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June 9, 2021
A map of the city blocks and properties involved in the city’s new City Center plan and their potential uses. (
Images courtesy of the City of Richmond)
A new plan for Richmond’s Coliseum area is providing a clearer picture of how that part of downtown could be redeveloped and how soon.
City planners on Monday presented their draft plan for a roughly 20-block area anchored by the dormant arena, which is among about a dozen city-owned properties that administrators are positioning for sale and redevelopment.
A proposed timeline for adopting and implementing the plan shows that it could be on the books by this fall, initiating a five-phase implementation process that would start with the city soliciting offers on the properties before the end of the year.
Council adopts plan to unload 77 city-owned properties, including Coliseum
April 27, 2021
Three of the city-owned properties included in the real estate disposition plan include, clockwise from bottom left: the Coliseum; the Public Safety Building at Ninth and Leigh streets; and the parking lot at 609 E. Grace St. The Theatre Row Building on Broad Street, bottom right, is not included in the plan after being considered for a surplus declaration last year. (
BizSense file and submitted photos)
Efforts to position the Richmond Coliseum and other city-owned properties for redevelopment took a step forward Monday night, as the City Council approved a plan for disposing of dozens of parcels deemed to be surplus including the long-dormant downtown arena.