Chamberlayne school building site to become city’s third Planned Parenthood...
The former Brook Hill School at Chamberlayne and Azalea avenues is planned to be razed to make way for a new Planned Parenthood health center. (Jonathan Spiers photo) The site of an old school building...
View ArticleMooreland Farms house bought ‘sight unseen’ for $3M in June’s top home sale
The Georgian Revival-style house at 406 S. Mooreland Road was the priciest area home sold in June at $3 million. Interior images were not included on the listing. (Image courtesy CVRMLS) Before the...
View ArticleGambling facility in the works in Henrico draws rebuke from county supervisor
A rendering of the gambling facility that Churchill Downs is planning at the Staples Mill Shopping Center at Staples Mill Road and Glenside Drive. (Images courtesy Henrico County) The owner of Colonial...
View ArticleUpdated: Hundreds more homes planned for Astoria project in Winterpock area
A conceptual site plan, with the right side as north, shows the two new sections of the Astoria project highlighted along Winterpock Road. (County documents) Correction: The number of homes planned in...
View ArticleState legislators join calls for Henrico gambling parlor project to be withdrawn
A rendering of the gambling facility that Churchill Downs is planning at the Staples Mill Shopping Center at Staples Mill Road and Glenside Drive. (County documents) Henrico supervisors’ opposition to...
View ArticleUnanimous City Council vote approves Planned Parenthood clinic in Northside
The former Brook Hill School at Chamberlayne and Azalea avenues is planned to be razed to make way for a new Planned Parenthood health center. (BizSense file photo) A plan for a third Planned...
View ArticleDevelopers teaming up on eight-home infill near Grove Ave. and I-195
The three-story townhomes would have recessed top floors with upper-level terraces. (City documents) Where there’s one townhome infill project taking shape in the West End, another one could be...
View ArticleBusiness improvement district in the works for Carytown
The Byrd Theater in Carytown. (BizSense file photo) As work starts on a new gateway sign for Carytown, an effort to explore a potential assessment district to fund improvements in the corridor has...
View ArticleUpdated: Diamond District developers hit with $40M lawsuit from former...
The 67-acre Diamond District site is bordered by Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Hermitage Road, the interstate and the railroad tracks. (BizSense file) Developers of Richmond’s Diamond District project have...
View ArticleCity locks in $130M ballpark bond sale; Thalhimer calls $40M Diamond District...
A rendering of the new stadium to replace The Diamond. (BizSense file images) Just as news broke of a $40 million lawsuit against developers of Richmond’s Diamond District project, the City of Richmond...
View ArticleRecord label launching ‘Sound of Richmond’ streaming service
A screenshot of the soon-to-launch Sound of Richmond website, which features playlists of Richmond artists in different genres. When they host their second annual 804 Day music festival this Friday,...
View ArticleNew Diamond District filings signal wind-up for stadium construction
A newer rendering of the Diamond District stadium entrance was filed with the city in recent weeks. (City documents) More tangible signs that the Diamond District baseball stadium is moving forward are...
View ArticleThe Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 7.30.24
Virginia Tourism Corp. released the third season of its video web series My Home Virginia, airing on the agency’s website and YouTube channel and in Virginia welcome centers. The latest episodes...
View ArticleShockoe media firm Tilt acquires longtime sound studio RainMaker
RainMaker’s Kristin O’Connor and Tilt CEO Ron Carey outside of Tilt’s Shockoe Slip HQ. (Jonathan Spiers photos) Six years after forming from the merger of two video companies, Tilt Creative +...
View ArticleVirginia Business magazine sold to Virginia Lawyers Weekly owner
Virginia Business has been publishing its monthly magazine for over 35 years. (Courtesy Virginia Business) The media company that owns Virginia Lawyers Weekly and dozens of other industry publications...
View ArticleCity’s former Diamond District manager now working on project in new role...
Maritza Pechin has joined Thalhimer Realty Partners, where she’s working on the Diamond District project with principal Jason Guillot, left, and development manager Mike Gaza, right. (Jonathan Spiers...
View ArticleCloser look: See new renderings of Diamond District baseball stadium
Note: This story has been updated with a statement from stadium consultant Machete Group received after publication. The new home of the Richmond Flying Squirrels is coming into fuller view via...
View ArticleRTD, Virginia Mercury alums launching news nonprofit The Richmonder next month
The Richmonder’s landing page at richmonder.org. The news outlet is scheduled to launch next month. (Screenshot) With three veteran local journalists on board and dozens of donors backing it up, a new...
View Article15-home infill planned beside centuries-old Grove Ave. house
A rendering shows the 14 townhomes and new detached home planned beside the existing 1½-story house, pictured at lower right. (City documents) A stretch of Grove Avenue in Richmond’s West End is...
View ArticleWest End mansion returns to market less than a year after $6M sale
The 10,000-square-foot house at 5105 Stratford Crescent returned to the market last week, less than a year after it last sold. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) A 10,000-square-foot mansion that sold for over...
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