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Mayo Island sold to city in $15M deal
Mayo Island totals 15 acres between Shockoe and Manchester. (Google Maps) With a recently closed deal, Mayo Island, the highly traveled but hardly accessible landmass in the heart of Richmond, is now...
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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 1.9.24
VCU acquired The Creative Circus, an award-winning portfolio school that it plans to relaunch as a hybrid program with financial support from North Carolina-based ad agency McKinney. The university...
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Restaurant group seeks law change in light of Richmond meals tax issues
The Tobacco Company Restaurant is among several eateries in town whose owners say they were blindsided by high bills from the city related to meals tax payments. (BizSense file) Frustrations that have...
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$4M Windsor Farms buy tops area home sales in December
The house at 304 Long Lane topped area home sales in December. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) A neighbor of Agecroft Hall led the pack of the priciest home sales in the region in December, with a price that...
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VUU unveils 10-year, $500M campus master plan
A new campus master plan for Virginia Union University shows new residential buildings and other facilities planned over the next 10 years. (Images courtesy Hanbury) As it enters its 159th year,...
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Architecture firm 3North wraps up HQ renovation
3North’s upstairs office features an open-concept workspace with adjoining breakout areas. (Photos courtesy 3North) After two years in a temporary office setup, design firm 3North has made its new home...
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City proposing tax policy changes in response to meals tax issues
The Tobacco Company Restaurant is among several eateries in town whose owners say they were blindsided by high bills from the city related to meals tax payments. (BizSense file) Publicity about...
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Henrico to buy 2,100-acre Varina Farms property for $17M
The Varina Farms property fronts the James River in eastern Henrico. (Henrico County photos) Purchasing land for preservation is making the rounds in the region. A week after Richmond closed on its...
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85-home subdivision planned near upcoming Nine Mile Road firehouse
A westward view of the property at 120 Westover Ave., which makes up part of the 30-acre development site. (Image courtesy Icon Realty Group) A newer player in the region’s residential development...
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Senior apartments in the works for surplus city property on Semmes Ave.
A conceptual rendering of the apartment building planned at 1903-1905 Semmes Ave. (City documents) After beating out two other nonprofits for the site, Commonwealth Catholic Charities is looking to...
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VCU, Wilder School trade jabs over ‘skewed’ poll of failed downtown...
A rendering of the project that was planned to replace the Public Safety Building. (BizSense file) The saga surrounding VCU Health’s costly exit from an ill-fated downtown development project continued...
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Elephant Insurance downsizes to smaller Henrico HQ
Elephant Auto Insurance launched in 2009. (BizSense file photo) Continuing a shift to remote and hybrid work that it started pre-pandemic, Henrico-based Elephant Insurance has reduced its local office...
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‘You can almost feel the energy’: Riverfront Amphitheater project breaks ground
A ceremonial dirt toss concluded Wednesday’s event to kick off construction of the Riverfront Amphitheater. (Jonathan Spiers photos) With a new name and with site work already underway, the highly...
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20-home infill proposed beside Union Hill church
Townhomes are envisioned to fill part of the Great Hope Baptist Church property at Venable and 21st streets. (Jonathan Spiers photos) A church in Union Hill could get new neighbors with an infill...
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$5M in land deals clear way for two residential projects along Chamberlayne
Site work has started on the solar-powered Helios Apartments planned on the former Days Inn of Richmond site near the Chamberlayne/I-95 interchange. (Jonathan Spiers photo) A pair of seven-figure land...
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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 1.30.24
Leanne Pillow Madison+Main promoted Leanne Pillow to vice president and Amanda Anderson to account manager. Pillow had served as account manager and has been with the agency since 2017. Anderson had...
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Weinstein sells apartment complex with undeveloped land in Petersburg for $95M
Addison Crater Woods totals 636 apartments that were built in phases over several decades. (Images courtesy Drucker + Falk) Two weeks before it topped the nine-figure mark with a nearly $103 million...
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Martin Agency’s Danny Robinson promoted to CEO
Robinson in the lobby of The Martin Agency’s Shockoe Slip headquarters. (BizSense file photos) A changing of the guard is underway at The Martin Agency, where longtime executive and current chief...
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Restaurant group demands repayments; city says meals tax reviews will take time
About three dozen restaurant owners and supporters gathered at Tobacco Company Restaurant for Wednesday’s press conference. (Jonathan Spiers photos) Different viewpoints on the city’s tax collection...
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Food-focused PR firm Big Spoon scoops up The Apple Cart
Big Spoon co-owner Enrique Mendez, left, joined founder Kevin Clay in 2020. (Photos courtesy Big Spoon Co.) A few years after pairing with a marketing peer, local PR firm Big Spoon Co. has scooped up...
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