Robb v. Shockoe Slip Foundation

Shockoe Slip Foundation (Shockoe), a non-profit corporation, filed a bill of complaint against the Governor of Virginia and the Virginia Department of General Services (collectively, the Commonwealth), seeking to enjoin the demolition of certain state-owned buildings situated in the 1200 and 1300 blocks of East Main Street in Richmond. Shockoe alleged, among other things, that the buildings had historic significance, that their demolition would adversely affect the Shockoe Slip historic district, and that the Commonwealth “failed to consider the Commonwealth’s policy to conserve, develop and…