(Richmond, IN)--The city of Richmond this week took a further step to market and develop the former Elder-Beerman building.  The Richmond Plan Commission approved a resolution that makes the building and the parking lot just south of it its own downtown allocation area.  Beth Fields explained what that does:  "This will create a stand-alone parcel so that, as we move forward with negotiations with the developer and others for future development on this site, we have the ability to move quickly."  The current plan is to convert the building into 150 apartments.