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City planner outlines 2024 biannual real estate strategies plan; council seeks assessor briefing and asks about affordability and flood risk
Summary
Sharon Ebert, deputy chief administrative officer for planning and economic development, presented the administration’s 2024 biannual real estate strategies plan, a city‑code required list of surplus properties proposed for disposition, and said the list contains clustered parcels intended primarily for affordable housing and multifamily development.
Sharon Ebert, deputy chief administrative officer for the planning and economic development portfolio, presented the City of Richmond’s 2024 biannual real estate strategies plan and a list of surplus parcels the office is proposing for disposition.
Ebert said the Office of Real Estate Strategies, which relocated to the Department of General Services effective July 1, administers surplus property disposition and must submit a biannual plan to council under city code. She said the 2024 submission updates parcels that were on an earlier 2022 list that was not approved by council and therefore remain under consideration.
The administration presented a list describing two primary categories: smaller residential parcels suitable for affordable housing and larger parcels better suited for multifamily rental or for‑sale residential development (possible mixed commercial components). Staff reported the plan includes 28 parcels totaling roughly 55 acres. Ebert…
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