VCU snaps up Salvation Army property across from The Diamond VCU is beginning to assemble the land it needs for its planned athletics village near The Diamond. The university this week purchased the Salvation Army property at 2601 Hermitage Road for $4.5 million, city property records show. The 4-acre parcel falls in the bounds of where VCU is planning a slew of new athletics facilities, something it’s calling an athletics village that may include a fieldhouse, tennis center and a baseball stadium for the Rams and Flying Squirrels. The deal gives VCU control of 15 acres of land along Hermitage Road, adding to the adjacent Greyhound Maintenance station it purchased earlier this year for $11 million.