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American Heritage Building
1001 E. Main St.
Developer: Genesis Properties
Number of units: 56 apartments
Cost for project: $9 million
Rent: $750 for one bedroom; $1,675 for three bedrooms
Date of completion: July 2004
Size: INA
Special features: Top floors of the 10-story building will be two-story townhouse apartments, some with patios. First three floors are one-story apartments. In five years the apartments will be sold as condos with preference given to those already renting.
American Tobacco Building
(Old Shockoe Bottom Arts Center)
2001 E. Grace St.
Developer: George Emerson
Number of units: INA
Cost for project: INA
Rent: INA
Date of completion: INA
Size: INA
B.T. Crump/ Eskimo Pie Building
530 E. Main St.
Developer: George Emerson
Number of units: 70 apartments
Cost for project: INA
Rent: INA
Date of completion: INA
Size: 32,000 square feet (total)
Canal Walk Lofts/Old Philip Morris Building
19th and Main streets
Developers: Louis Salomonsky and David White
Number of units: 120 apartments
Cost for project: $30 million
Rent: $900 to $1,000 — all lofts, some split-level
Date of completion: Construction is ongoing but will be completed this summer.
Size: INA
Special features: Granite countertops, open floor plans, high-speed Internet connections, working fireplaces, some units have cathedral ceilings, fireplaces, two-story townhouse configurations. There is space for retail on the first floor of the building.
Central Fidelity Bank Tower
219 E. Broad St.
Developer: Bob Englander, Cathford Group
Number of units: 180
Cost for project: INA
Rent: INA
Date of completion: INA
Size: INA
What to look for: May become a bedroom-suite hotel.
Cheek-Neal Building
201 Hull St.
Developers: Sam McDonald and Charles MacFarlane
Number of units: 14 apartments
Cost for project: $2 million
Rent: $640 to $2,100
Date of completion: March 2003
Size: Apartments are all about 1,300 square feet each.
Special features: Manhattan-style lofts, views of river and downtown skyline.
Davenport Alley
1401 E. Cary St.
Developer: Mark Merhige
Number of units: INA
Cost for project: $2 million
Rent: One bedroom $900 to $1,000, two bedrooms $1,100 to $1,500
Date of completion: INA
Size: INA
Special features: Exposed brick and beams, maple floors, spacious closets, covered parking, some apartments have skylights, located in Historic Shockoe Slip.
Enders Building
20 N. 20th St.
Developer: Sam McDonald
Number of units: INA
Cost for project: $775,000
Rent: INA
Date of completion: INA
Size: INA
14th and Main streets
Developer: Historic Housing LLC
Number of units: 40 apartments
Cost for project: $5 million
Rent: INA
Date of completion: July 2004
Size: INA
Special features: The loft apartments are created from three buildings and wrap around the corner of 14th and Main streets with 5,000 square feet on the first floor reserved for office space.
Gotham Condominiums
1205 E. Main St.
Developers: Jerry Peters and Howard Kellman, REO Enterprises, LLC
Number of units: Eight condos
Price range: $269,000 to $399,000
Price for project: $2 million
Date of completion: February 2003
Size: INA
Special features: Four of the condos are two-story units.
Laurel Hill Condominiums
1524 West Ave.
Developer: Robin Miller, Miller and Associates
Number of units: 10 condominiums
Cost for project: $4 million
Cost per unit: Prices start at $400,000
Date of completion: January 2003
Size: Each condo has at least 1,700 square feet.
Special features: Two-car parking, central courtyard, two or three bedrooms plus den, sitting room, library and guest suite.
What to look for: Buyers will have significant tax breaks from the city’s Real-Estate Tax Abatement program.
Market Villa Apartments
18th and 19th streets between Main and Franklin
Developer: Ted Cox, Hamilton Development Group
Number of units: 32
Cost for project: $15.5 million
Rent: INA
Date of completion: Fall 2003
Size: Apartments are 400 to 1,300 square feet.
Mule Barn Condos
In alley between Cary, Main, Davis and Robinson streets
Developer: Robin Miller, Miller and Associates
Number of units: 4 condos; loft style
Cost for project: INA
Rent: INA
Date of completion: INA
Size: INA
One Monument Avenue
413 Stuart Circle
Developer: Robin Miller, Miller and Associates
Number of units: 34 apartments/condos
Cost for project: $7.5 million
Rent: $1,500 to $2,900
Date of completion: Summer 2003
Size: Units start at 1,500 square feet, the building also includes about 30,000 square feet for commercial use.
Special features: Doorman, guest reception area, interior private courtyard, rooftop garden, security systems and video surveillance, secure off-street parking, large garden courtyard at West Avenue. Apartments have temperature-controlled wine minicellar, gas living room fireplaces, balconies that look over inner courtyard, stainless steel appliances.
What to look for: In five years the apartments will be turned into condominiums, and renters will have the option to buy.
Pohlig Brothers Building
25th and Franklin streets
Developer: Ted Cox, Hamilton Development
Number of units: 60;
Cost for project: $20 million
Rent: INA
Date of completion: Spring 2004
Size: INA
Special feature: First floor retail.
Railroad YMCA building
1548 E. Main St.
Developer: Louis Salomonsky
Number of units: 30
Cost for project: $3.3 million
Rent: Studios $550 to $650, one-bedroom units $750 to $1,100
Date of completion: September 2001
Size: INA
Special features: Lofted bedrooms (some with spiral staircases), all utilities including cable with HBO included, hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings, on-site laundry.
What to look for: Once trains run again from Main Street Station, Salomonsky says he expects to see the building turned into a luxury-suites hotel.
River Lofts at Tobacco Row (second phase) Carolina-Consolidated building
Main Street between 23rd and 24th streets
Developer: Forest City Enterprise
Number of units: 158
Cost for project: $30 million for second phase
Rent: $830 to $1,485
Date of completion: Summer 2003
Size: units 600 to 1,337 square feet
Special features: Doorman, occupies two buildings connected by a courtyard, will have a swimming pool and Jacuzzi, 260-space parking deck, new fitness center.
(First phase — Tobacco Row — included 171 units, which were all leased before construction had finished. Cost: $27 million.)
Riverside on the James
Brown’s Island
Developers: Cordish Company and Daniel Corp.
Number of units: 122
Cost for project: $82 million (includes cost of creating offices/restaurants)
Rent: INA
Date of completion: Mid-2005
Size: 640,000 square feet (this includes the retail/office space as well as residential space)
Samuel Parsons House/ Parsons Row Townhouses
601 Spring St.
Developer: Robin Miller, Miller and Associates
Number of units: 8 apartments; 21 townhouses
Cost for project: $5 million
Rent: $650 to $1,100; condos $160,000 to $250,000
Date of completion: First phase, September 2001
Special features: Original moldings, chair rails, windows and mantels, wide-plank floors, two private courtyards, sun decks, laundry facilities, convenient parking.
What to look for: Phase 2 will be completed by end of 2003, adding 11 townhouses with a starting price of $260,000.
Shockoe Cary Apartments
21 S. 13th St.
Developer: Ted Cox, Hamilton Development Group
Number of units: 16
Cost for project: $4.5 million
Rent: INA
Date of completion: January 2003
Size: INA
Special feature: Rooftop terrace.
Superior Building
2401 E. Franklin St.
Developers: Shane Parr and Tom Bondurant
Number of units: 21 apartments
Cost for project: $3 million
Rent: $950 for one bedroom; $1,200 for two bedrooms
Date of completion: March 2003
Special features: On-site parking, exposed beams and brick, excellent views, top floor loft apartments.
Synagogue renovation
19th and Broad streets
Developer: Robin Miller, Miller and Associates
Number of units: 35 condos
Size: units range from 800 to 1,700 square feet
Cost for project: $5 million
Price: INA
Date of completion: Multiphase project completed by August 2004.
Todd Lofts (Old E.M. Todd ham building)
1128 Hermitage Road
Developers: Louis Salomonsky and Historic Housing, LLC
Number of units: 50
Cost for project: $20 million
Rent: INA
Date of completion: Fall 2003
Size: INA
— Ellis Harman provided research assistance for this list.
1001 E. Main St.
Developer: Genesis Properties
Number of units: 56 apartments
Cost for project: $9 million
Rent: $750 for one bedroom; $1,675 for three bedrooms
Date of completion: July 2004
Size: INA
Special features: Top floors of the 10-story building will be two-story townhouse apartments, some with patios. First three floors are one-story apartments. In five years the apartments will be sold as condos with preference given to those already renting.
American Tobacco Building
(Old Shockoe Bottom Arts Center)
2001 E. Grace St.
Developer: George Emerson
Number of units: INA
Cost for project: INA
Rent: INA
Date of completion: INA
Size: INA
B.T. Crump/ Eskimo Pie Building
530 E. Main St.
Developer: George Emerson
Number of units: 70 apartments
Cost for project: INA
Rent: INA
Date of completion: INA
Size: 32,000 square feet (total)
Canal Walk Lofts/Old Philip Morris Building
19th and Main streets
Developers: Louis Salomonsky and David White
Number of units: 120 apartments
Cost for project: $30 million
Rent: $900 to $1,000 — all lofts, some split-level
Date of completion: Construction is ongoing but will be completed this summer.
Size: INA
Special features: Granite countertops, open floor plans, high-speed Internet connections, working fireplaces, some units have cathedral ceilings, fireplaces, two-story townhouse configurations. There is space for retail on the first floor of the building.
Central Fidelity Bank Tower
219 E. Broad St.
Developer: Bob Englander, Cathford Group
Number of units: 180
Cost for project: INA
Rent: INA
Date of completion: INA
Size: INA
What to look for: May become a bedroom-suite hotel.
Cheek-Neal Building
201 Hull St.
Developers: Sam McDonald and Charles MacFarlane
Number of units: 14 apartments
Cost for project: $2 million
Rent: $640 to $2,100
Date of completion: March 2003
Size: Apartments are all about 1,300 square feet each.
Special features: Manhattan-style lofts, views of river and downtown skyline.
Davenport Alley
1401 E. Cary St.
Developer: Mark Merhige
Number of units: INA
Cost for project: $2 million
Rent: One bedroom $900 to $1,000, two bedrooms $1,100 to $1,500
Date of completion: INA
Size: INA
Special features: Exposed brick and beams, maple floors, spacious closets, covered parking, some apartments have skylights, located in Historic Shockoe Slip.
Enders Building
20 N. 20th St.
Developer: Sam McDonald
Number of units: INA
Cost for project: $775,000
Rent: INA
Date of completion: INA
Size: INA
14th and Main streets
Developer: Historic Housing LLC
Number of units: 40 apartments
Cost for project: $5 million
Rent: INA
Date of completion: July 2004
Size: INA
Special features: The loft apartments are created from three buildings and wrap around the corner of 14th and Main streets with 5,000 square feet on the first floor reserved for office space.
Gotham Condominiums
1205 E. Main St.
Developers: Jerry Peters and Howard Kellman, REO Enterprises, LLC
Number of units: Eight condos
Price range: $269,000 to $399,000
Price for project: $2 million
Date of completion: February 2003
Size: INA
Special features: Four of the condos are two-story units.
Laurel Hill Condominiums
1524 West Ave.
Developer: Robin Miller, Miller and Associates
Number of units: 10 condominiums
Cost for project: $4 million
Cost per unit: Prices start at $400,000
Date of completion: January 2003
Size: Each condo has at least 1,700 square feet.
Special features: Two-car parking, central courtyard, two or three bedrooms plus den, sitting room, library and guest suite.
What to look for: Buyers will have significant tax breaks from the city’s Real-Estate Tax Abatement program.
Market Villa Apartments
18th and 19th streets between Main and Franklin
Developer: Ted Cox, Hamilton Development Group
Number of units: 32
Cost for project: $15.5 million
Rent: INA
Date of completion: Fall 2003
Size: Apartments are 400 to 1,300 square feet.
Mule Barn Condos
In alley between Cary, Main, Davis and Robinson streets
Developer: Robin Miller, Miller and Associates
Number of units: 4 condos; loft style
Cost for project: INA
Rent: INA
Date of completion: INA
Size: INA
One Monument Avenue
413 Stuart Circle
Developer: Robin Miller, Miller and Associates
Number of units: 34 apartments/condos
Cost for project: $7.5 million
Rent: $1,500 to $2,900
Date of completion: Summer 2003
Size: Units start at 1,500 square feet, the building also includes about 30,000 square feet for commercial use.
Special features: Doorman, guest reception area, interior private courtyard, rooftop garden, security systems and video surveillance, secure off-street parking, large garden courtyard at West Avenue. Apartments have temperature-controlled wine minicellar, gas living room fireplaces, balconies that look over inner courtyard, stainless steel appliances.
What to look for: In five years the apartments will be turned into condominiums, and renters will have the option to buy.
Pohlig Brothers Building
25th and Franklin streets
Developer: Ted Cox, Hamilton Development
Number of units: 60;
Cost for project: $20 million
Rent: INA
Date of completion: Spring 2004
Size: INA
Special feature: First floor retail.
Railroad YMCA building
1548 E. Main St.
Developer: Louis Salomonsky
Number of units: 30
Cost for project: $3.3 million
Rent: Studios $550 to $650, one-bedroom units $750 to $1,100
Date of completion: September 2001
Size: INA
Special features: Lofted bedrooms (some with spiral staircases), all utilities including cable with HBO included, hardwood floors, vaulted ceilings, on-site laundry.
What to look for: Once trains run again from Main Street Station, Salomonsky says he expects to see the building turned into a luxury-suites hotel.
River Lofts at Tobacco Row (second phase) Carolina-Consolidated building
Main Street between 23rd and 24th streets
Developer: Forest City Enterprise
Number of units: 158
Cost for project: $30 million for second phase
Rent: $830 to $1,485
Date of completion: Summer 2003
Size: units 600 to 1,337 square feet
Special features: Doorman, occupies two buildings connected by a courtyard, will have a swimming pool and Jacuzzi, 260-space parking deck, new fitness center.
(First phase — Tobacco Row — included 171 units, which were all leased before construction had finished. Cost: $27 million.)
Riverside on the James
Brown’s Island
Developers: Cordish Company and Daniel Corp.
Number of units: 122
Cost for project: $82 million (includes cost of creating offices/restaurants)
Rent: INA
Date of completion: Mid-2005
Size: 640,000 square feet (this includes the retail/office space as well as residential space)
Samuel Parsons House/ Parsons Row Townhouses
601 Spring St.
Developer: Robin Miller, Miller and Associates
Number of units: 8 apartments; 21 townhouses
Cost for project: $5 million
Rent: $650 to $1,100; condos $160,000 to $250,000
Date of completion: First phase, September 2001
Special features: Original moldings, chair rails, windows and mantels, wide-plank floors, two private courtyards, sun decks, laundry facilities, convenient parking.
What to look for: Phase 2 will be completed by end of 2003, adding 11 townhouses with a starting price of $260,000.
Shockoe Cary Apartments
21 S. 13th St.
Developer: Ted Cox, Hamilton Development Group
Number of units: 16
Cost for project: $4.5 million
Rent: INA
Date of completion: January 2003
Size: INA
Special feature: Rooftop terrace.
Superior Building
2401 E. Franklin St.
Developers: Shane Parr and Tom Bondurant
Number of units: 21 apartments
Cost for project: $3 million
Rent: $950 for one bedroom; $1,200 for two bedrooms
Date of completion: March 2003
Special features: On-site parking, exposed beams and brick, excellent views, top floor loft apartments.
Synagogue renovation
19th and Broad streets
Developer: Robin Miller, Miller and Associates
Number of units: 35 condos
Size: units range from 800 to 1,700 square feet
Cost for project: $5 million
Price: INA
Date of completion: Multiphase project completed by August 2004.
Todd Lofts (Old E.M. Todd ham building)
1128 Hermitage Road
Developers: Louis Salomonsky and Historic Housing, LLC
Number of units: 50
Cost for project: $20 million
Rent: INA
Date of completion: Fall 2003
Size: INA
— Ellis Harman provided research assistance for this list.
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