The next piece of Chesterfield’s Springline development is a new mixed-use building worth $80 million.

Chesterfield County’s Springline at District 60 project is entering a decisive stretch, with Connecticut-based Collins Enterprises preparing an estimated $80 million mixed-use building while its first apartment tower nears completion and county-backed infrastructure continues to reshape the former Spring Rock Green shopping center site.

Collins Enterprises is finalizing plans for a six-story building with about 245 apartments, roughly 15,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, and structured parking. Company president Arthur Collins said last week that construction is expected to begin in 2025 and take about 18 months. The new structure would rise in the northeast corner of the site, next to a planned entertainment venue and a large parking garage that are part of Springline’s long-term layout.

That second tower follows The James, Collins’s first Springline building: a six-story, roughly $88 million project with about 300 apartments and 30,000 square feet of commercial space. Groundbreaking came in summer 2023, and Collins has said the building should finish by mid-2025. Apartment leasing was set to begin soon after his comments, with residents expected as early as spring and commercial tenants possibly opening around mid-2025. Collins described progress as steady and said interest has been strong, even though no commercial leases had been signed as of last week.

Clancy & Theys Construction Co. is general contractor on The James, with design work by LaBella Associates, formerly Odell Associates. Collins indicated the same team is likely for the second building, though agreements were not finalized when he spoke.

Springline’s program has evolved since it was announced in late 2020. An early concept featuring two NHL-sized ice rinks is gone. Chesterfield Economic Development director Garrett Hart linked that change to a larger hotel component. Shamin Hotels plans to start the first Springline hotel around mid-2025, and county officials now describe two hotels rather than one. Hart said the Hilton master plan did not leave enough room for the hockey rinks once the hotel footprint grew.

Even without the rinks, Springline remains a large mixed-use bet: about 120,000 square feet of retail, two office buildings totaling roughly 150,000 square feet, two hotels, and more than 1,200 residences, plus a police station and a small grocery whose exact locations are still unsettled. The entertainment venue planned for a three-story office building is still being defined. Marketing materials call it an entertainment venue, Hart said, but the space could support sports uses, entertainment, or both, depending on which operator county and developers can land.

Chesterfield is underwriting a roughly $44 million infrastructure package of roads, utilities, and parking, with a $20 million garage accounting for nearly half. Officials expect tax-increment financing tied to the property to help repay those public costs. The garage and the second Collins building share the northeast corner with the entertainment concept, concentrating activity where the old shopping center once stood.

Elsewhere on the site, local engineering firm Timmons Group is advancing a 150,000-square-foot office building at the southeast corner expected to finish next year. That building is planned as Timmons’s new headquarters and will also house Chesterfield’s Economic Development Department and School Division offices, with occupancy targeted for spring. Hourigan is general contractor and Baskervill is the designer.

Celebration Park, Springline’s main outdoor amenity between The James and the Hilton site, is scheduled to open late next summer or in the fall. Planners want concerts and art events there to draw people into the district beyond residents and office workers. Retail leasing is being handled by Jamie Lanham and Tre Blankinship of Segall Group along with Ainslie Rold.

Hart has framed Springline as a new product type for Chesterfield: structured parking, vertical mixed use, and an urban feel aimed at newcomers the county is trying to attract in a competitive regional labor market. The county acquired the Spring Rock Green site around 2021 and has been selling parcels to developers rather than building everything itself. The overall investment is often described around $1 billion when private vertical construction is counted with public infrastructure.

For nearby residents and businesses, the near-term markers are concrete: The James leasing up, Collins’s second tower breaking ground, hotel construction, the Timmons office opening, and Celebration Park coming online. How quickly commercial tenants sign, whether the entertainment venue finds an operator, and how TIF-backed garage and road work stay on schedule will determine whether Springline feels like a finished district or a long construction corridor. For now, county and developer statements point to 2025 as the year multiple pieces stop being renderings and start receiving tenants.