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An example of an accessory dwelling unit, defined as a smaller attached or detached dwelling located on the same lot as a residence. (City of Richmond images) City-initiated zoning changes relating to...
View ArticleWindsor Farms home tops three other $2M sales in July
The Georgian-style house at 331 Clovelly Road in Windsor Farms was the area’s top seller in July. (Photos courtesy of CVRMLS) The purchase of a home in Windsor Farms led area residential real estate...
View ArticleMagnolia Green apartments fetch $72M
The Glenmoor Oaks apartments sold for $72 million. (Photos courtesy of Glenmoor Oaks website) Two months after completing its latest local acquisition, a real estate firm out of Utah has added to its...
View ArticleNew indie record label spins off of Shockoe Bottom sound studio
The Shockoe Records crew, from left, standing: Craig Martin, Andrea Buchheit of In Your Ear, Rodney Stith, Q Martin, In Your Ear’s Reese Williams, Jim Bland, Chance Fischer, Carlos Chafin, Weldon Hill,...
View ArticleEx-paralegal enters plea agreement ahead of Josh Romano trial
The U.S. District Court building where Josh Romano’s trial will be held. (BizSense file photos) As a trial looms in the federal criminal case against former local house-flipper Josh Romano, a paralegal...
View ArticleLawyerpalooza returns to first fully in-person show since pandemic began
Local attorney Ali Amirshahi, left, performs with Fevered Train at last year’s Lawyerpalooza at The HofGarden. (Photos courtesy of the Greater Richmond Bar Foundation) With a new venue and a return to...
View ArticlePlan for 92 homes near Harvie Elementary advances in Henrico
Homes in the development would include one-car garages and have minimum floorplans of 1,750 square feet. (Henrico County documents) A transforming corridor in central Henrico County that’s seen a new...
View ArticleWalnut Hill estate in Rockville hits market for $2.6M
The Walnut Hill manor house with a front-columned portico anchors the 40-acre property in southwestern Hanover County. (Photos courtesy of CVRMLS) Six years after buying it for $1.5 million, a retired...
View ArticleStonebridge apartments sell for $96M
Element at Stonebridge is a complex with 400 apartments across three buildings at the redeveloped former Cloverleaf Mall site. (Photo courtesy of Berkadia) Just months after picking up a newer property...
View ArticlePetersburg demolishing blighted hotel, clearing way for redevelopment
Demolition crews started work at the close of Monday’s ceremony. (Jonathan Spiers photos) With a funding assist from the state that helped it buy back the property, the City of Petersburg is commencing...
View ArticleCommercial section of Cosby Village lines up first tenants
A site map from a marketing flyer shows initial businesses signed on for Cosby Village Square. (Image courtesy of Thalhimer) With a builder on board and several retail and office tenants lined up, a...
View Article$1.9M land deal sets stage for assisted living facility beside Tuckahoe YMCA
A rendering of the planned single-story senior living facility, which would have 98 units. (Images courtesy of Henrico County) A senior living facility in the works beside Maybeury Elementary School...
View ArticleCity looks to extend TOD zoning along Southside commercial corridors
A Richmond 300 aerial rendering of priority corridors and envisioned greenspaces in the Manchester area of South Richmond. (BizSense file images) While Richmond’s rapid bus line remains exclusively...
View ArticleThe Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 8.30.22
Familiar Creatures released a new campaign for Mercy College in New York called “You Can” and a brand platform for Homeward, a digital telehealth company. The agency was hired by Hometap for creative...
View ArticleDeveloper plans homes near Wyndham as it reworks adjacent Goochland project
Markel | Eagle Partners withdrew its request for a rezoning for age-restricted homes between Pouncey Tract Road and Quarry Hill Road but continues with plans for an 80-home subdivision across the...
View ArticleDowntime: Public relations executive lures new business through fishing
Brian Chandler with a catch beneath the Mayo Bridge. (Photo courtesy of Brian Chandler) When Brian Chandler sought to hook a few more clients for his business, the public relations practitioner...
View ArticleWindsor on the James home tops August sales at $3.6M
The mansion at 105 Brookschase Lane in Windsor on the James is listed for sale at $4.2 million. (Photos courtesy of CVRMLS) The principals behind Shaheen, Ruth, Martin & Fonville Real Estate had a...
View ArticleSalomonsky planning residential tower at Gaskins and Patterson
The 6.7-acre site is southwest of the intersection of Gaskins Road and Patterson Avenue. (Image courtesy of Commonwealth Commercial) A plot of undeveloped land in western Henrico that for decades has...
View ArticleRegional housing nonprofits cancel planned merger
Better Housing Coalition’s projects include the 52-unit Goodwyn at Union Hill. (BizSense file photos) Nine months after starting work on a deal to join forces, a pair of locally based housing...
View ArticleApartments next to Kinsale headquarters sell for $92M
The five-story Tapestry West apartments along Maywill Street. (Jonathan Spiers photo) In their fourth local deal together in as many years, a Tennessee-based developer and a Henrico-based real estate...
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