Zone 62 | From Midlothian to Hull

The 288 effect has created many new development nodes in Western Chesterfield including Watkins Centre, 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 area is sometimes referred to still as Midlothian although Midlothian rests on the northern edge of the area. Another increasingly popular name is Moseley taking its name from the area straddling the Chesterfield Powhatan line.

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 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.