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Pair of August deals pushed high-end city home sales to new heights
The house at 5407 Cary Street Road was the month’s top seller at $9 million, a new high mark for home sales in the city. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) At $9 million and $7.5 million, August’s back-to-back...
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Henrico looks to lure foreign-based businesses to help fill vacant office space
The Highwoods Centre building at 4101 Cox Road, where the new Gather West End is planned to open next year. (Image courtesy Henrico County) A new coworking space in the works at Innsbrook is providing...
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130-home subdivision proposed near Highland Springs
A site plan shows the 130 home lots with greenspace around them. (Henrico documents) With a 60-home subdivision taking shape in Chesterfield, local developer Ned Massie is looking north of the river...
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Landscaping firm buys irrigation business in second deal in six months
Billy Stinson, Rilee Harman and Ian Smith, from left, recently added Miller Irrigation & Landscape Lighting to their Terra Forma Landscaping business. (File photos courtesy Ian Smith) The owners of...
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PR firm Hodges Partnership moving HQ to Scott’s Addition’s HandCraft building
The Hodges team in their new, mostly outfitted space in the HandCraft building. (Photo courtesy Jon Newman) After 15 years in Shockoe Bottom, a growing Richmond public relations firm is getting ready...
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Emerson tweaking 261-unit ‘workforce housing’ project near Meadowville tech park
A site plan of the proposed Enon Corner residential development in Chesterfield. (County documents) The challenge of developing lower priced housing and keeping project costs low enough to do so is...
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Local REIT’s ex-CEO lists Windsor Farms house for $3M
The brick colonial at 207 Massie Road in Windsor Farms hit the market this month. (Images courtesy CVRMLS) The former top executive of a publicly traded Richmond real estate firm has put his Windsor...
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Airport commission to vote on $30M bond issuance for passenger bridge...
The terminal lobby at Richmond International Airport. (File photo courtesy Todd Wright/RIC) A month after deferring a high-stakes vote on a bid to bring certain fueling and maintenance operations...
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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 9.24.24
Campfire & Co.’s work for Fostering Arcadia included a new logo. Campfire & Co. is developing a brand identity for Richmond’s Diamond District project. Design work for developer Diamond...
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Plans progressing for pair of infill apartment buildings along Broad St. in...
The five-story infill at Broad and 18th streets would be fitted between the century-old Branch Public Baths building and other apartments on 18th, shown below. (City documents) A pair of five-story...
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Downtime: Retired CapTech exec joins Sportable CEO on dual bike ride fundraiser
Kevin McQueen, center, with Sportable CEO Hunter Leemon in the white jersey and other riders at last year’s RAGBRAI ride. (Photo courtesy Hunter Leemon) The cycling-for-Sportable wheel keeps turning....
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$60M final phase of Highland Grove redevelopment officially breaks ground
Officials with Better Housing Coalition, the City of Richmond and others involved in Highland Grove held a groundbreaking for the project last week. (Photo courtesy Better Housing Coalition) With...
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City to pay $2M for Cary Street building for new pet adoption center
The vacant building at 2310 W. Cary St. is planned to house a new pet adoption center for Richmond Animal Care & Control. (Jonathan Spiers photo) Overcrowding at Richmond’s animal shelter in...
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Developer taking Hanover apartments fight to state appeals court after...
A rendering of the four- and five-story buildings that were to house the age-restricted apartments. (BizSense file) A legal fight over a rejected apartments development in Hanover is headed to state...
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VCU Health, City of Richmond butt heads over tax payments on failed downtown...
A rendering of the 20-story project that would have replaced the Public Safety Building. (BizSense file) A potential legal battle appears to be brewing between VCU Health and the City of Richmond over...
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VCU looking to buy downtown Altria research building
The Altria Center for Research and Technology building at 600 E. Leigh St. (Jonathan Spiers photos) As the City of Richmond and VCU Health System remain at odds over tax payments tied to a failed...
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Newly installed Carytown sign makes debut with illumination tonight
The new gateway sign was installed Monday above Cary Street at the western entrance to Carytown. (Photos courtesy Kelley Banks) Carytown’s new gateway sign is up and greeting visitors at the shopping...
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City betting on Southside growth with plan to buy rejected casino site for $5M
While Richmond is no longer pursuing a casino, City Council is not giving up on the would-have-been location as a potential community asset and economic development site for the Southside. Council is...
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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 10.8.24
Two Tango Collaborative released a new campaign for the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles Highway Safety Office. The pedestrian safety campaign features CGI ducks by New York studio Preymaker and...
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4-cent real estate tax rebate proposed for Richmond amid rate reduction debate
City Council President Kristen Nye joined Mayor Levar Stoney in announcing the rebate at Monday’s press conference at City Hall. (Jonathan Spiers photo) Amid what’s become a more-heated debate than...
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