Rezoning cases, special area plans, road projects and construction shaping the Midlothian landscape.
Economic Development
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May 13, 2026
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1 min read
Reported by the MBA on May 13, 2026 — an interconnection request that de-risks delivering power from the ARC plant in the early 2030s.
Apr 1, 2026
Reported by the MBA on April 1, 2026 — Richmond Heart and Vascular Associates planned a July 2027 opening next to OrthoVirginia.
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Jan 28, 2026
Reported by the MBA on January 28, 2026 — a mixed-use project first proposed in 2017 finally moving.
Chesterfield County Public Schools
5 min read
Chesterfield's oldest middle school has $50 million from the 2022 bond, a second funding source on the November 2026 ballot, and no site yet. What has been considered, and what comes next.
Westchester Commons
Jan 13, 2026
Reported by the MBA on January 13, 2026 — the developer proffered a lane reduction worked out with CDOT and VDOT.
Midlothian Special Area Plan
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Jan 1, 2026
8 min read
On January 1, 2026 the Midlothian Special Design District was folded into a countywide overlay covering six villages. The height ceiling roughly doubled. Most of the design character stayed. Here is the comparison.
Dec 12, 2025
4 min read
Brookfield sold the million-square-foot mall in December 2025 to a New York and Swiss partnership openly weighing a higher, better use. What has actually happened since, and what has not.
Dec 10, 2025
2 min read
Shamin Hotels broke ground in December 2025 on a $160 million, 270-room Hilton at Springline with a 12,600-square-foot ballroom. It topped out in August 2026 as the county's tallest hotel.
Oct 22, 2025
Chesterfield awarded a $42 million contract in October 2025 to connect Woolridge Road from Route 288 to Old Hundred Road by July 2028. The county has said plainly what it is for.
Chesterfield County
Sep 17, 2025
Chesterfield approved 405 townhomes and condominiums on Old Hundred Road in September 2025, then capped building permits at 100 until the Woolridge Road extension is finished.
May 28, 2025
A 350-acre data center campus off Route 288, the conditions the county attached to it, and where the project stands today.
Feb 4, 2025
Spy Rock proposed 450 apartments on the club's Center View Drive site in January 2025. The rezoning case was withdrawn six days later, and the club is still open.
Feb 3, 2025
A raised median, thirty entrances changed, a ten-foot path on the south side and one speed limit instead of four. Design is underway. Construction is not funded.
Jan 6, 2025
SJC Ventures is building 87,500 square feet of retail and 60 homes at Midlothian Turnpike and Alverser Drive, anchored by a 36,000-square-foot Whole Foods. Here is what is coming and when.
Jul 16, 2024
The MBA reported in July 2024 that the shelved mixed-use project had resurfaced, with construction tentatively set for 1Q2025.
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6 min read
Four miles of Midlothian Turnpike got a community meeting, 418 survey responses and a draft reviewed by county agencies. Two county sources now describe its status differently.
Mar 14, 2024
The MBA warned members in March 2024 that the new zoning districts were not an equal exchange with current ones.
Nov 27, 2023
MBA member Chris Jenkins of Commonwealth Commercial helped facilitate the sale, reported November 27, 2023.
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Nov 16, 2023
The November 16, 2023 hearing advanced a C-2 to C-3 rezoning with a conditional use planned development, headed to the Board of Supervisors on December 13.
Aug 23, 2023
Sauer Properties won approval in August 2023 to put apartments on the old Stein Mart center on Midlothian Turnpike. Demolition began in March 2026, and about 80,000 square feet of retail stays.
May 26, 2022
The county bought the land in 2020 to head off thousands of homes, rezoned it in 2022 for high-tech manufacturing, won the state's largest site grant, built two schools on it, and in 2025 landed Google.
Apr 27, 2022
3 min read
The county's EDA paid $16 million for Spring Rock Green in 2021, rezoned it itself in 2022, and is now most of the way through a billion-dollar rebuild at Midlothian Turnpike and Chippenham.
Dec 14, 2021
Bon Secours added 55 beds to Midlothian's hospital in 2024. A second 40-bed addition was approved in March 2026, and a medical office building with a surgery center opens late this year.
Aug 25, 2021
Zoned in 2006, rezoned in 2021, cleared in 2024 and selling since late 2025. The largest addition of rooftops in western Midlothian in a generation, built over ten to fifteen years.
Village of Midlothian
Jul 21, 2020
The MBA spent a month gathering business-community comment on a proposal to rezone an industrial parcel in the Village of Midlothian to Residential Multifamily.
