Richmond, Virginia is a 'City of Warehouses.' Shockoe and Manchester, and somewhat Jackson Ward and Carver, too, all had a large number of economically and functionally obsolete warehouses that needed to be re-purposed but even with city incentives, the financing was prohibitively challenging. The Federal and State Historic Tax Credit programs (HTC's) largely became the … [Read more...]
Downtown RVA
The Downtown market has changed dramatically since 2000. Making Downtown LIVE + WORK versus just WORK will be the most important development in the rebirth of Richmond for the foreseeable future. Without the population base to support it, there can be no retail and without the retail, people won't stay. It is the next wave. There have been two towers built (Riverside on … [Read more...]
Monument Ave Today
During and after WW2, many of the palatial homes along Monument Avenue were, as was true of many other urban areas of the era, too big to manage as single family homes. The social fabric of the family changed dramatically during this time. Many owners began renting out rooms, eventually died or passed these mansions on to heirs who couldn't maintain them. The new owners who … [Read more...]