New Richmond dining spot opens
Fifth and Foundry is opening inside a new CoStar building in Richmond, a local media update that signals added restaurant inventory in that office development. The announcement appeared in local coverage summarizing the building’s tenant mix and dining additions. (Richmond Times‑Dispatch via X post 2044000976823017983)
A new restaurant called Fifth and Foundry is opening in CoStar Group’s new riverfront development in downtown Richmond. (x.com) The announcement surfaced in a Richmond Times-Dispatch social post about the tenant mix in CoStar’s new building, which is part of the company’s expanding campus along South Fifth Street and Tredegar Street. (x.com) (costargroup.com) Fifth and Foundry is opening inside Foundry Park, the six-story companion building in front of CoStar’s new office tower. Richmond BizSense reported in February 2025 that Foundry Park would include 15,000 square feet of restaurant and retail space, room for four or five restaurants, outdoor dining, 80 parking spaces and a promenade linking Fifth and Tredegar streets. (richmondbizsense.com) That puts the restaurant inside a larger office-and-riverfront project that CoStar has been building for more than four years. CoStar said in December 2021 that it planned a $460 million Richmond campus expansion with two new buildings and 2,000 additional jobs. (costar.com) (costargroup.com) The office tower at 600 Tredegar Street topped out in late 2024, and CoStar’s spokesperson said construction was scheduled to finish in March 2026 with employee move-ins starting a month later. The company said the expanded campus would have capacity for 4,000 workers in Richmond. (richmondbizsense.com) (grpva.com) The dining piece has been part of the plan from the start. CoStar’s 2022 groundbreaking announcement said the riverfront hub would include restaurant, retail and entertainment options alongside office space and green space on the James River. (costargroup.com) By late 2025, CoStar founder and chief executive officer Andy Florance said the company was in talks with four restaurant users for Foundry Park, including two local operators and two out-of-town groups. One of those prospects was described as a sushi restaurant. (richmondbizsense.com) Fifth and Foundry is one of the first public signs that the restaurant lineup is moving from planning to opening. For Richmond, that means new dining seats are being added at the edge of Brown’s Island as CoStar’s riverfront campus begins to come online. (x.com) (richmondbizsense.com)
