nings is involved in. Baskervill is the architect and Kjellstrom & Lee the GC on this one. While at
the same time the school announces a high rise Out Patient Care building with a big parking
deck in the 10th & Leigh area of the medical campus. Looks like this one will really put the Val-entine
(just to the west of the new building, where we met in July of '14) in the shade, as it will
6
tower overhead.
The just approved state budget includes authorization for the ABC and General Services to pro-ceed
to negotiate a deal with Tennessee based H & M Co. for a new ABC warehouse and offic-es
near I-295 and Pole Green Rd. This will free up the present ABC site on Hermitage Rd. for a
replacement for the Diamond, which will make Parney and our friends at the Squirrels very hap-py.
At about the same time, Mayor Stoney's office announces that it will begin negotiations with NH
District Corp. (the group headed by Dominion's Thomas Farrell, and including Altria's CEO
Marty Barrington, retired SunTrust executive C.T. Hill and others on a transformative project that
will include a new arena to replace the Coliseum, convention center hotel, and other buildings on
a 10 acre site bounded by N. 5th, N. 10th, E. Marshall, & E. Leigh.
Some lesser, but also noteworthy, projects moving forward include the new $1.5 million home for
the Richmond Police Mounted Unit on a 45 acre city owned site at Crestview & N. 39th St. on
the east side of Church Hill;
the former Bingo Parlor at 2900 W. Broad St., which will become a bar, arcade, restaurant, and
brewery ;
the state's Worker's Comp group, which is moving from their building on DMV Drive near the
Redskins training facility to the Media General building, which Hourigan had bought a year
ago for $13 million, totally renovated, and sold to the state for $20.4 million;
Sabra's hummus plant (a partnership with Pepsico) expansion down off of the Willis Rd. exit of
I-95;
Not sure they are really moving forward, but Stone Brewing (where we met in Nov. of '16) keeps
insisting they want to, as they await the City's approval (after their fifth continuance) to amend
their deal and let them demolish the 30,000 sq. ft. Intermediate Terminal. Timmons insists the
ugly, but historic building is structurally unsound without some very costly modifications so
Stone would like to build a new 12,000 sq. ft. structure for their much awaited World Bistro &
Gardens which is certain to be a very popular addition to the Rocketts Landing area.
And, in closing, if you haven't done so yet, don't fail to check out the Napoleon Exhibit at the Art
Museum. The curator from the Montreal Museum has assembled paintings and other artifacts
from over 60 sources which makes for a spectacular collection about a topic most of us are not
that familiar with.
**********************************
(Continued from page 2)
/?q=2900+W.+Broad+St&entry=gmail&source=g
