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Beginning in the City and running to the south and to the west, both 60 and 360 have carried traffic from the Richmond to SW Virginia for years and years. Not well known is that Route 60 actually runs almost all of the way across the country, from Atlantic Avenue in Virginia Beach to Western Arizona along the California border. Route 360, while a popular way to access SW VA cities such as Danville and South Boston, does not travel nearly as far as Route 60 but carries traffic to many major subdivisions from the City to Amelia County.
In Chesterfield, Midlothian Tpke forms the northern border of MLS Zone 62 and Hull Street forms the southern one. Running the entire length of Chesterfield from east to west means that 62 has a wide range of property ages with the older sections closer to the City line near the old Cloverleaf Mall and with new homes along the 288 Beltway at points much further west.
For Sale In Zone 62
Brandermill was once considered to be 'far out' in Chesterfield. This is no longer the case with 288 and Powhite providing access to Innsbrook and Downtown.
The 288 effect has created many new development nodes in Western Chesterfield including Watkins Center, neighborhoods in Charter Colony and numerous neighborhoods in and around the Swift Creek Reservoir (the water supply for much of Chesterfield), Brandermill and Woodlake. With Chesterfield having more population than any other part of the Metro and the 60 to 360 corridor being one the fastest growing, it struggles with the typical issues that high growth suburban areas tend to suffer with including traffic, construction, proffers and keeping pace with public school capacity.
The new 'state of the art' St Francis Hospital typifies the growth occurring along the 288 Corridor in Western Chesterfield
Overall, the area should be viewed as one that offers solid to excellent schools, provides a little more value (houses trade a discount to Henrico for comparable neighborhoods) and is a little bit further from Downtown. The area is also in the midst the absorption of a tremendous inventory of vacant lots (see the Chesterfield 2010 Residential Report) and has experienced a large number of foreclosed newly constructed homes since the market adjustment of 2008 to 2011 so values may be more unstable for a little while longer than some of the more mature areas of the Metro.
