2910 & 2950 Walmsley Blvd. at Atlantic Ave. — Approximate Site of Proposed Apartments
Crescent Development and Spy Rock Real Estate Group are seeking conditional rezoning for a six-acre site at Walmsley Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue, where a church could be replaced by a 200-unit apartment complex. The proposed apartments would be priced for renters earning 60% of the area median income, according to city filings.
The developers are under contract to buy the property, which is owned by the board of trustees for the Virginia Conference of the United Methodist Church. The board acquired the land from Walmsley Boulevard UMC in 2024, according to Richmond BizSense. The 2910 and 2950 Walmsley Blvd. parcels are part of a larger 13-acre assemblage divided by CSX railroad tracks; the two parcels have a combined assessed value of $1.24 million.
Three Buildings, Hundreds of Parking Spaces
The plan calls for 200 apartments averaging 918 square feet. One building would have 87 units, another 33, and a third 80 along with nearly 7,000 square feet of amenity space. Plans show more than 300 parking spaces—274 pull-in and 30 parallel spots—with entrances from Walmsley and Atlantic, as well as a stormwater retention pond, according to the project account…