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Bristol-based Surber Development and Consulting is planning the project with YWCA Richmond, which would have a dedicated space to provide on-site services to residents.
A risk analysis of the deal, which last week drew added scrutiny from Gov. Glenn Youngkin, said the lease “was horribly one-sided, and certainly not what any of us would have recommended as a starting point for a complex transaction such as this.”
The years-in-the-making project from developers Michael Hallmark and Susan Eastridge was OK’d at Monday's meeting and now goes to City Council for a deciding vote.
Behind the proposal is Louis Salomonsky, who redeveloped the former city school in the mid-1990s.
Harlan is the second local construction company that’s planning to build itself a new headquarters with other uses mixed in.