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On December 15, 2006, work began to convert the former Miller & Rhoads department store in Richmond, Virginia into a hotel, condominiums and retail space. The $102.8 million project is being developed by HRI Properties in partnership with ECI Development Services, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Chevron TCI, Inc. and Capital One, NA.

The Miller & Rhoads project involves the adaptive reuse of a historic department store into a mixed-use facility with hotel, residential and commercial components. Once construction is completed in November 2008, the former 8-story department store will include a Hilton Garden Inn with 250 rooms, 133 residential condominium units and street level commercial space of approximately 21,000 square feet. The basement level will provide parking for condominium owners as well as daily parking for hotel needs. The hotel and condominiums have separate entrances, elevators and fitness facilities while sharing a ground floor connection and a swimming pool.

The Miller & Rhoads building is located in downtown Richmond; cater-corner from the City’s newly expanded Convention Center. The site is also adjacent to the Carpenter Center Performing Arts Complex, a block from a new federal courthouse, and walking distance from City Hall, the State Capital Complex and Richmond’s CBD.

Miller & Rhoads was a Virginia-based department store chain. Throughout its 105 year life-span, the store played an active role in the Richmond community. Building origins are traced to 1888, when Miller & Rhoads moved to 509 E. Broad Street. By 1909, the Broad Street store covered nearly half a city block, and by 1924 it covered an entire block.

The store was home to the ever-popular Tea Room, which featured regular fashion shows and signature menu items. As time progressed, Miller & Rhoads began to boast modern conveniences like a 1,000 car parking garage (shared), air conditioning and escalators. The store also hosted famous writers, art exhibits and other community events that helped add a cosmopolitan flair to the city.