Media firm halfway through Shockoe Slip HQ rehab
A rendering of one of the renovated spaces planned at Tilt Creative + Production’s Shockoe Slip headquarters. (Images courtesy Campfire & Co.) After buying its Shockoe Slip homebase at the outset...
View ArticleDeveloper planning two industrial buildings near GreenCity site
The buildings would be similar in appearance to this one that Merritt Properties developed in Durham, North Carolina. (County documents) As more pieces of the massive GreenCity project in central...
View ArticleTwo ex-CEOs’ $3M deals topped August home sales
The modern-design home at 640 Walsing Drive was August’s priciest area sale. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) The region’s high-end housing market has been as hot as the summer weather, with a pair of $3...
View ArticleASM Global adds new $50M Henrico Sports & Events Center to its lineup
The Henrico Sports & Event Center at Virginia Center Commons is under construction. (File photo courtesy Henrico County) Just months after it signed on to oversee the new regional arena in the...
View ArticleChurch buys UTurn complex for $5.7M, takes over program management
The UTurn building at Maywill and Thalbro streets has changed hands. (Photo courtesy UTurn) A faith-based sports and coworking complex is under new management and in the hands of a new owner who’s...
View ArticleGreenCity plan progresses with $35M land sale, residential development agreement
The 200-acre GreenCity site includes the 111-acre Scott Farm property, pictured. (BizSense file) More steps have been taken toward the planned development of the 200-acre GreenCity site in Henrico. At...
View ArticleProject Snapshot: Restoration propping up once-sagging VUU building
An addition and new roofing have been taking shape for VUU’s Industrial Hall building beside Interstate 64-95. (Jonathan Spiers photos) Five years after work got going on the project, a long-sought...
View ArticleMillion-dollar South Carolina-style spec homes rising at West Creek
Scott Ruth, Josh Goldschmidt and Scott Shaheen, from left, in front of the first house built and another under construction at The Blufftons in West Creek. (Jonathan Spiers photos) A touch of South...
View ArticlePechin, city’s deputy planning director, leaving City Hall for federal job
Maritza Pechin joined City Hall as a deputy planning director in 2021. (BizSense file photos) Maritza Pechin, the city deputy planning director whose various roles have included guiding the Diamond...
View ArticleLand deal clears way for income-based apartments at Manchester crossroads
A rendering shows the Manchester apartments as they would appear at Hull Street and Commerce Road. (File images courtesy of The Lawson Cos.) An apartment building planned on a prominent intersection in...
View ArticleGovernor calls for changes after VCU Health’s costly downtown development exit
A rendering of the VCU Health-anchored office tower and complex that would have replaced the Public Safety Building. (BizSense file) VCU Health’s costly exit from an ill-fated downtown development...
View ArticleCounty’s Lakeside bank branch purchase lines up Fall Line trailhead
The Bank of America branch at 4921 Lakeside Ave. had been closed since the COVID pandemic began. (BizSense file photo) The closure and sale of a Lakeside bank branch has created a new opportunity for...
View ArticleEDA preps petition for Diamond District financing authority
The Diamond District site consists of 67 acres bordered by Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Hermitage Road, Interstate 95 and the railroad tracks. (BizSense file) A first step toward establishing a community...
View ArticleUpdated rules for Airbnb-style rentals head to City Council
A map of short-term home rentals currently active in Richmond shows the clustering in some areas that the revised rules are meant to prevent. (City documents) Reworked rules meant to permit short-term...
View Article‘The lease that will go down in history’: Documents reveal details of...
A rendering of the office tower and complex that would have replaced the Public Safety Building. (BizSense file) Editor’s note: This is the first installment in a series analyzing the failed VCU...
View ArticleThe Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 9.26.23
The Martin Agency supported client UPS for its third season sponsoring New York Fashion Week earlier this month. UPS hosted HBCU-themed events and a fashion show for three alumni-owned brands to...
View Article‘Richmond’-named homebuilder enters local market with $4M deal for 24 lots
One of the six floor plans that Richmond American plans to build at Harpers Mill. (Image courtesy Richmond American Homes) A new-to-market homebuilder that sounds as if it was born in Richmond but...
View ArticleResidential infills planned for two gaps in Museum District
The three-story apartment building planned at 2818 Monument Ave. (City documents) Two of the few empty lots to be found in the largely built-out Museum District are being eyed for residential infill...
View ArticleRichmond developer, grandson compete tonight on ‘Lego Masters’ TV show
Richmonders David Levine, left, and grandson Ben Edlavitch compete on the latest season of ‘Lego Masters.’ (Fox image) When David Levine gave his then-4-year-old grandson Ben Edlavitch his first Lego...
View Article‘He won’t stop’: Health system CEO fought for VCU leadership to reconsider...
A rendering of the office tower and complex that would have replaced the Public Safety Building. (BizSense file) Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a series analyzing the failed VCU...
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