NEWS: Williamsburg City Council Approves Apartments for Vacant Bank Building

Special use permit allows 11 units atop ground floor retail on Richmond Road

The upper floors of a former bank building on Richmond Road will be converted into apartment units after recently gaining approval from the Williamsburg City Council. (Image: George Arbogust, Williamsburg Independent)

During their meeting yesterday at the Stryker Center, the Williamsburg City Council voted unanimously to approve an application to allow apartments in a vacant bank building on Richmond Road. The project will create 11 units including both efficiency and 1-bedrooms. The Council placed several conditions upon their approval, including limiting living space to the upper floors, limiting the number of residents to 2 per unit and limiting the number of entrances/exits from a side street.

Prior to Council’s vote to allow the building’s conversion to living space, the project received thumbs up from the City’s planners, the Architectural Review Board and the Planning Commission. The property is owned by Demetrios Florakis, a former member of the Williamsburg Planning Commission…