RICHMOND, Va. — The fate of the Fulton neighborhood’s Intermediate Terminal building is expected to be decided Monday night.
Richmond City Council is scheduled to vote at its Monday meeting on whether to allow the demolition of the building at 3101 E. Main St. to make way for a new restaurant and beer garden for Stone Brewing.
The nearly 100-year-old building had been slated to be preserved and renovated for the venue, but Stone and the city last month called for a change in plans, saying engineering tests showed the long-vacant warehouse was too decrepit to be renovated as originally planned.
The parties cite issues regarding the floodplain, lack of rebar in columns and ground material as reasons for the building’s insufficient state.
A council vote is needed to approve an amendment to the deal that brought Stone to Richmond in 2014 and called for the Intermediate Terminal building to be preserved.
In 2015, the city promised $8 million in bonds to help pay for the bistro, in exchange for Stone leasing the building for at least 25 years to cover the debt. The new amendment does not seek to change that agreement.
The city also floated $23 million in bonds to build and own Stone’s nearby production facility in Fulton, which opened in 2016. That side of the deal also involved a 25-year lease to Stone, with the brewer paying rent, real estate taxes, maintenance costs and insurance.
