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Construction of 600 apartments on the site of the former Cloverleaf Mall in Chesterfield County is set to begin today, more than a year after the project was formally announced.

The apartments, being built by Boyd Homes, will be in the Stonebridge development on Midlothian Turnpike just west of the Chippenham Parkway.

The complex should bring an influx of residents to an area of the county which is in the early stages of a renaissance, officials have said.

Element at Stonebridge will consist of studio units and one- and two- bedroom apartments in four buildings with interior balconies facing a courtyard.

The first residents are expected to move in late next year.

While crews have been working for some time on preliminary clearing of land and preparing utilities, a groundbreaking ceremony at 11 a.m. will mark the official start of construction.

When the initial 400 apartments are completed, construction would begin on the final 200 units.

Stonebridge is an 83-acre, $100 million multiuse development anchored by a 123,000-square-foot Kroger Marketplace that opened in December 2012.