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Prestwould penthouse sale sends cattle consultant’s art collection west
The turret-style corner penthouse at the top of The Prestwould condos building sold last week after a year on and off the market. (Photos courtesy of CVRMLS) After renovating the space to better...
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‘iBuyer’ buys into Richmond’s residential real estate scene
CEO Nick Ron launched House Buyers of America in 2001. (Photos courtesy of House Buyers of America) Richmond’s hot housing market has attracted a new player that’s started buying up homes here as part...
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Baker School conversion completes Fay Towers rehousing trifecta
Gov. Ralph Northam, center, cuts the ribbon at a ceremony Thursday marking the completion of the Baker Senior Apartments. (Photos by Jonathan Spiers) Sixty years ago, Robert Montgomery was a student at...
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Jefferson Hotel owner revives plan to demolish neighboring church building
The century-old Second Baptist Church building at Franklin and Adams streets. The Jefferson Hotel owns the building and has been using it for storage. (Photos by Mike Platania) Thirty years after it...
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Ad agency NDP sold to NoVA-based investor as co-founders retire
Amy Baril is leading NDP as president along with CEO Brent Morris, right, ahead of the pending retirements of founders Roger Neathawk, center, and Susan Dubuque, not pictured. (BizSense file photos) As...
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Hatch Kitchen RVA wins GRACRE, Golden Hammer awards
Images of the Hatch Kitchen RVA at Clopton Siteworks incubator. (Courtesy of Historic Richmond) A food-and-beverage incubator in Richmond’s Southside was among the top honorees at two recent awards...
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$65M industrial project in Hanover moving forward after $5M land deal
A ground breaking ceremony was held for Northlake II in October. (Photos courtesy Collins + Co.) A new-to-market developer has started work on a second section of Hanover’s Northlake industrial park...
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September’s priciest home buyers were October’s top sellers
This home at 12413 Willscott Place in Henley sold for $2.25 million. (Photos courtesy of CVRMLS) The buyers of the priciest area home sold in September topped the list for a second consecutive month,...
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Smooth sailing for marina owner with suit settled and Lilly Pad blooming
Max Walraven, pictured in 2019, is the owner of Kingsland Marina. (BizSense file photo) As its centerpiece restaurant attracts big crowds — including some A-list celebrities in town shooting movies —...
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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 11.9.21
Sara Moncure Wildfire moved its Shockoe Slip office to 23 S. 13th St., where it shares a building with Tilt Creative + Production and Hue & Cry. The North Carolina-based firm previously had an...
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Waukeshaw bags former Petersburg luggage factory for $3M
Photos from a Colliers marketing flyer show the 13-building assemblage at 600 W. Wythe St. in Petersburg. (Courtesy of Susan Jones) Just weeks after a nearby factory-turned-apartments changed hands in...
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Final phase starts on $70M apartment project near Westchester Commons
The first phase of Center West consists of four four-story apartment buildings and amenities. (Images courtesy of Castle Development Partners) At the halfway mark of a $70 million development that’s...
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Condo conversion revives former 2300 Club building in Church Hill
The building at 2218 E. Grace St., once home to Church Hill’s 2300 Club, has been converted into eight condos. (Photos by Jonathan Spiers) Nearing the end of a three-year conversion, the site of many a...
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Hotel Petersburg restoration project boosted by $600K state grant
The renovated Hotel Petersburg as it would appear from the outside. (Photos and renderings courtesy of Retro Hospitality) A planned revival of a century-old hotel property in Petersburg is several...
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Henrico program extends development incentives to more parts of county
Henrico County’s investment program would include Henrico Plaza, where a multiuse development with 580 homes is currently in the works. (BizSense file images) After adjusting its enterprise zone...
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Carvana rolls out car vending machine
Cars and signage have been added to the Carvana vending machine tower, which started being illuminated at night in recent weeks. (Photos by Jonathan Spiers) With its illuminated tower now loaded with...
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Breeden pays $3M for Cobb Lumber site for $53M mixed-use project
The Cobb Lumber complex on Hermitage Road. (BizSense file) A pair of recent land deals are setting the stage for a mixed-use development of a longtime industrial site along Hermitage Road. An entity...
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Mondelēz investing $122M in Henrico bakery expansion
Mondelez’s Richmond Biscuit Bakery at 6002 S. Laburnum Ave., where the company recently completed a $10 million, 68,000-square-foot expansion. (Courtesy of Henrico County) Cookie and cracker...
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VPM acquisition revives Style Weekly
A screenshot of Style Weekly’s website, which hasn’t been updated since its last edition. A longtime Richmond alternative newsweekly is getting a second chance at life by way of a public media...
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Developers under contract to buy downtown YMCA properties
The building at Franklin and Foushee streets has housed the downtown YMCA since 1942. (Jonathan Spiers photos) After nearly 80 years in its downtown home base, the YMCA of Greater Richmond is about to...
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