Development

Rendering of proposed apartments to be built along Chester Road between Vogue Flowers and Chester Recreation Association.

Spending plan for $51.6M in CARES Act funding approved

By Caleb M Soptelean on September 2, 2020 Board of Supervisors, Chesterfield Government, Development

The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors approved a spending plan for $51.6 million in CARES Act funding during its Aug. 26 meeting. Deputy county administrator for finance Mark Harris said the supervisors had previously appropriated $10 million of federal funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, including $5 million for business grants and $500,000 for mortgage and rental assistance. Harris presented what he called “a very thoughtful plan” to the supervisors. “We didn’t ask for this,necessarily, but it’s here,” he said of the funds. “We need to find ways to serve our community … and have a…

Renovations begin on blighted shopping center in Chester Village

By VN Staff on August 12, 2020 Development, Economic Development

A partnership between Hillside-Chester LLC and Hillside Developers LLC are giving Chester Village Shopping Center some desperately needed TLC. The project was slated to being in the spring but the developers tabled the plans as COVID-19 panned out. According to developers, most of the 23,000 square feet of retail space is pre-leased to a craft brewer, nail salon, and a breakfast restaurant. Pictured above is a rendering of the shopping center designed by Enteros Design of Richmond.

Courthouse Landing traffic improvements

Courthouse Landing gets approval recommendation

By Caleb M Soptelean on May 28, 2020 Chesterfield Government, Development, Economic Development, Planning & Zoning

Five months after giving the project a denial recommendation, the Chesterfield County Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of Courthouse Landing on May 19. Courthouse Landing traffic improvements The commission gave the project a denial recommendation Dec. 17. The Board of Supervisors remanded the case back to the Planning Commission on Jan. 22. The supervisors will now consider the case again. The developer of the project — which would be located on 124 acres on the northeast corner of Route 10 and Courthouse Road — made several revisions in order to gain approval of county staff. These include adding four turn…

Planning commission recommends approval for water treatment facilities

By VN Staff on December 5, 2019 Development

The Chesterfield County Planning Commission recommended approval for a public water treatment plant and wastewater pump station in the area of Walthall Industrial Park in the Bermuda District. Case number 20PD0137 calls for the county to purchase 348 acres of raw land located at 1600 Ashton Park Drive. The parcel is currently zoned I-2. It is adjacent to I-2 and agricultural zoned properties to the south and west. Wetlands border the property’s north side, with the Appomattox River to the east. The proposed treatment plant will provide the county with a fourth water source, and one that is not…

Plan derailed: Federal agency halts study for new train station

By Caleb M Soptelean on June 4, 2019 Community, Development, Transportation

A study on where to build a new railroad station in the South Chesterfield area has ended for the time being with no conclusion. The Tri-Cities Metropolitan Planning Organization received word from Federal Railroad Administration official Marlys Osterhues in an April 4 letter that the study begun in 2014 had been discontinued. Last June, David Hyder, transportation director for the Crater Planning District Commission, said that a Finding of No Significant Impact should be complete by sometime in July 2018. That finding was to come on the heels of the completed environmental assessment, he said. Last week, Hyder said the…

New Comp Plan approved despite protests

By Caleb M Soptelean on May 28, 2019 Chesterfield Government, Development

The Chesterfield County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a new Comprehensive Plan despite objections from members of two community organizations. Bermuda Advocates for Responsible Development and Chesterfield Citizens United rallied outside prior to the supervisors’ May 22 meeting waving silver platters with various anti-development wording. BARD and CCU board member Steve Atkinson said the 20-person rally – which was a combined effort against several items, including the Comprehensive Plan – was held on the anniversary of the county’s Economic Development Authority’s decision last year to pull a rezoning request for a megasite in the southern portion of the county. BARD…

Action on arts center coming soon, project manager says

By Caleb M Soptelean on May 28, 2019 Chesterfield Government, Development, Entertainment

Bruce Miller spoke at the May 22 board of supervisors meeting. Chester residents should see some action soon outside the Chester Library, according to Mike Laing, project manager of Chesterfield’s Baxter Perkinson Center for the Arts. On May 22, Laing told the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors that they should see some activity within the next 10 days on the site where the 352-seat arts center will be built. Afterward, Laing said a construction trailer will be located on the site next to the Chester Library along with some security fencing that directs visitors to the library’s entrance. “We’re in the…

Subdivision going up near Jeff Davis Hwy/Route 288

By Caleb M Soptelean on April 23, 2019 Chesterfield Government, Development, Planning & Zoning

A Boyd Homes employee looks at site plans. Logging trucks were busy last week clearing for a new subdivision. An 84-home subdivision is in the works on the southeast corner of Jefferson Davis Highway and Route 288. A Boyd Homes spokesman said the plan is for the subdivision – which is north of Rio Vista Street with an access point behind the Bensley Bermuda Rescue Squad building – to be complete by Jan. 1, 2020. The community will be accessed from Elokomin and Arcadia avenues. Last week, workers were busy removing trees from the property. A site plan for the…

Development near Central Library pending

By Caleb M Soptelean on February 19, 2019 Development, Planning & Zoning

Development is pending on this vacant lot across from the Central Library. For those who have been wondering, it’s “hurry up and wait” for the Myers Retail site. The site at 9601 Lori Road across from the Central Library has had some activity, but mainly just some tree clearing, according to Ben Myers of the Myers Family Partnership. Only 3.38 acres of the 30-acre site are to be disturbed, he said, noting that a 4,585-square-foot, two-story building is planned. In the mix is a retail business, office space and a restaurant, although Myers noted that no contracts have been signed.…

Last part of Village Green ready for development

By Caleb M Soptelean on June 19, 2018 Development

CHESTER – The last commercial lot in the Village Green mixed-use development will be breaking ground soon. That’s the word from local property manager Sean Eichert. The landowner (Festival Park III LLC/registered agent Carrie Coyner) plans to build a 12,000-square-foot two-story building on 0.78 acres between Don Papa Grande Mexican restaurant and Route 10. Eichert said plans are to break ground by Aug. 1. The new building will be the sixth in Festival Park, which makes up part of Village Green. The Festival Park portion of Village Green includes 6.93 acres, he said. “It’s the one missing link in the…

Browsing: Development