International Mission Board plans 263 apartments by Monument Ave. HQ

Jonathan Spiers May 13, 2021 1 The parking lot at Monument Avenue and Hamilton Street. Proposed apartments would also replace an existing office building, visible to the right. The Argon Apartments are to the left. (Jonathan Spiers photos) A global missionary group headquartered in Richmond is looking to get in on the city’s apartment boom. International Mission Board, along with an out-of-town developer, is planning a 263-unit apartment complex on land it owns across Hamilton Street from its headquarters at 3806 Monument Ave. The pair of five-story buildings would fill a surface parking lot at 3700 Monument Ave. and replace an existing three-story office building at 1301A N. Hamilton St. Both properties have been under IMB ownership for decades. The three-story office building on Hamilton was built in the early 1980s. IMB is working with Silver Hills Development, an Ohio-based firm listed on the plans as both developer and owner. IMB is applying for a special-use permit for the development, which is allowed by existing zoning but would be restricted by design requirements due to the site’s narrow shape, according to an application filed with the city. Totaling 2.4 acres, the two-parcel site borders the west side of the Interstate…
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