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Old City Hall restoration, new General Assembly Building lead Golden Hammer...
The Old City Hall building, across Broad Street from the children’s hospital, was awarded the Golden Hammer for Best Restoration. (Michael Schwartz photo) The new home for Virginia’s legislative...
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Veteran Richmond architect sells his firm, becomes buyer’s in-house designer
Joe Yates has sold his namesake firm after 27 years in business and nearly 50 years as a practicing architect. (Jonathan Spiers photos) A longtime fixture in Richmond’s architecture scene is giving up...
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Former Richmond public works official gets 27-month prison sentence in fraud...
The Richmond City Hall building. (BizSense file) A former senior manager with Richmond’s public works department will serve more than two years in prison for his role in a yearslong scheme that...
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Hampton Gardens, Mooreland-area houses among top five home sales in October
The 18-acre estate overlooking Rivergate Lake was the top home sale in October, and one of the priciest seen in the region in years. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) While two of the biggest area home sales in...
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Northside businesses wary of city’s plan to add shelter capacity on...
Opponents lined up to speak in Thursday’s public hearing on a plan to increase shelter bed capacity at the area’s Salvation Army headquarters on Chamberlayne Avenue. (Screenshot) A proposal by the city...
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The $100M question: Why was doomed VCU Health development’s loan amount so high?
A rendering of the VCU Health-anchored office tower and complex that would have replaced the Public Safety Building downtown. (BizSense file) Editor’s note: This is the fourth installment in a series...
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JLARC OKs VCU Health review in light of failed downtown project
Site prep for demolition of the Public Safety Building has ramped up in recent weeks. (Jonathan Spiers photo) VCU Health’s costly exit from an ill-fated downtown development project is set to get a...
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Co-conspirator in Richmond public works fraud case gets 14-month prison sentence
The Richmond City Hall building. (BizSense file) A second former official with Richmond’s public works department will serve time behind bars for her role in helping to facilitate a three-year scheme...
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City Council approves shelter capacity increases; Northside businesses plan...
The Salvation Army bought the former Eternity Church property at 1900 Chamberlayne Ave. for its regional headquarters in 2019. (BizSense file photo) A plan to increase emergency shelter capacity at...
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VUU tower signs stay dark as repair work, permit violations continue
Scaffolding has shrouded the bell tower since summer as work to repair storm damage continues. (Jonathan Spiers photos) A “beacon” in Richmond’s Northside is temporarily dark less than a year after it...
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Divided Hanover board rejects 55-and-up apartment project
A rendering of the four- and five-story building that would house the age-restricted apartments. (File images courtesy Larry Shaia) Disagreement over how apartment projects in Hanover have been...
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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 11.21.23
Arts & Letters launched a new brand platform and integrated marketing campaign for online home furnishings retailer Bed Bath & Beyond. The “Beyond” platform includes a new website, and the...
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Shockoe area plan adopted after four-year effort
An aerial photo shows Main Street Station and surface parking lots that make up much of Shockoe Bottom. Following multiple revisions and rounds of back-and-forth between planners and stakeholders, a...
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Report finds ‘compelling case for change’ to VCU Health governance in wake of...
Site prep for demolition of the Public Safety Building has ramped up in recent weeks. (BizSense file photo) Calls for changes to VCU Health’s governance structure in light of a failed and costly...
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One South Realty, minus commercial division, joins NoVA-based brokerage...
One South Realty staff and agents outside its Main Street office late last year. (BizSense file photo) Two years after entering the Richmond market, a fast-growing residential real estate brokerage has...
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Midas Church Hill spot revving up with $1.6M property purchase
Midas of Richmond held a ‘Friendsgiving’ event last week at the site, where it’s planning its sixth area location. (Photos courtesy Mark Smith) Plans for a sixth Midas of Richmond store are in full...
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Better Housing Coalition breaks ground on $17M apartment project in Chesterfield
Work started earlier this month on the site near Genito and Hull Street roads. (Photo courtesy BHC) As it continues an expansion of a considerably larger project in the county’s northeast corner, a...
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‘Redefine this model of ownership’: Housing nonprofit sees future in mobile...
Project:Homes CEO Lee Householder at the Bermuda Estates mobile home park in Chester that the nonprofit has been revitalizing. (Jonathan Spiers photos) Correction: The mobile homes developed by...
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Orapax Hunting Preserve property, residence up for grabs for $7M
The sprawling hunting preserve property surrounds a 4,800-square-foot house overlooking the James River valley. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) A 672-acre Goochland estate has hit the market, hunting haven...
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Amid businesses’ concerns, city opens new homeless shelters in Northside,...
Mayor Levar Stoney spoke at Thursday’s news conference alongside City Council members and representatives with shelter operators Salvation Army and HomeAgain. (Jonathan Spiers photos) While concerns...
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