City of Richmond:
“A proposal for a 13-story condominium building that would
stand out as a new landmark at the eastern end of Tobacco Row is coming up for
review by Richmond officials in a process bound to renew debate over high-rise
development near the James River. The 65-unit building, known as The James at
River Bend, would be located at East Cary and Pear streets below Libby Hill
Park. The parcel at 2801 E. Main St. currently holds a vacant service station.
The proposed tower would be much taller than everything
around it. In the developer’s view, that’s part of the appeal. ‘The end of Cary
Street doesn’t call for just another average building of average height and
average appearance,’ developer David White wrote to city officials. ‘It calls
for a bold statement.’…
The building would have a base of nine stories with four
penthouse levels set back from the façades facing the streets. It would have
three levels of underground parking entering from Cary. The building also could
include nonresidential uses such as art galleries and retail space.”
~ Writes Graham Moomaw of the Richmond Times-Dispatch
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