Six-story mixed-use building gets initial nod for Northside intersection
The 1.6-acre site is along the west side of Lombardy Street, just west of Chamberlayne Avenue and northeast of Virginia Union University. (Image courtesy 510 Architects) A sizable development that...
View ArticleCity’s plan to increase shelter capacity could include new site on Belt Blvd.
The property at 10 E. Belt Blvd. includes a 53,000-square-foot warehouse and a 3,800-square-foot office. (City property records photo) As it looks to enhance area homelessness services and increase its...
View Article$2M land deal clears way for $17M condo project in western Henrico
A site plan shows the 12 buildings that would fill the 10-acre site east of Pemberton Road and north Mayland Drive. (County documents) After securing the site and county zoning approval, a group of...
View Article$2M Mooreland Farms deal tops list of priciest home sales in September
The brick colonial at 401 S. Mooreland Road was September’s priciest sale at over $2.1 million. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) One hundred thousand dollars separated nearly all of the region’s top five home...
View Article18-acre Sharp family estate in Rivergate sells for $8.7M
The 18-acre estate overlooks Rivergate Lake. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) In one of the pricier local residential real estate deals in years, the house that Circuit City and CarMax built is in the hands of...
View Article‘Wait till they really hear the deal’: Despite efforts, doomed VCU Health...
A rendering of the 17-story version of the project to replace the Public Safety Building. (BizSense file) Editor’s note: This is the third installment in a series analyzing the failed VCU...
View ArticleJLARC poised to examine VCU Health in light of failed development
A rendering of the office tower and complex that was planned to replace the Public Safety Building at Ninth and Leigh streets. (BizSense file) Scrutiny over the failed downtown development that cost...
View ArticleThe Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 10.17.23
Elevation’s Bacon Bait lure for Farmland Foods’ tour sponsorship for Luke Bryan (below). Elevation collaborated with River City Swimbaits to create a limited-edition bacon bait lure for Farmland Foods’...
View ArticleRiverfront amphitheater project ramping up this week
Fencing poles were being placed Tuesday afternoon along the border of the amphitheater site. (Jonathan Spiers photos) With another Richmond Folk Festival in the books, work is about to get rolling on...
View ArticleSports Backers moving HQ to Lakeside building at Fall Line trailhead
The Bank of America branch at 4921 Lakeside Ave. has been closed since the COVID pandemic began. (BizSense file photos) It turns out more is in store for a vacant Lakeside bank building that’s lined up...
View Article10,000-square-foot West End mansion fetches $6M in city’s priciest home sale...
The 10,000-square-foot house at 5105 Stratford Crescent hit the market in June and sold this month for $6.25 million. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) Two days after the Sharp family estate in Goochland...
View ArticleAd agency NDP rebrands as Two Tango
The Two Tango team in the former NDP headquarters space in Scott’s Addition. (Jonathan Spiers photos) Following a second change in ownership since the company’s namesakes handed over the reins two...
View ArticleProvidence Hill Real Estate adding second office with $1M Midlo deal
The office building at 13356 Midlothian Turnpike, which the owners of Providence Hill Real Estate bought last month and plan to locate a second office. (Images courtesy Providence Hill) Two years after...
View ArticleFeed More breaks ground on new $40M HQ near St. Joseph’s Villa
A rendering of the $40 million facility planned for Feed More on Villa Park Drive. (Image courtesy Feed More) Beside a bustling construction site and a huge mound of dirt, staff and supporters of...
View ArticleCentury-old William Byrd Hotel Barber Shop shuttering as landlord seeks new...
The nearly 100-year-old storefront with striped barber’s pole fronts Davis Avenue off Broad Street. (Jonathan Spiers photos) It’s not the first time in its nearly 100-year history that the William Byrd...
View ArticleNewly built Chester apartments fetch $60M from mystery buyer
The Station apartments at 4101 Runner Loop in Chester sold for $60.5 million this month. (Image courtesy The Station) A local development group has landed another eight-figure deal for its latest...
View ArticleThe Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 10.31.23
One of Work Labs’ social media ads for Hemingway Whiskey. Work Labs completed bottle packaging designs and social media ads for Hemingway Whiskey. The packaging for its Signature Edition and First...
View ArticleTownhomes added to Sheetz-anchored commercial project across from Staples...
A previous rendering of the Sheetz that’s planned for the Staples Mill Road site across from the train station. (BizSense file) A plan to put a Sheetz and other commercial development across from the...
View ArticleNonprofit LISC pledges $50M match to double Richmond housing investment
Mayor Levar Stoney announced the funding match in a press conference Tuesday with, pictured from left, LISC President Denise Scott and City Councilmembers Michael Jones, Ellen Robertson, Cynthia...
View ArticleDeveloper hopes third time is the charm for 55-and-up apartments in Hanover
A rendering of the four- and five-story building that would house the age-restricted apartments. (Images courtesy Larry Shaia) After a couple swings and misses, Larry Shaia is hoping his third time at...
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