Current Projects – River District
Shockoe Bottom
Shockoe Bottom, known simply as the Bottom, is located in historic downtown. The Bottom, only down the hill from Shockoe Slip contains many of the same features, but also offers the historic 17th Street Farmers’ Market and the Edgar Allan Poe Museum.
Along with its history, the Bottom also boasts modern day pleasures, such as luxury apartments, art studios and galleries, shops and restaurants, and a lively nightclub scene.
River Lofts @ Tobacco Row
Phase 3: residential and commercial. Lucky Strike Building: $12 million, 130 apartments. Cutters Ridge Rowhomes: new construction, $4 million, 12 “for lease” townhouses. Edgeworth Building: 150,000 square feet of commercial space. Details for each project are below.
Phases 1-2 completed. $57million, 329 residential units, retail, parking. The Market @ Tobacco Row retail: $5 million, 35,000 square feet. CVS @ Tobacco Row retail: $2 million.
River Lofts @ Tobacco Row: Edgeworth Building
The Edgeworth Building is the first of the Shockoe Bottom tobacco warehouses renovated entirely as Class A commercial space (150,000 square feet). In November 2005, Forest City Enterprises, Inc. and Hirschler Fleischer, a professional corporation, announced that HKS had signed a 10-year lease for 67,334 square feet of space. They are the anchor tenant that set the historic renovation of the Edgeworth Building in motion. HKS also moved into the building. Commercial space is available for lease. The Edgeworth Building is part of Phase 3 of Forest City's urban mixed-use district along Richmond's riverfront in Shockoe Bottom.
River Lofts @ Tobacco Row: Lucky Strike Building – 2600 E. Cary St.
“It’s unique, definitely upscale,” Forest City Enterprises Regional Manager Cindy Morris says about the 131, one- and two- bedroom apartments recently added to the River Lofts @ Tobacco Row. “All of the river lofts that we’ve done are very upscale and we’re going a step higher than that. It’s a nice atmosphere, nice amenities, high quality on service … this building adds another component to the Tobacco Row area.”
The Power Plant at Lucky Strike
Historic renovation of the Power Plant building: 18,000 square feet commercial space; 45 parking spaces on site; Odell Architects workspace will inhabit approximately 15,000 square feet. Remaining 3,000 square feet of commercial space will be available for lease. Odell Architects is the architect for the project. Cary and Pear Streets in Shockoe Bottom. Property Results.
Church Hill Gables
Historic rehab:16 up-scale loft-style condominiums; 1-2 bedrooms, $159,950-199,950; one 3-bedroom, $235,000; indoor parking; free WiFi area; private park area. One commercial unit. 2418 East Franklin Street.
To learn more, visit www.churchhillgables.com.
Dill Factory
Renovated warehouse and new construction: 58 units; 1-3 bedroom units; 496-1,565 square feet; shared amenities with American Tobacco include a fitness center, rooftop pool, and a lounge with flat screen TVs and a pool table. One street level commercial space is available and is approximately 1,000 square feet. Completion spring 2008. 2020 E. Franklin Street. George Emerson and Phil Roper are the developers.
Sisson Building
Renovation, mixed use: 86,000 total square feet facility; commercial and residential; 1-2 bedroom units ranging from 620 to 1,180 square feet; 65 apartments; underground parking. Under construction. Completion 2008. Genesis Properties.
Richmond Cold Storage Buildings
Historic rehab of five warehouses formally the home of Richmond Cold Storage: 300 urban chic apartments ranging from 600-1,000 square feet mostly one bedroom units; parking; microbrewery; restaurant; retail; two pools; fitness center; and studio and sculpture gallery. $60 million investment. Construction begins in 2008. Located in the North 18th, East Clay, East Marshall and Oliver Hill Way area. Historic Housing.
Cutters Ridge Rowhomes
New construction. $4 million, 12 “for lease” townhouses, two- and three-bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms, rear-load garages, balcony terraces. Property located at 2600 E. Main St. Completed in 2006. For lease and for sale.
To learn more, visit www.CuttersRidge.com.
American Tobacco Building (formerly the Shockoe Bottom Arts Center)
Mixed use. 153 one- to three-bedroom apartment units, 600-1,300 square feet, featuring stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and hardwood floors as well as a rooftop pool. Three retail spaces on the first floor. $20 million project. Property located at 2001 E. Grace St. Emerson Construction Group. Commercial space available for lease.
Don’t be distracted by the exposed wood columns, rooftop pool, private balconies or skyline views in these lofts, says leasing agent Tracy Altman. Check out the community as well. “This is just a friendly neighborhood,” she states. “If you go out to the suburban areas, you don’t know your neighbors. People keep to themselves, but in Shockoe Bottom or the Slip area, people are very close knit.”
To learn more, visit www.AmericanTobaccoCenter.com.
Sterling Row Townhomes
New construction condominium townhouses in a unique urban setting. $3 million, eight units, two to three bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms, garages, patios, starting in the low $400,000. 110 North 19th St. Completed in 2007.
A strict departure from high-rise living, the eight condo town homes in Sterling Row don’t offer spectacular aerial views of the city, but they do offer architectural detail, design and a personalized touch. “We have specially built free-floating stairs, open living areas perfect for entertaining, a beautiful entry hall as you come into the building, and large windows to maximize the views,” says Project Developer Emily Sterling. “Most of what’s going on downtown are very large projects. This is small and exclusive.”
To learn more, visit www.sterlingrow.com.
The Reserve (buildings at the old Foundry)
Restoration of one building and new construction of another. Twenty-five condominiums, one to two bedrooms, 700 to 1,440 square feet in a renovated building is complete and residents are moving in. (9 units) New construction completed spring 2008 starting at $220,000.(16 units) East Franklin and 25th streets in Church Hill. Clachan Properties.
To learn more, visit www.reserve25.com.
Canal Crossing
Adaptive reuse of two buildings connected by a spectacular atrium. 108,000 square feet of commercial space with retail and restaurant uses on the street level, $15 million. Baskervill is the anchor tenant. Property located at 101 15th St. Fulton Hill Properties, LLC.
1919 E. Broad St.
New construction condominium townhouses. $1.5 million, five homes, more than 2,200 square feet each, three bedrooms, two-and-a-half baths, two-car garages. Completed 2006. Monroe Properties.
To learn more, visit www.monroeproperties.com.
1912-16 E. Broad St. Office Building
New construction: 5,000 square feet of office space, $3 million. Completed 2006.
14th and Main Street State Parking Deck/15th Street Realignment
New construction: 1400-space parking deck; $19 million; Commonwealth of Virginia.
Haxall View
Mixed use: loft apartments above office, retail shops and a restaurant. Adaptive reuse of three buildings (50,000 square feet) located at 2101 E. Main St. The restaurant space includes outdoor seating in a private courtyard with parking on the lower level. Construction completed 2007. Fulton Hill Properties, LLC.
The Tower at Canal Walk
Renovated tobacco warehouses with spacious kitchens, an office area, wood floors and high ceilings make up Phase 3 of the Lofts at the Canal Walk. 109 apartments; one and two bedroom units; 66 interior parking spaces; $22 million; most units between 800-1,050 square feet; 10 smaller units at approximately 650 square feet. Phase completed and move-in began April 2008.19th and Cary Streets.
To learn more, visit www.loftsatcanalwalk.com.
Main Street Station Plaza
Parking lot, urban park and colonnade walkway. More than 100 floodlights illuminate the walkway and beautiful architecture underneath the Interstate 95 overpass connecting Main Street Station, Shockoe Slip and Shockoe Bottom. Ninety parking spaces; three motor coach and limousine parking spaces; public plaza and public art. A new flood control drainage system protects the area from torrential rains. 15th and Main Streets. City of Richmond.
To learn more visit www.richmondgov.com.