Media Advisory
Monday, October 11, 2021
Contact: Devin Wood
Cell: 804-484-4800
Devin.Wood@rva.gov

Richmond, VA — The City of Richmond has launched a new website to start marketing the redevelopment of the 66.7 acre Diamond site on North Arthur Ashe Boulevard. The new website precedes a Request for Interest (RFI) that will be released by the city before the end of 2021. The city has also created a new webpage on RVA.gov to keep citizens informed on the vision, process, and opportunity for the redevelopment site. Both websites will have documents associated with the RFI process after the RFI is released.

“The Diamond site is the premier redevelopment opportunity on the east coast and presents a transformational opportunity for Richmond,” said Maritza Mercado Pechin, Deputy Director of the Department of Planning and Development Review and leader of the city’s Office of Equitable Development. “Residents were clear in communicating their desires for the redevelopment of the site in Richmond 300 and the Greater Scott’s Addition Small Area Plan. Generating interest in the redevelopment opportunity and issuing the RFI are the next steps to see the shared vision become a reality.”

The marketing website can be found at www.rvadiamond.com.

The new webpage on RVA.gov can be found at www.rva.gov/economic-development/diamond.

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