The owner of over 220 high-end apartments in Williamsburg’s Quarterpath district wants to build 250 more across the street. The developer describes the project as a “luxury” community, and if approved, would consist of three four-story buildings with enclosed interior corridors, upscale brick and fiber-cement exteriors, and amenities like a pool, fitness center, co-working space, and dog park. The recently submitted application calls for the residential-only community on a seven-acre site, which the city previously identified for mixed-used development also containing commercial components. Public hearings have not yet been announced.
The project narrative included in the application argues that new housing will help attract other commercial development to a corridor which has struggled to do so. The property is owned by Quarterpath Williamsburg, LLC, associated with Riverside Health System, the nonprofit that also runs the nearby Riverside Doctors’ Hospital of Williamsburg. Bonaventure Development, LLC, an Alexandria-based firm under contract to purchase the land, filed the applications July 31, seeking to add to a portfolio of 47 properties and 9,290 units across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. The plan also calls to preserve the owner’s right to build currently allowed density elsewhere in the Quarterpath area.
The application cites comparable properties including High Street View and Governor’s on North Henry in Williamsburg. Bonaventure already owns Attain at Quarterpath, a 228-unit complex built in 2015 directly across Battery Boulevard, where current rents range from about $1,690 a month for a one-bedroom to over $5,000 for a three-bedroom, offering a preview of likely pricing at the new development.
Conceptual drawings submitted to the City of Williamsburg for a proposed 250-unit “luxury” apartment community in the Quarterpath district near Doctors’ Hospital.
A fiscal impact analysis submitted to the city projects $752,000 in gross annual revenue, including real property tax revenue of $467,000. Yet, the city is projected to spend $510,000 a year serving the development’s added population, for net of about $242,000. Overall, the development is projected to add about 546 new residents to the city and 35 additional students to the public school system.
A traffic study found the development would generate about 1,500 daily trips but require no road improvements, with access via two entrances on Battery Boulevard and Redoubt Road. A special use permit is also requested to grade steep slopes of 30% or greater on the site, with stormwater draining toward Tutter’s Neck Pond through the existing Battery Boulevard system and an on-site creek outfall, controlled with riprap basins and silt fencing. The broader Quarterpath Phase 2 tract includes wetlands and a stream with a 100-foot Resource Protection Area buffer.
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