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Surplus proposal for Navy Hill properties delayed again as input expected on...
Four of the city-owned properties set to be declared surplus, clockwise from top left: the Public Safety Building at Ninth and Leigh streets; the parking lot at 609 E. Grace St.; the Theatre Row...
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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 6.9.20
A screenshot of Red Orange Studio’s website for Open Your Ears. Red Orange Studio launched a website and designed branding for local music label Open Your Ears. It launched a digital e-book for...
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‘Brownstone’ townhomes rising in CenterPointe
Ryan Homes has started construction on CenterPointe Townes, a 90-unit townhome development along Charter Colony Parkway. A townhome development taking shape in Midlothian is introducing a new product...
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More financial help for businesses in the works as city enters next reopening...
Much of the downtown stretch of Broad Street remains boarded up after a night of protests led to vandalism two weeks ago. As the city prepares to enter its next phase of reopening on Friday, Richmond...
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Physicians’ house swap tops May home sales
The house at 1283 Flat Rock Crossing. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) Correction: The street address of the house and first name of SRMF agent Susan Snyder were incorrect in the original story. They have...
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The Agenda: Local government briefs for 6.15.20
Chesterfield accepting applications for $5M ‘Back in Business’ grant program Chesterfield County is accepting applications for its $5 million “Back in Business” grant program. The $10,000 grants are...
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City’s draft master plan envisions new site for future baseball stadium;...
Aerial of area as envisioned in the master plan courtesy City of Richmond. When The Diamond is replaced with a new baseball stadium, it won’t be part of a planned VCU athletic complex on the site of...
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After Carillon Place, developers set sights on Woodland Heights
Mark Slack, left, and Ben Partridge at the 28th Street site earlier this year. (Jonathan Spiers) With the final nail hammered on the last of four new homes they developed around the oldest house in...
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Tech firm with local ties moving HQ to Innsbrook
The building at 4400 Cox Road, where ASGN will move in with Apex Systems. (Henrico County photo) A tech conglomerate’s corporate relocation to Innsbrook has landed the Richmond region its newest...
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Ukrops list Windsor Farms home at just under $2M
4306 Sulgrave Road. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) Two members of one of the more prominent families in Richmond have put their longtime residence in Windsor Farms on the market. Jim and Barbara Ukrop are...
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$8M sale clears way for Model Tobacco redevelopment
The Model Tobacco complex is known for its Art Deco-style main building. (BizSense file photo) Three years after it went under contract, a standout building in Richmond’s Southside is in the hands of a...
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The Agenda: Local government briefs for 6.22.20
Richmond police chief resigns at mayor’s request Richmond Police Chief William Smith resigned last week at the request of Mayor Levar Stoney. Major William Jody Blackwell was named interim chief. The...
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Richmond adopts rules for Airbnb-style home rentals
A map showing short-term rental operations in March of 2018. (Courtesy Richmond Planning & Development Review) Five years after the state allowed localities to do so, the City of Richmond now has...
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Local developer looks to restore, reopen Hotel Petersburg
The hotel as it would appear from the outside. (Photos and renderings all courtesy Retro Hospitality) After getting several glances from developers over the years, a century-old hotel building in the...
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Project Snapshot(s): Developer duo adding hundreds of apartments across three...
The School Street Apartments site along Chamberlayne Avenue. (Jonathan Spiers) A recurring collaboration between two Richmond development firms is bearing fruit in the form of three residential...
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$290M Courthouse Landing project OK’d in Chesterfield
A conceptual rendering of Courthouse Landing from a project flyer. Six months after receiving an initial thumbs down from the county, a reworked version of a hotel-anchored development that would bring...
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City looks to start talks with downtown developer, skirting RFP for Public...
A rendering of the proposed office tower and complex that would replace the Public Safety Building. (Courtesy Capital City Partners) As the public weighs in on what they want to see developed on...
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The Agenda: Local government briefs for 6.29.20
Phase Three reopening guidelines take effect Wednesday Phase Three of the state’s Forward Virginia reopening plan takes effect Wednesday, July 1. Phase Three continues recommendations for social...
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Maggie Walker’s bank building converted to apartments; developer plans dozens...
The renovated St. Luke Building on St. James Street. A sign across the street hints at more apartments to come. (Jonathan Spiers) Fresh off his first commercial historic rehab, Charley Ayers isn’t...
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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 6.30.20
Padilla won two awards in PRovoke Media’s 2020 North America SABRE Awards. The agency was recognized for two healthcare campaigns: National Meningitis Association’s “The 16 Vaccine Meningitis...
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