As suspected a few years ago, the location of the new hospital (now Sentara RMH Medical Center) did indeed bring with it plenty of additional commercial (and residential) development in its immediate vicinity.

Earlier this week, the Board of Supervisors approved a rezoning request for "Coffman's Corner" -- a new commercial development intended to be developed at the intersection of Stone Spring Road and Port Republic Road, and with frontage on Ridgedale Road.  It is a small, and somewhat irregularly shaped piece of land, so much so that it won't have a VDOT road system -- it will have private roads, maintained by a Property Owners Association.

County staff approved this rezoning in February 2014, and the Planning Commission on March 4, 2014.  This property is across the street (more or less) from The Reserve at Stoneport, an upscale apartment complex currently being constructed.

Per the developer's narrative....

• The main entrance to this development will be off of Ridgedale Road -- and no connection to Port Republic Road will be available.
  
  
• The owner intends to provide a commercial development with businesses interconnected with sidewalks and landscaped such as to create a community.
  
  
• It is expected that development plans will proceed very soon with surveying and engineering design, with construction started in late 2014 with sites ready for development by early/mid 2015.
  
  
• A letter of intent to purchase and build a bank has been submitted that was conditional upon rezoning. 

Learn more....

Board OKs Land For Development  (Daily News Record, March 28, 2014)

Details from the Rockingham County Board of Supervisors Agenda Packet