With the blessing of the city of Richmond and Henrico County, a North Carolina-based developer is moving ahead with a sizable project across from Rocketts Landing.

North Carolina-based Zimmer Development Company plans to build mixed-use developments on several east end parcels currently owned by CSX Transportation and located in Richmond and Henrico, just blocks from the James River and Capital Trail. 

A large development near Rocketts Landing could soon be moving forward.

A large mixed-use development planned along the fringes of both the City of Richmond and Eastern Henrico has gained its first round of approvals from local governments.

Four years ago, a real estate developer from Wilmington, North Carolina, named Lowell Zimmer hired a real estate broker from Fort Myers named Alex Henderson as a bird dog for land.

Zimmer Development Company is named in the Top 25 of The Most Active Developers in Student Housing by Student Housing Business.

Crews are working to finish five apartment buildings before the annual rush of college students settling in for fall semester.

Urban Enclave, located between Moseley Street and FAMU Way, is one of the new student housing complexes expected to open before students arrive for the fall semester.

Zimmer Development Company, which is based in Wilmington, NC, held its final public meeting Wednesday night about plans for the retail, office and multi-family use complex called Fulton Yard.

A large number of projects are either underway or scheduled for downtown Raleigh, projects that will stretch the city’s skyline and reimagine its future.