$80M Development Proposed for Bray’s Fork

An $80 million mixed use development project scheduled for Bray’s Fork is presently in its rezoning request stage and, if approved, will bring various housing and business opportunities here.

Shiree Monterio and her mother, Constance Harris Monterio, unveiled the plan at last week’s Essex County Economic Development Authority meeting. Shiree Monterio is the owner and founder of 7 And M Development, LLC.

“Our family has always had businesses in the Brays Fork area,” said Shiree Monterio who is the granddaughter of the late Thomas Harris, whose property is being utilized for the project that has been dubbed “Bray’s Fork Redevelopment Project.”

The family owns approximately 40 acres in Bray’s Fork with 13 acres — between the LaGrange Industrial Park and the VCU Tappahannock Hospital property — being the initial phase that is being called “Essex Point at Mt. Clement.”

“It is a mixed-used development that is connecting healthcare and housing,” Monterio explained. “We want to do an innovative and sustainable aging in place community. We think there is a need for a place where you can age gracefully.”

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