450-unit apartment complex proposed for Midlothian Athletic Club property

Spy Rock is seeking zoning approval to build a 450-unit apartment complex on the site of Midlothian Athletic Club, which would be razed to make way for the project. (County documents)

Hundreds of new residences are proposed to replace the long-running Midlothian Athletic Club near Chesterfield Towne Center.

Locally based Spy Rock Real Estate Group is planning to build a 450-unit apartment complex at 10800 Center View Drive, where the gym facility currently stands. The project would feature a mixture of age-restricted and non-age-restricted units across three buildings that would be built alongside amenities on the 10.6-acre site.

The Midlothian Athletic Club facility, which has operated on the property for years, would be demolished to make way for the project.

It was unclear whether Midlothian Athletic Club planned to shut down or relocate following its exit from the property. The gym was open Tuesday but representatives could not be reached by press time.

Spy Rock said it was too early to say when the project would get started, and declined to comment on the development’s anticipated cost.

The project would feature a 147-unit building and 130-unit building on the Koger Center Boulevard side of the site, while a 173-unit building for 55-and-up renters would be built on Johnston Willis Drive. Two pools, a gym and a clubhouse are also shown in a concept plan.

One of the apartment buildings on the Koger Center side would be four or five stories in height. The two others are planned to be four stories tall.

The Midlothian Athletic Club in Chesterfield. (BizSense file)

The development would utilize existing vehicle entrances on Koger Center and Johnston Willis to provide access to the site. Plans call for 560 parking spaces.

Timmons Group is the engineer on the project and Poole & Poole Architecture was tapped for the design. A general contractor hasn’t been selected.

The project is tentatively expected to go before the Chesterfield Planning Commission in the spring. The Board of Supervisors would make a final decision on the zoning request at a later meeting.

Andy Condlin and Kim Lacy of Roth Jackson are representing Spy Rock in its rezoning request for the project.

The apartment complex would feature some age-restricted units, as well as pools and a gym. (County documents)

Spy Rock is seeking to rezone the site from its current office designation to allow the apartments. The developer filed its zoning application last month.

Spy Rock has the project site under contract. The land’s assessed value is nearly $8 million, per Chesterfield’s online land records. The current owner of the property is an LLC tied to Patrick Galleher of local investment banking firm Boxwood Partners, who co-owns Midlothian Athletic Club with Patrick O’Toole.

Galleher and O’Toole were unavailable for comment Tuesday afternoon. A call to the gym’s management team was directed to the owners, who bought the gym in 2009.

Midlothian Athletic Club first opened in 1988 and offers exercise classes, tennis, an aquatics program and other programs.

The property that Spy Rock is eyeing for the project doesn’t include the medical office building at the corner of Center View and Johnston Willis drives.

Spy Rock’s other current projects in the region include its 300-unit North Allen complex next to Sauer Center in the city, a recently completed 245-unit complex on Dabney Road called The Alder, and the massive planned redevelopment of the Glenwood Farms apartments that’ll add 1,000 units in eastern Henrico.

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