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Henrico supervisors defer Spiroc Westwood provisional use permit amid concerns over retail, parking and school impacts
Summary
After an extended public hearing, the Henrico County Board of Supervisors voted to defer action on Spiroc Real Estate Group's provisional use permit for a 7‑story, 224‑unit mixed‑use project in Westwood, citing questions about retail square footage, parking ratios, student generation and the large pipeline of approved units in the area.
The Henrico County Board of Supervisors on May 12 deferred action on a provisional use permit (PUP) for a seven‑story mixed‑use project proposed by Spiroc Real Estate Group at Westmoreland Street and Jock Street.
Staff planner Miss Moore presented the proposal as a 7‑story mixed‑use building with about 224 residential units, roughly 2,500 square feet of commercial space and a six‑story parking structure providing 303 spaces; the application asked for reduced parking under the Westwood Redevelopment overlay and included illustrative sustainability features and bicycle parking. Moore said the planning commission recommended approval and that staff’s recommended conditions were provided to the board.
Preston Lloyd, the applicant’s attorney, told supervisors the project mirrors a recent nearby development and offered a school‑generation comparison: “Of [the 170 units at the Alder], there are 6 children who are school‑age,” and applying that pattern the project would likely yield “approximately 8 to 10 additional students,” he said. Jake Bloom, a Spiroc representative, said the current onsite tenant (a crematorium) holds a lease through February 2029 and the developer would align construction timing with that lease.
Board members pressed for more precision on unit mix, retail square footage and parking calculations. Tuckahoe District Supervisor Jody Rogash asked whether the retail would be 2,500 or 3,500 square feet and said “that’s not a lot of retail” for 224 units. Supervisor Smith, who made the motion to defer, said the board has approved thousands of units in the Westwood corridor and urged a more deliberate check on cumulative impacts: “I want this Westwood area…to pop retail and make it a thriving place — but when? We’ve approved a lot and I need to see the impacts.”
Staff and the applicant acknowledged the planning approach — the applicant said residential development is intended to drive retail viability — but supervisors said additional analysis was needed on school capacity, the parking study’s assumptions (1.35 cars per unit), comparable building heights and the timing of other approved projects that together could bring thousands of rooftops to the corridor.
Citing those unresolved concerns, Supervisor Smith moved to defer PUP‑2026‑100022 (Spiroc) at the board's request; the motion passed with a second and the item was deferred to the September 2026 meeting for further study and interdepartmental follow‑up.
Next steps: staff and the applicant were asked to provide clearer unit‑type breakdowns, refined parking and retail analyses, school‑generation details and a timeline tied to the existing lease for further board consideration.
