Downtown Richmond is the central business district of Richmond, Virginia. It is generally defined as being bound by Belvidere Street to the west, I-95 to the north and east, and the James River to the south. The Fan district borders it to the west, Highland Park to the north, Church Hill to the east, and Manchester to the south.
Richmond is now widely considered Virginia’s “tallest” city because of many tall buildings in Richmond’s central business district, surrounding the Virginia State Capitol and many government office buildings (many dating to the New Deal). For example, the James Monroe Building and SunTrust Plaza tower over 449 ft, and 400 ft, respectively, making them Richmond’s tallest buildings and the state’s second and third tallest behind the Westin Virginia Beach Town Center at 508 ft. Other towering skyscrapers include the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Bank of America Plaza, the James Center, Richmond City Hall, the Riverfront Plaza twin towers, the James Madison Building, Dominion Energy headquarters building, Main Street Center, the Central National Bank, and VCU Medical Center (which includes several hospitals, most over 200 feet, and the new School of Medicine under construction will be 12 stories). Other important buildings Downtown include the Richmond Coliseum and the Greater Richmond Convention Center (which consists of a tourist information office). Shockoe Bottom and Shockoe Slip also have nightclubs, bars, condo towers, and lofts in various architectural styles.
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The Shockoe Bottom and Shockoe Slip districts have successfully begun converting tobacco warehouses and factories into lofts and apartments. Canal Walk is under consideration for development in both the residential and service sectors. However, whether there is a natural consumer appetite for additional restaurants, bars, and coffee shops in Richmond needs to be clarified. HUD developments in the Manchester district hope to convert former factories into apartment and loft complexes. Residential conversion of the historic John Marshall Hotel also aims to provide inner-city living space for an optimistic planning target for residency. The planned new construction of Shockoe Valley Heights, a significant residential development in Shockoe Bottom, echoes this. The partial redevelopment of Tobacco Row, a huge row of old tobacco warehouses near fashionable Cary Street, is complete and has attracted favorable attention. The economic loft conversions have proved popular among student tenants. Bed Bug Exterminator Richmond
Further housing and redevelopment is a theme favored by Mayor Dwight C. Jones, citing plans for large apartment and condominium towers on the Canal Walk and hoping it will attract tourists to Richmond, VA. Unfortunately, this has not occurred. However, the planning is now taking a more modest line to enhance the challenge of a rather dull and empty space. Plans for demolition of the old Reynolds Metals plant are still awaiting funding of around $50 million, followed by reconstruction of the old canal system and development of the infrastructure with HUD grant aid before private interests can be offered a suitable development area.
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