $34 million project. RJ Smith is handling the demo for KBS, which is now the project’s general contractor. Cox, Kliewer & Co., out of Virginia Beach, is designing the apartments.
Five-story mixed-use building planned near Northside brewery
Courtesy of Saunders + Crouse Architects)
A former deputy chief administrator for the City of Richmond is representing the team behind a proposal for a five-story building off a stretch of Chamberlayne Avenue that’s been attracting new investment in recent years.
Doug Dunlap, who served as the city’s director of housing, community and development before leaving City Hall in March 2020, is applying for a rezoning on behalf of a property owner that wants to develop a mixed-use building with 52 apartments at 711 Dawn St.
The half-acre site, at the corner of Tazewell Avenue just north of where it branches off from Chamberlayne, is across from Tabol Brewing, which opened its doors in 2019 as part of Chamberlayne Industrial Park.