 The city later made $500,000 selling the seized property to redevelopers.Before the project, the area brought in $7000 in taxes annually.By 1976, The areas redeveloped in R4 and R16 were bringing in $45,000 in annual taxes.These profit gains led Lauren McKinney to regard the project as “one of only two ‘profitable’ redevelopment schemes in the state of Virginia.” 

Cultural landmarks were also influenced by the projects.