31 Responses to “rumors”

1. posted by Ross at August 21, 2007 9:49 am [#]:
   

   Bleh Apartments. I hope they keep the green paint.

2. posted by jc at August 21, 2007 10:13 am [#]:
   

   I went to one of those Richmond Renaissance development showcases a year or so back and this development was presented as Raven’s Lofts.

3. posted by at at August 21, 2007 10:16 am [#]:
   

   i always thought Sisson’s bottom floor would be a great space for a restaurant/bar…

4. posted by jc at August 21, 2007 10:41 am [#]:
   

   Add this to the list

   North 31st Street Subdivision
   16 N 31st St
   Tentative Plat Review for 5 Lots

5. posted by john_m at August 21, 2007 10:58 am [#]:
   

   jc – I think that Sisson has changed hands since then.

6. posted by Laura Daab at August 21, 2007 11:54 am [#]:
   

   Is the moped shop going to be in the former gas station that most recently was used as a garden store? At the corner of 21st and Marshall?

7. posted by john_m at August 21, 2007 12:26 pm [#]:
   

   There is a garage further up (28th & Marshall?) that is rumored to be moving. That is the space, I think.

8. posted by Laura Daab at August 21, 2007 12:58 pm [#]:
   

   Pritchard Bros? Wow. They’ve been in the neighborhood for donkeys years! Must be somewhere else. I’ll check it out after work today.

9. posted by James at August 21, 2007 1:56 pm [#]:
   

   that gas station might become a dentist office

10. posted by Celeste at August 22, 2007 2:00 pm [#]:
    

    Where is 16 North 31st Street? In Sugar Bottom? North 30th Street comes off of Libby Terrace, but 31st Street doesn’t. All I can figure is it’s somewhere down there in the kudzu, near the beginning of the railroad tunnel, where East Franklin goes down the hill and winds around to Williamsburg Avenue.

    I can’t see Pritchard Bros moving but who knows. As to the gas station at 21st and Marshall, there was a truck and front end loader in there today at lunch, doing some sort of clean up of the lot. It’s been for rent awhile I think.

11. posted by BGW at August 22, 2007 3:12 pm [#]:
    

    Would 16 N. 31st be that large building at 31st and Main/Williamsburg?

12. posted by Celeste at August 22, 2007 5:08 pm [#]:
    

    PROPERTY ADDRESSES: 16 N 31ST ST
    18 N 31ST ST
    20 N 31ST ST
    22 N 31ST ST
    24 N 31ST ST

    I looked it up in city’s web and got five single family houses. Never saw anything like that in the city’s database. Anyhow, whoever put out this rumor – jc – where’d you get the tentative plat review info? It appears that someone might be about to try to develop Sugar Bottom, there are actually five houses there on one lot.

13. posted by Lu Motley at August 22, 2007 8:23 pm [#]:
    

    Hi Celeste,

    The kudzu is where all the little groundhogs live. Are you sure Sugar Bottom is speculation? It’s very convenient if they can move all that cinder block. Does “Bloody Run” extend down there?

    Lu

14. posted by jc at August 22, 2007 9:37 pm [#]:
    

    Celeste

    I found the information on the City of Richmond’s Community Development page.
    Logbook of Pending Land Use Applications

    This is how I spend my free time. Pretty lame huh?

15. posted by john_m at August 22, 2007 9:47 pm [#]:
    

    neat resource, if not quite well-formatted for the web:

    2605 O St – Construct three single-family attached homes.

    2010 E Franklin St – Construct apartments, retail and parking in new and existing buildings.

    700 N 31st St – Tentative Plat Approval for 3 Lots

    623 N 25th St – Authorize waiver of off-street parking requirements

16. posted by Alli at August 23, 2007 8:50 am [#]:
    

    It seems that we need to work on an area plan of Church Hill in the way that the Downtown Master Plan is being done. I believe that Rachel Flynn, City Planning Director, intends to update plans for other parts of the City, including CH, using community involvement similar to the downtown plan. I think we should encourage them to make this happen as soon as possible so we as a community can have input.

17. posted by Celeste at August 23, 2007 9:05 am [#]:
    

    Hey John thanks for the link, and jc thanks for the info, I don’t think it’s a lame use of your time at all!

    I’m still trying to figure this out, but I think the owner is trying to get permission to have five lots there, apparently the city considers the five existing frame houses as being built on one lot. So the owner is trying to get permission to subdivide into five lots. And even that permission doesn’t mean anyone’s going to do anything immediately – could just be permission to subdivide legally so that in the future five other houses could be built there. That’s my take on it.

    I read the rest of the things in the city logbook – John listed some above, 623 N. 25th is Que Pasa’s application…I didn’t see an address on either 17th or E. Broad that could be Sisson’s building, so I guess that rumor’s still unsubstantiated (sp?)

18. posted by jc at August 23, 2007 9:41 am [#]:
    

    Celeste

    The Sisson rumor is for real, at least there is demolition work underway. The page that John linked lists applications for changes in Land Use. The City has a Permits Web Inquiry page where you can find all sorts of interesting things.

    Parcel Owner:
    1710 East Broad Street Llc
    Permit Address:
    1700 E Broad St
    Richmond, VA 23223
    Map Ref. Number:
    E0000185027

    Type Of Work:
    Demolition
    Cost Of Work:
    $50,000.00
    Plans Reviewed?:
    Yes
    Code Reviewed Under:
    IBC
    Year of Code:
    2003
    Modifications Granted:
    N/A

    Contractor:
    Jdb Properties
    Contractor Address:
    1715 W Main Street #2

    Richmond, VA 23220
    Contractor License:
    BLD 2705060344
    Contractor Phone:
    (804) 303-7347

    Construction Type:

    Proposed Building Use:
    R2B – Multi-Family
    Certificate of Occupancy:
    Not Required
    Level of Renovation:

    Sprinklered:

19. posted by Celeste at August 23, 2007 10:59 am [#]:
    

    Hey jc, thanks for the info! Remains to be seen how many more apartments or condos we can absorb, but hopefully they’ll get beyond the demo stage and do something with that building.

20. posted by Laura Daab at August 23, 2007 11:38 am [#]:
    

    I think the garage that john_m is referring to on 28th and Marshall (it’s actually 2700 block of Marshall) is a smaller garage next door to the Pritchard Bros. I hope the moped repair shop goes in there. Lots of folks up here with scooters and that’s a convenient location.

21. posted by Kate O'Toole at August 23, 2007 1:42 pm [#]:
    

    I am interested in knowing if there is something going into the old school on Venable and if so what is going to be, and why as a community have we not been sent out anything on it. As well as somthing being posted in the front of the building. I have seen work being done on, as well as men coming and going in it. If you have any knowledge I would be greatful, to know what to expect.

22. posted by V at August 23, 2007 3:12 pm [#]:
    

    I have been wondering about the red painted brick church on Marshall near 26th st. For ages they had a sign that said moved to creighton and all of a sudden there has been construction happening.

    Is the church coming back or even better is it going to be a community space or something FUN?!?

    anyone got the digs on that building??

23. posted by Laura Daab at August 23, 2007 4:19 pm [#]:
    

    To my knowledge they are doing maintenance on the building. Although they hold services on Creighton, the congregation still uses the building for a variety of things including choir practice.

24. posted by john_m at August 23, 2007 4:22 pm [#]:
    

    I’ve heard from credible sources that there was at least some consideration of condo conversion on that church.

25. posted by bill at August 23, 2007 4:50 pm [#]:
    

    elvis sightings?

26. posted by john_m at August 23, 2007 4:52 pm [#]:
    

    I think he was at Acappella the other night…

27. posted by cd at August 23, 2007 8:26 pm [#]:
    

    Nah I heard Elvis had left the building…mebbe it was the Ghost of Elvis you were hearing?

28. posted by john_m at August 24, 2007 4:28 pm [#]:
    

    Sisson is on! I got some photos of the demo in progress today (more later, my network is crappy). The plan is for Sisson and Forms&Fixtures to get done, with construction going into that space between them, too.

    

29. posted by toaprock at August 27, 2007 11:12 am [#]:
    

    There is no moped shop moving to church hill. The only moped shop in town is at 711 Hospital Street, and thats called Moped Cafe. They are thinking about moving to the fan (near robinson and cary).

    It could be a scooter shop??

30. posted by Steph at September 5, 2007 11:28 pm [#]:
    

    I’m an interior design student at VCU and I’m doing a project on this building. Yes it is going to be the Raven Apartments.

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