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Windemere mansion sells for $2.6M
The Windemere mansion at 5501 Cary Street Road. (BizSense file photo) Nearly a year after it returned to the market after falling into foreclosure, a West End mansion is in the hands of new owners. The...
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Navy Hill developer: Arena funding area would drop from 80 blocks to 11 with...
Original and new increment financing area maps courtesy NHDC. A proposed bill in the General Assembly that would allow a portion of state tax revenues to go toward the proposed Navy Hill project would...
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The Agenda: Local government briefs for 1.21.20
James River parks plan, short-term home rental rules on committee agenda Richmond City Council’s Land Use, Housing and Transportation Standing Committee meets Tuesday at 1 p.m. The committee will...
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Fan B&B under new ownership, rebranding
Sean and Polly Brooks and new owners Ronald Rivera and Mitch Dorsey, from left, in front of The One Bed and Breakfast, which Rivera and Dorsey are rebranding as The Boulevard Inn. (Photos by Jonathan...
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Real estate investor picks up 75 homes in $5M deal
Closing out a year in which it also acquired a competitor, a local real estate investment firm ended 2019 on a high note with a 75-home portfolio purchase. Cava Cos., previously known as Cava Capital,...
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Developers behind $165M Courthouse Landing project given more time to address...
A site plan of Courthouse Landing. (Submitted) A month after getting a thumbs-down from county planners, a controversial development that would add a hotel, commercial buildings and 600 homes between...
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Homeowners’ petition prompts revisions to Hanover industrial park plan
The Cedar Lane Coalition group placed a tractor-trailer with a sign at the intersection of Cedar Lane and Route 1 to raise awareness of their concerns. (BizSense file photo) Opposition to the layout of...
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The Agenda: Local government briefs for 1.27.20
Short-term home rental rules proposed in Henrico Henrico supervisors meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. Full agenda here. Business includes introduction of an ordinance to create a registry for short-term...
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County OKs Starview Village, set to add 1,000-plus homes near Stonebridge
A site map of Starview Village. The resurgence of the former Cloverleaf Mall site in northern Chesterfield County is spilling over from the mixed-use Stonebridge development, with land around it set to...
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Riverstone, Henrico weighing joint RFP for 200-acre site
A prominent local real estate firm and Henrico are weighing a plan to potentially package their neighboring holdings collectively as a 200-acre economic development site, half of which consists of the...
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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 1.28.20
Some of Alice Blue’s ads for World Without Exploitation’s anti-sex trafficking campaign. Local voice actor Paul Schmidt voiced a national campaign for Verizon Media Group promoting Yahoo-branded web...
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Council majority asks mayor to withdraw Navy Hill proposal
A 7-acre plot houses the city-owned Coliseum. (BizSense file photo) The same day project backers rolled out their latest endorsement with the promised return of minor-league hockey to Richmond, a...
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$2M deal clears way for 7-story ‘One Canal’ building downtown
A rendering of One Canal. (Courtesy Bank Street Advisors) The recent rise of apartment buildings along the southern border of Monroe Ward is set to continue, as a local real estate firm already active...
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12-story tower proposed at Broad and Lombardy
A view of the tower facing east along Broad Street. (Renderings courtesy Opus Group) A new-to-Richmond development firm is proposing the maximum height allowed by a new transit-oriented zoning district...
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City permit center to allow third-party inspections
The permit center at City Hall. (BizSense file photo) A recent shortage of inspectors and an ongoing plan-review backlog – as well as the prospect of the proposed Navy Hill project – has prompted City...
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Creative Q&A: Martin Agency’s football recruit
Derek Smith at The Martin Agency. The former college football player joined the agency as an art director last year. (Photos courtesy The Martin Agency) When it comes to watching the Super Bowl, Derek...
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The Agenda: Local government briefs for 2.3.20
Gold mine operation, Manakin Towne project on Goochland agenda Goochland supervisors meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. Public hearing items include a conditional-use permit request from Big Dawg Resources LLC for...
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Longtime architecture firm changes ownership, offices
The Thomas Hamilton & Associates team outside their new office in Scott’s Addition. (Photos courtesy Thomas Hamilton & Associates) After four decades in business, a local design firm is...
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City-bound hotelier finishes projects, starts others
The region’s sole Sheraton-branded hotel has opened near Richmond International Airport. (Photos courtesy Shamin Hotels) As it prepares to relocate its headquarters to the city, the area’s largest...
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Consultant finds Navy Hill project ‘in city’s favor’; council majority unmoved
A conceptual rendering of the buildings that would fill Navy Hill’s ‘Block D’, which would house VCU Health offices and facilities for two nonprofits. (Courtesy VCU Health) A majority of Richmond City...
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