Solar-powered apartments planned for old Chamberlayne hotel site
A site plan shows the two apartment buildings and adjacent solar panels that would power the units. (Henrico County documents) Two years after its remnants were razed, a longtime hotel site at a...
View ArticleCar dealership exec’s $2M closing led February home sales
The estate at 2352 Manakin Road spans 32 acres. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) The owner of a family of local car dealerships led the pack among the Richmond region’s highest-priced home sales last month...
View ArticleNational apparel supplier SanMar takes distribution center near Ashland
A rendering of the distribution center at Graymont Industrial Park, formerly known as East Coast Commerce Center. (Images courtesy Hanover County) After losing a would-be tenant to a facility in South...
View Article1,000-plus homes, a Wawa and more in store for area east of Sandston
Site work is underway on Landmark, a 100-acre development straddling Dry Bridge Road at its intersection with Williamsburg Road. (Jonathan Spiers photos) While their interchange at the western end of...
View ArticleThe Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 3.14.23
UNDER ARMOUR – SWACKET from MONDIAL on Vimeo. Mondial completed several projects for national sportswear brand Under Armour. Work included five 15-second videos and two longer tech pieces promoting...
View ArticleFour development teams advance in City Center solicitation
The 50-year-old Coliseum would make way for new development including a 500-room convention center hotel. (BizSense file photo) March Madness is only getting started, but the City of Richmond already...
View ArticleDesign firm Hickok Cole moves Richmond office back to Scott’s Addition
Hickok Cole has moved into the East Coast Freight Lines building in Scott’s Addition. (Photos courtesy Hickok Cole) After three years in the Arts District, the Richmond office of D.C.-based design firm...
View ArticleHenrico sells Best Products site to GreenCity developer, buys athletic center...
The former Best Products headquarters building, which is to be repurposed as part of the GreenCity development. (Images courtesy Henrico County) The land for the first phase of Henrico’s GreenCity...
View ArticleDemolition starts on Richmond’s oldest fire station
Demolition crews took down the century-old building Thursday. (Mike Platania photo) The city’s oldest firehouse is on its way to becoming its newest. Demolition started Thursday on Fire Station 12, a...
View ArticleLingerfelt picks up industrial portfolio in $105M deal with Partners Group
The Northlake Distribution Center south of Ashland. (Photos courtesy Lingerfelt) In its first major deal since unloading an Innsbrook office portfolio in a turn toward industrial and multifamily...
View ArticlePowhatan Habitat chapter places first modular home
A crane placed the modular home on its foundation in late February. (Images courtesy Susan Winiecki) To provide its latest home for a family in need, an area housing nonprofit took a different approach...
View ArticleSharp family estate coming to market with $9M price tag
The 18-acre estate overlooks Rivergate Lake. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) The house that Circuit City and CarMax built is hitting the market this week, with one of the heftier residential price tags seen...
View ArticleFourth apartment building rising at Stonebridge
The four- and five-story building is planned to house 252 apartments. (Jonathan Spiers photos) As work starts across the street on a massive mixed-use development at the Spring Rock Green shopping...
View ArticleHomebuilder moves from Powhatan to Midlothian, opens design studio
Mitchell Homes President Scott Sleeme, left, in the new design studio with sales associates Cabell Hatchett, Angie Griffin and Thomas Joyner, from left. (Jonathan Spiers photos) After nearly 30 years...
View ArticleNew VCU project for Public Safety Building site pegged at $415M
The 3-acre Public Safety Building property at 500 N. 10th St. (BizSense file photo) After the demise of its previous plan for the property, VCU appears to be moving forward with a larger and more...
View ArticleN.C. developer planning two industrial buildings near ‘Project Rocky’ site
Renderings of similar facilities that Crescent Communities has developed through its Axial brand. (Images courtesy Crescent Communities) As final plan reviews for the massive “Project Rocky” continue...
View ArticleConstruction couple lists waterfront Chesdin Landing home for $4M
The 10,000-square-foot house at 13549 Chesdin Landing Drive. (CVRMLS) A 10,000-square-foot house overlooking Lake Chesdin in Chesterfield County has hit the market with a multimillion-dollar price tag....
View ArticleThe Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 3.28.23
Amanda Anderson Madison+Main signed two new clients. Work for S.B. Cox Ready Mix, a Sandston-based concrete and stone supplier, will include consumer outreach, recruiting and marketing strategy. For...
View ArticleIn ‘call to action,’ city leaders declare housing crisis in Richmond
Councilmembers and administrators flank Mayor Levar Stoney during Tuesday’s press conference. (Photo by Jonathan Spiers) The same day that the city received a federal funding boost to improve housing...
View ArticleBids due for surplus city properties intended for low-income housing
Three of the surplus parcels offered for sale are in Northside. See full map below. (Google Maps) After weeding out lots that it deemed unbuildable, the Maggie Walker Community Land Trust is getting...
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