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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 9.28.21
A screenshot of Whittington Consulting’s refreshed website for Poly Processing. Rocket Pop Media was hired by Vision RNG, a Pennsylvania-based company focused on renewable natural gas collection and...
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Coca-Cola bottling plant in Sandston completes $23M expansion
The Coca-Cola Consolidated manufacturing and distribution center at 500 Eastpark Court is bigger now and includes new equipment and production capabilities. (Courtesy of Henrico County Economic...
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BJ’s Wholesale Club planned for Hull Street Road site near Route 288
The 28-acre site is across Hull Street Road from the Walmart-anchored Chesterfield Crossing Shopping Center. (Image courtesy of Thalhimer) After developing a grocery store and gas station next door, a...
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After a year on the market, the Ellen Glasgow House will be sold at auction
The Ellen Glasgow House at 1 W. Main St. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) Following a string of price reductions and several near-deals since it was listed last fall, one of the priciest and oldest Richmond...
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Citing opposition, city puts Brookland Park parklet on hold
A rendering of the custom-designed parklet that’s been planned for the 100 block of Brookland Park Boulevard. (HKS Architects) A planned parklet on Brookland Park Boulevard has effectively been parked,...
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In a change, hotel and office project on Broad scrapped for 250 apartments
The existing hotel structure, partially razed last year, would be converted into apartments under the new development plan. (Henrico County photo) In a change of course in light of the pandemic, a...
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Top home sale in September was $805,000 over list price
The house at 22 W. Lower Tuckahoe Road. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) The priciest residential real estate transaction in the region last month went to the president of a locally based medical distributor,...
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2,000 homes proposed across three projects in Short Pump
More than 2,000 homes across three development proposals are in the works by different firms for some of the last remaining buildable acreage left in Short Pump. Eagle Construction of VA is planning a...
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Steel rolling: Kinsley makes its mark on old Williams Bridge Co. building
If the big, red letters on the roof don’t make it clear, there’s a new name in town running the steel operation at the former Williams Bridge Co. complex in South Richmond. Signage recently added to...
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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 10.12.21
Fable Branding + Advertising released a video for Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation. Called “She’s a Real Hero,” the 90-second clip features actual breast cancer survivors and presents them as...
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Henrico approves arena-anchored GreenCity, Innsbrook mixed-use plans
A conceptual rendering shows the arena in relation to other buildings in the proposed GreenCity mixed-use development. (BizSense file images) Two notable mixed-use projects that have been months in the...
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$36M complex would add 140 income-based units in eastern Henrico
A proposed site plan, oriented with north pointing to the right, shows the two apartment buildings in relation to the townhome rows and community center building. (Images courtesy of Henrico County) As...
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Neighboring businesses at odds over Brookland Park parklet
Al Muhammad discusses the parking challenges along Brookland Park Boulevard. (Photos by Jonathan Spiers) On a recent morning on Brookland Park Boulevard, traffic veered around a tractor-trailer that...
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Project Snapshot: 12-story tower taking shape as tallest in Scott’s Addition
The redevelopment of a former hotel property in Scott’s Addition is taking the fast-developing neighborhood to new heights. The 12-story tower under construction as part of The Icon development in...
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Two proposed developments in Chester would add over 1,200 homes
A site plan for Moore’s Lake shows The Jane apartments in gray and new development in colors, with the dead-end townhomes and single-family homes on the edges of the site. (Images courtesy Chesterfield...
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Lowe’s distribution center to be built in South Richmond, not Hanover
A rendering of the forthcoming Deepwater Industrial Park. (Courtesy of Hourigan Development) A sprawling new regional distribution center for Lowe’s Home Improvement will now be built in South Richmond...
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At Joe’s Inn, city-funded parklet is out
Co-owner Matt McDonald outside Joe’s Inn, where one of the city-funded parklets had been placed and was recently removed. (Jonathan Spiers photo) While debate over a parklet for Brookland Park...
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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 10.26.21
Elevation created an ad campaign for Carando, a national Italian meat brand of Smithfield Foods. Using the tagline “Life Is Delicious. Savor It,” the campaign highlights occasions enhanced by the...
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Local market research firm Feedback acquired by former client
The deal includes ownership stakes in CareStarter for Feedback’s Dean Browell and Anna Faux, who co-founded the firm with Jeff Thompson. (BizSense composite) Coinciding with the retirement of one of...
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Developer Connell planning 47-unit apartment building at Tobacco Row site
A rendering of the apartment building planned at 2723 E. Cary St., between Tobacco Row and Great Shiplock Park. (Courtesy of 3DI Studio) Four years after a previous plan for the site was abandoned, a...
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