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WORKSPAC CREATIVE
Designing Your Perfect Blend of Art and Commerce
Volume: 3 Issue: 3
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Downtown News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Hot Properties BioTech Eight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Design Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 INNOVATION SPACES Virginia BioTechnology Research Park . . .8 BioTech Two: VA Dept. of Forensic Science, & the State Office of the Chief Medical Examiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 BioTech Six: VA Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 BioTech Seven: United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 BioTech Nine: Philip Morris USA Research & Technology Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Exit the Workplace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Innovation Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Walter Graham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Commercial Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 CONTRIBUTORS Executive Editors: Lucy Meade, Venture Richmond Ted Randler, Palari Publishing LLP Managing Editor: Rebecca Jones Words Terri L. Jones Erica Orloff Anne Carle
Photography Chris Owens Jay Paul Jon Woodrum
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Rustic Sophistication Bronze cowboys of CEO Glade Knight’s 20-year western art collection, create a focal point in Apple REIT Companies’ boardroom and complement the metal details of the tin ceiling tiles and studded chairs. [see page 2]
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DOWNTOWN NEWS Apple REIT Companies Rennovates with a Western Flair
For years, Glade Knight, Apple REIT Companies’ Chairman and CEO, had his eye on the building at 814 E. Main. “I thought it was the prettiest building in Richmond,” he says. But because it was occupied by Craigie, Inc., he emulated its interior design in a building he owned down the street instead. In 2004, the building in the 800block became available and Apple REIT bought it and moved in. About a year later, the company also purchased the Richmond Office Supply building next door, had it gutted and meticulously renovated. Now, the combined 25,000square-foot space, home to the growing 33-person Apple REIT Companies, is even more impressive than before! Even from the street, you can see how Apple REIT has made this building their own. Their logo’s apple, digitally replicated on square-foot cement blocks, runs in a frieze along the top of the
building and looks deceptively original to the building. Inside, their new conference room, which overlooks Main, has a custom table seating 20, a beautiful tin ceiling and flat-screen TV.
There’s also a full kitchen and a wellequipped workout room with showers in employee restrooms. In the renovation, Knight sought to retain as much of the original flavor of the building as possible. On the second and third floors, original flooring was salvaged and paint was tediously removed from walls, brick by brick, using a diamond grinder. And while he tried to keep the cage-style elevator, city codes required that it be replaced. Apple REIT knows a thing or two about realizing a property’s potential. This company is a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) focused on the ownership of upscale, extended-stay and select-service hotels operating under the Marriott and Hilton brands. Purchasing the Richmond Marriott in January of this year, they are in the process of a $10 million renovation, which is scheduled for completion in early 2009. CWS
Glade Knight is a cowboy at heart. In fact, the Apple REIT building displays his Remingtons and Russells and the rest of his 20-year western art collection. But this passion is also reflected in his ranch’s three-year sponsorship of the Greg Potter/Slate River Ranch Professional Bull Riding competition, which took place at the Richmond Coliseum June 13-14. Proceeds from this fun family event, which may continue next year, went to Southern Virginia University in Buena Vista, which was founded by Knight.
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John Marshall House Expansion Plans are currently underway to incorporate property at Ninth and Clay Streets into an expanded interpretation of John Marshall’s home and domestic life in Richmond. The property will also provide open space for the Court End section of Richmond. The plan includes landscaping that will expand the home’s gardens and maintain handicapped access to the courts building from North Ninth Street. The John Marshall Foundation is preparing a long-range plan to establish a visitor’s center at Ninth and Clay Streets. The expansion will also feature reproductions of the law office, laundry house and kitchen that Marshall built around the house. When it was constructed in 1790, Marshall’s residence occupied the entire block. This will be a long term project, comprising historic building and site research investigations; an additional feasibility study; and plans for a capital campaign. A definite timeline has not yet been established. CWS
Intelliject Relocates to Turning Basin Building
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Forward movement and innovation are the rule at Intelliject, a Virginia-based pharmaceutical device company specializing in patient-friendly technologies. Not only is the business moving the pharmaceutical industry ahead, but they recently relocated themselves—from the BioTechnology Research Park to offices in Downtown Richmond. Eric Edwards, who co-founded the company with brother Evan, praises the BioTech Park for helping to “incubate” Intelliject amidst “a breadth of intellectual capital.” “The main reason we had to leave,” he says, “is that we grew a little too fast.” Edwards describes the new office, in the Turning Basin building on the Canal Walk at Virginia Street, as “a very creative space.” A renovated warehouse with industrial ceilings, it sits in what he calls “the heart and soul of Richmond, right on the canal.” Furthermore, the open environment at Intelliject is conducive to fostering teamwork and creative thinking. The Downtown location helps Intelliject attract partners and new talent by giving them a sense of the Richmond area. “Whether it’s walking down the cobblestone streets of Shockoe Slip, or eating lunch by the canal,” says Edwards, “it really gives a flavor Evan & Eric for the historical aspects of the city.” CWS
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HOT PROPERTIES
For Lease Downtown
BioTech Eight e believe that green, sustainable construction will be business-as-usual from now on,” says architect Art McKinney. That’s the perspective that inspired the newest addition to the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park. BioTech Eight is one of the first buildings in the city with LEED certificaHLA Laboratory Technician tion—a passing score on the Leadership Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Laboratory Technician Chrystal Newby completes a in Energy and Environmental Design J. Chad Glover explains the features of one of the facility’s liquid nitrogen tanks. tissue typing procedure. Green Building Rating System.™ McKinney and Company began by light into the building. “Everybody gets recycling the land on 5th Street to build to see some daylight,” McKinney says. the three-story 75,000 square foot The building’s tenants include structure. The older BioTech Four Virginia’s Department of Forensic building, and the remains of the old Science, the VCU Health System’s Children’s Museum were demolished Human Leukocyte Antigen Laboratory and recycled. (HLA) and the Office of the Chief Then there were structural innovaMedical Examiner. About 35 percent of tions. For example, this building is the the space is still available. first of its kind in Richmond to use insuRobert Skunda, president of the lated concrete forms throughout its it incorporates “flexibility and trans- BioTech Park says, “BioTech Eight construction for their energy efficiency. parency.” The space is flexible enough for gives us space to recruit new compaBeyond the “green,” BioTech Eight’s a variety of tenants—with wet labs, dry nies—and not just big companies.” He look elaborates on the palate established labs, office space, or all of the above. And adds, “It’s an important addition to with BioTech One. And, McKinney says, as for transparency? It’s about letting the scientific community.” CWS page:4
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DESIGN FORWARD
Downtown’s Gardens & Gatherings Of the many surprises Downtown has to offer, perhaps the public spaces created for respite, remembrance and rejuvenation are the most treasured. n and around the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park you’ll discover there are gardens, cafes and patios that complement the sophisticated angles and dramatic turns of the architecture. At the UNOS headquarters in BioTech Seven, the National Donor Memorial is a living celebration of the gift of life and the remarkable individuals it honors. Its three spaces stand for hope, renewal, and transformation.
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At the entrance to the Memorial Garden is the Wall of Tears [left photo]. A stream of water cascades over a stone wall, on which meaningful relationships such as “mother,” “father,” “sister,” “wife,” “friend,” and“brother,” are inscribed. The water represents the range of emotions engendered by organ transplantation: tears of loss when a donor dies and tears of joy when the donor’s organ becomes a lifesaving gift. D o w n t o w n R i c h m o n d C R E A T I V E WORK SPAC
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[Top Left] The Gift of Life Fountain [Top Right] Butterfly Lawn [Center] Wall bearing organ donors names [Bottom Left] Employees and guests gather
At the Water Garden, a wall bearing the first names of organ donors runs the length of the space. Water flows past the wall to the Gift of Life Fountain, a sculptural representation of two cupped hands offering water, the “Gift of Life.� From there, visitors can walk to the Butterfly Lawn. Butterflies have long been a symbol rebirth and renewal. Here, they symbolize the renewal and rebirth made possible by organ donation. A garden with holly trees makes up the third space. Water from the Gift of Life forms a waterfall in the garden below and completes the cycle of organ donation and transplantation, a journey of hope, renewal, and transformation. The source of the water lies deep within the grove, where a single drop of water falls into a bowl. Its ripples characterize the selfless act of organ donation and its far-reaching effects. page:6
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at the UNOS Cafe at the atrium entrance adjacent to the Memorial.
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Valentine Richmond History Center Located within walking distance to the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park and nestled in the shady courtyard behind the Valentine Richmond History Center, Cafe Richmond is open for lunch Monday through Friday. Here, business types mingle with tourists, hospital staff and visitors, and history buffs. Because the garden is a much sought after wedding venue, the Cafe is not open on weekends. Menu items are named for historical figures and neighborhoods, including the delicious Ellen Glasgow (chicken salad sandwich with tarragon and grapes), the Marshall Street (cobb salad with corn relish), and the Christopher Newport hummus wrap.
Massey Cancer Center Healing Garden A unique feature of the Goodwin Research Laboratory at VCU’s Massey Cancer Center, is a healing garden, accessible from the main level lobby, also located near the BioTech Park. The garden provides a restorative space among the concrete and brick of the downtown medical campus. The windows mirror the bronze gates of the nearby Egyptian building, and patients and researchers can enjoy flowering native plantings and sculptures by Virginia artists. CWS
PM USA Center for Research and Technology PM USA Center for Research and Technology at BioTech Nine is designed to promote collaboration and creativity for scientists and engineers. To help keep the creative vibe active for its approximately 600 professionals, PM USA includes a fitness facility, cafeteria, company store, collaborative atrium, library, lecture hall, outdoor plaza, and community green space. D o w n t o w n R i c h m o n d C R E A T I V E WORK SPAC
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Ingenuity and application intersect at the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park, a joint initiative of Virginia Commonwealth University and the City of Richmond. Situated Downtown on 34 acres adjacent to the VCU Medical Center, the park’s design of contemporary architecture houses leading scientific and technology firms that are producing some of today’s most intriguing and important discoveries. ome to over 55 biosciences companies, research institutes affiliated with the VCU Medical Center and major state and national medical laboratories as well as organizations involved with forensics, testing of biotoxins and management of the nation’s organ transplantation process, the Park offers more than just cutting-edge facilities. It is a creative hub comprised of an international community of more than 2,000 researchers, scientists, engineers and technicians developing new products, services and procedures.
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“It’s in environments like this that scientists want to come,” explains BioTechnology Park’s president and CEO, Robert T. Skunda. “We’re harnessing many of the resources in this community in helping us to succeed. Because the more we can create new jobs and new companies here in this research park, we’re going to have not only a successful enterprise, but we’re going to have a great Downtown.”
The BioTech Center houses the Virginia Biosciences Development Center (VBDC), a nonprofit that provides business assistance to start-up companies in the earliest stages of their development. The VBDC is in the business of “incubating” entrepreneurial companies in the healthcare marketplace. According to David R. Lohr, Executive Director, “We are incubating newly formed and very early-stage companies hoping to introduce new products or services into the healthcare marketplace.”
Lohr cites the Park’s relationship to VCU as very conducive in providing innovators for the incubator. “Our entrepreneurs come from both the community and our faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University,” he says. “These exciting companies are researching new drugs to treat cancer and other diseases, designing new medical devices for wound care and Skunda maintains the location as other indications, developing key for enticing the world’s scienWindows and skylights give the entrance to the BioTech Center an new software and algorithms tific and creative talent. ”The Park is within three blocks of the Capitol, open, airy look. Cozy seating areas nearby provide serene, private to more efficiently manage drug development and healthfour blocks of the Colesium, the spaces for colleagues and visitors. care delivery and new diagNational Theater at the performing nostics tools that are less invaarts center, a couple blocks of natural light gives the building a colleJackson Ward, look at the choices, look at giate feel and a sense of nature. BioTech sive and provide superior information to the physician.” the opportunities—we have people One offers custom-fitted laboratory, living, going out shopping, going out to research and office space and is home One example is Obetech, LLC, which is eat, being able to walk to a show.” to established biosciences companies, researching the role viruses play in research institutes and the Virginia obesity, in order to develop new diagA soothing atrium joins BioTech One, Commonwealth University Office of nostics and therapeutics to address this the 100,000-square-foot, multi-tenant Technology Transfer and Office of critical health issue. facility, to the BioTech Center. The Sponsored Research.
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[Clockwise from left]: A curving glass brick wall greets visitors to the Virginia Department of Forensic Sciences, housed in BioTech Two; the Firearms and Toolmarks section examines firearms, bullets, and cases to determine possible connection to a crime scene; BioTech Two is situated across East Jackson Street from Biotech 6. [Inset photo]: Dusting a bottle in evidence examination.
on to investigate the Princess Diana auto accident where they used an exact replica of the Mercedes Benz that the Princess and Dodi Fayed were passengers. Forensic specialists recreated the explosion of the airbags, accessed the amount of carbon monoxide released and examined skid marks to estimate the speed of the vehicle. They also perfomed toxicology analysis of body fluids, and determined how much alcohol was in the driver’s system.
The 137,000-square-foot, $31 million, state-of-the-art facility of BioTech Two houses the Virginia Department of Forensic Science and the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Virginia, the first state to use DNA evidence in criminal prosecution, maintains the largest DNA database of any state. According to Peter Marone, the Director of the department, there are four labs statewide. “But the Richmond lab at BioTech is the only one that analyzes blood stain patterns, breath alcohol, and forensic imaging,” he explains. This building also houses another very innovative project, the Virginia Institute of Forensic Science and Medicine that was established in 1999 through contributions of author Patricia page:10
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Cornwell who had worked in the office of the Chief Medical examiner prior to her success as a crime novelist. The facility is one of the premier institutes for training forensic scientists, crime scene investigators and forensic pathologists in the country. Forensic research for Cormwell’s 2002 book on Jack the Ripper (Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed) was done by forensic staff in Richmond. The Institute was also called
If a powdery substance is suspected of being toxic like Anthrax, chances are it will be sent to BioTech Six. A $63 million, 191,000-square-foot, office and laboratory facility, completed in May 2003, it houses the Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services (DCLS). The laboratory is one of the most advanced in the nation for public health and safety. It is designed to handle all of Virginia’s testing needs and is part of a federal laboratory network certified by the Centers for Disease Control, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration, among others. D o w n t o w n R i c h m o n d C R E A T I V E WORK SPAC Powered by Venture
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BioTech Six, the Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services, designed by McKinney and Company, was recognized in 2004 by the American Council of Engineering Companies of Virginia for excellence in building and technology systems.
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In BioTech Seven, the Call Center is the hub of UNOS’ operations. When a call comes in, the complex process of transplantation begins. The building’s design emphasizes visibility and open spaces.
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[Left]: The UNOS reception area. The monitor’s scrolling display of photographs honor organ donors, family members, and transplant recipients [Upper Right]: PM USA Center for Research and Technology’s outdoor plaza and pedestrian bridge.
The BioTech Seven building on 4th Street had to shoulder several important design objectives. As the headquarters for the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), which maintains the national organ transplant waiting list and coordinates the matching and distribution of donated organs to waiting patients, it needed to embody both the practical and emotional sides of the work they do.
Donor Memorial that honors organ donors and their families [see “Gardens & Gatherings” page 5].
And the building needed to uphold the innovative, modern look of the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park. “Our intention,” says architect Chris Fultz of SMBW, “was to create a state-of-the-art facility that would raise the bar in the BioTech Park.”
And UNOS is pleased with the results. The challenge this building successfully meets, according Communications Specialist Mandy Claggett, is this: “It had to stir the emotions of hope for the future … and the desire to help suffering patients.”
Construction began in 2001, and the result was an airy, light-filled, modern building. Its 80,000 square feet accommodate UNOS’ practical needs, including a nonstop call center in the atrium between the third and fourth floors. And directly below the call center is the emotional touch point of the building—a National
Housing 250 employees at this location, UNOS also is the national repository for organ transplant history and data on all procedures performed in the United States since the organization was formed in 1984.
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For the 10,000-square-foot memorial, Fultz created a transparent effect between the outdoors and indoors by extending it into the building lobby. “We were emotionally inspired by the idea of integrating the building with the memorial,” says Fultz.
BioTech Nine is home to Philip Morris USA’s Research and Technology
Center. Opened in late 2007, this $350 million complex encompasses a total of 450,000 square feet and employs approximately 600 scientists, engineers and support staff. The Research and Technology Center’s mission is to enhance the commitment Philip Morris has made to scientific research, new product development and commercialization that might help address the harm caused by tobacco products. CWS SUMMER 2008
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EXIT THE WORKPLACE
[Above]: Annual Clean-up Day
[Top and Lower Right]: BioTech Pre-First Fridays Art Walk Happy Hour held at the Marshall Street Cafe.
Photos of First Friday’s Event: Chris Owens
The BioTechnology Park is very much a part of the larger community
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ach month, a local restaurant is the site for a preFirst Fridays Art Walk happy hour. There, BioTechnology Park employees, family members, and friends enjoy free food and specially-priced drinks. The happy hours often feature prizes. June’s BioTech happy hour was held at the Marshall Street Café. Prize winners received free gas cards.
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assignments and orange trash bags, and then they begin collecting litter. After they are finished, volunteers reconvene in the park to enjoy more biscuits, and the satisfaction of a job well done. And during the workday, the Virginia Biosciences Development Center “Brown Bag” Luncheon Seminar Series is a cornerstone of the center’s entrepreneurial education program. On the first Thursday of each month, experts on everything from accounting to intellectual property law conduct seminars during lunch at the Robert B. Ball Sr. Conference Center in the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park. CWS D o w n t o w n R i c h m o n d C R E A T I V E WORK SPAC Powered by Venture
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INNOVATION PARTNERS
reating an innovation powerhouse like the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park requires investment from the civic, education and business communities. Serious conversations about a research park did not begin until 1990, when newly appointed Virginia Commonwealth University President Eugene P. Trani, Ph.D., began to pursue the idea with members of city government, Richmond Renaissance (now Venture Richmond) and other organizations. Originally created as a partnership of Virginia Commonwealth University, the City of Richmond and the Commonwealth of Virginia,
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the Park’s establishment was encouraged by Richmond’s Mayor L. Douglas Wilder. “When I was Governor in 1991, I worked with VCU President Eugene Trani to Wilder establish the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park,” Mayor Wilder explains, “which has clearly served as testament among those who believe Richmond’s Downtown area can develop quality business enterprises.” While the Park’s achievements in scientific and product innovation is readily apparent, Wilder also notes the
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BIG CITY, BRIGHT LIGHTS
s a best-practices model for organ-sharing networks worldwide, UNOS is state-of-the-art. Its BioTech Seven facility showcases works of public art that give visual expression to the gift of organ and tissue donation. It therefore seems fitting that its director, Walter Graham, is also an artist. Graham, an attorney by training, was named UNOS’ Executive Director in 1995. He is responsible for overseeing all network operations, facilitating government relations and
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contract activity, membership standards adherence and policy-making, education programs, data analysis, and computer modeling activities. Graham balances the strategic and logistical demands of these responsibilities through his work as a painter and writer. Executed primarily in oil, Graham’s paintings tend to be large and vibrant. Several of his pieces are in the UNOS headquarters. The titles of his favorite pieces, “Tree of Life” and “Bamboo Forest,” resonate with
themes and symbols developed in the National Donor Memorial and suggest that, like so many, he is inspired by the UNOS mission. Graham is also a writer. His 2005 book Eve’s Choice is a short, imaginative exploration of the biblical narrative of the Fall of Man, the murder of Abel, the banishment of Cain, and the birth of Seth as Eve remembers them. Drawing on the text of Genesis and contemporary biblical scholarship, he imagines how Eve might envision the story and retells it in her voice.
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The Art of Renewal & the Renewal of Art
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COMMERCIAL LISTINGS Building Name 107 S 5th St 10 S 6th St Richmond Plaza Building 7 N 8th St Shockoe Center Exchange Alley Bldg Watkins Cottrell Bldg Canal Crossing Central National Bank 600 E. Broad Street Theatre Row Office Bldg Federal Reserve Bank Of Richmond West Tower-Riverfront Plaza East Tower-Riverfront Plaza One James Center Two James Center Three James Center Edgeworth Bldg @ Tobacco Row The Maggie Walker Bus & Tech Ctr 10 E. Franklin Street Metro Chamber Building One Franklin Square 700 Centre Building Seventh And Franklin Building Chesterman Place Riverside on the James Eskimo Pie Bldg Main Street Centre DEQ Bldg The 700 Building Eighth & Main Bldg Former First Union Buildings Wytestone Plaza First National Bank Building One Capital Square The Mutual Building SunTrust Building The Ironfronts Capitol Place The Bank Of America Center Exchange Place One Shockoe Plaza Commercial Block Turning Basin Bldg
Building Address 107 S 5th St 10 S 6th St 110 S 7th St 7 N 8th St 11 S 12th St 23-25 S 13th St 111-117 S 14th St 101-115 S 15th St 219 E Broad St 600 E Broad St 712-730 E Broad St 701 E Byrd St 901 E Byrd St 951 E Byrd St 901 E Cary St 1021 E Cary St 1051 E Cary St 2100 E Cary St 501 E Franklin 10 E Franklin St 201 E Franklin St 411 E Franklin St 700 E Franklin St 701 E Franklin St 100 W Franklin St 1001 Haxall Pt 528-530 E Main St 600 E Main St 629 E Main St 700 E Main St 707 E Main St 800 E Main St 801 E Main St 823 E Main St 830 E Main St 909 E Main St 919 E Main St 1007-1013 E Main St 1106-1108 E Main St 1111 E Main St 1309-1317 E Main St 1 Shockoe Plz 100 Shockoe Slip St 111 Virginia St
Building SF 92,752 35,418 269,097 167,398 53,000 24,637 57,430 128,000 230,000 213,266 166,741 700,000 490,414 409,190 420,000 334,200 233,200 142,000 42,676 31,020 19,028 132,682 160,000 167,000 32,808 263,066 45,327 425,727 116,315 181,790 317,749 26,889 253,346 163,000 187,896 111,812 450,000 56,263 71,928 545,316 80,465 118,518 38,016 93,761
Available SF 0 0 43,141 0 10,816 7,700 3,700 54,000 200,000 46,096 53,668 13,500 1,100 1,100 35,900 13,757 6,839 40,655 0 0 19,028 30,962 49,443 31,977 8,200 28,856 4,569 30,776 8,576 102,058 112,266 0 127,091 53,726 100,228 0 19,340 0 15,077 129,840 8,432 15,000 0 12,518
% Leased 100.0 100.0 84.0 100.0 79.6 68.8 93.6 100.0 100.0 78.4 67.8 99.2 99.8 99.7 91.5 95.9 98.9 71.4 100.0 100.0 0.0 86.3 69.1 81.9 75.0 89.0 89.9 92.8 92.6 43.9 64.7 100.0 49.8 74.5 46.7 100.0 95.7 100.0 79.0 76.2 89.5 100.0 100.0 92.8
Average Rent $16.00 $15.50 $16.50 $16.50 $15.00 $16.00 $17.67 $20.00 $29.50 Negotiable $26.50 $26.50 $24.95 $22.50 $15.50 $17.59 $13.00 $13.00 $13.57 $24.37 $13.24 $17.29 $13.50 $14.00 $18.00 Negotiable $16.50 $15.00 $21.50 $13.50 $18.62 $15.36 $22.00
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The City of Richmond Department of Economic Development is here to help any company, large or small, find space Downtown. Call Cary Brown at 646-3061 or email him at brownc@ci.richmond.va.us. InLight InLight RICHMOND RICHMOND From 7pm, Friday September 5, 2008 inspire. engage. to 2am, Saturday, September 6 The 300, 200 and 100 blocks of W. Broad Street will be the site for InLight RICHMOND—a celebration of the 1708 Gallery’s 30th anniversary and a collaborative effort between local arts and community organizations in Central Virginia. The event will be a spectacle of multimedia installations and performances. Light is the theme—from light as medium to light as abstract idea. Modeled after Paris' Nuit Blanche, InLight RICHMOND is an all-night celebration exhibiting a spectacle of multimedia installations and performances to increase visibility and appreciation of the arts.
2nd Street Festival Saturday, Oct 4: noon – 10 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5: noon – 6 p.m. The hands of time are turned back to the past when 2nd Street was the heart and soul of Richmond’s African-American community. Each year approximately 45,000 people come to Richmond’s historic Jackson Ward to hear live music on four stages, enjoy children’s activities, taste delicious food, shop in the marketplace, dance in the streets and renew old friendships. Admission is free. Richmond Folk Festival Friday through Sunday, October 10-12 Downtown Richmond’s Riverfront from 2nd to 7th Streets, including Brown’s Island and historic Tredegar come alive for the Richmond Folk Festival. The free event embraces the heritage and traditions of all Americans. Legendary masters and the next generation of dynamic young artists will celebrate the musical soul and cultural roots of America on many stages of continuous music and dance. World-class artisans, countless varieties of ethnic foods and a Family Area produced by the Children’s Museum of Richmond ensures there is something for every taste and every age. The Richmond Folk Festival will engage the entire community, bringing together diverse groups and drawing visitors from across the country. For more information on these events call: (804) 788-6466 or visit www.venturerichmond.com.
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