Commission Moving Downtown to Consolidate Offices, Hearings Locations

The Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission will move its headquarters to downtown Richmond on Dec. 13, the agency said Tuesday. The agency is moving to 333 E. Franklin St. to consolidate its business offices and hearings locations, as well as the offices of the Virginia Victims Fund, a state program that uses fines and fees from criminal offenders to help victims of violent crime with out-of-pocket expenses. The commission will lease four of the building’s five floors — a total of 104,000 square-feet — from Hourigan Development, which bought the...