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More Richmond-area homes taken off market since virus arrived
New listings rose in March despite more homes being taken off-market, data shows. (Photos by Jonathan Spiers) Note: This story has been updated with new comments from Rick Jarvis that more accurately...
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Construction firm moves into larger local digs
Breeden Construction President Brian Revere, right, with Vice President Travis Powroznik in the company’s new office. (Breeden Construction) Correction: President Brian Revere said Breeden Construction...
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Local hotel rooms put to new use amid virus downturn
A screenshot of a page on Baskervill’s website, where the local architecture firm has been pitching the concept of converting empty hotels for healthcare use. With an abundance of vacant rooms on their...
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Project Snapshot: 16-story VCU Health building taking shape
VCU Health Building under construction Glass paneling has begun to be added to the building, as viewed from Leigh Street facing east. (Photos by Jonathan Spiers) The building is planned to be 16...
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Stop the presses: Local news outlets pull back on print
One of the now-fewer news racks to be found around town. (Jonathan Spiers) Tom Lappas isn’t the only Richmond-area newsman who’s had to say the three words most newspaper publishers try to avoid....
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The Agenda: Local government briefs for 4.27.20
Richmond City Council. (BizSense file photo) Richmond council meets Monday; budget hearings scheduled Richmond City Council meets Monday at 1 p.m. for a budget work session and at 6 p.m. in regular...
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28-acre Goochland estate hits the market at $3.7M
The 28-acre estate at 1 Starwood Lane. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) A Manakin-Sabot estate once owned by the star witness in former Gov. Bob McDonnell’s corruption trial is back on the market, one of two...
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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 4.28.20
https://richmondbizsense.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Well-Be-Waiting_VAB.mp4 The Martin Agency launched a new campaign for Virginia Tourism Corp. The campaign includes a video filled with...
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Passenger traffic at RIC halved in March; 90% drop expected for April
Richmond International Airport in eastern Henrico County. (Courtesy RIC) If the nearly empty terminals weren’t enough of an indicator, the latest traffic counts released this week for Richmond...
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Long & Foster resumes legal fight with local competitor
Long & Foster has more than a dozen offices in metro Richmond. (BizSense file photo) Nearly three years after settling their previous legal dispute, a local residential real estate firm once again...
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12-acre Short Pump tract sells for $5.8M
The 12-acre property at 12120 W. Broad St., in red, and 23 acres at 12401 W. Broad St. Three years after it first went under contract in a deal that fell through, one of the last remaining developable...
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The Agenda: Local government briefs for 5.4.20
Industry reps sought for ‘Relauch Chesterfield’ initiative An initiative called “Relaunch Chesterfield” is being established to work in conjunction with Gov. Ralph Northam’s COVID-19 Business Task...
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‘Creativity within constraints’: Martin Agency adjusts work, staff with the...
Martin Agency’s Shockoe Slip headquarters. (Jonathan Spiers) A live-streamed version of the basketball game “H-O-R-S-E” using clothes and laundry baskets. An impromptu game of “Twitter tag” between...
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Local buyer picks up two apartment properties in the city
Dobrin Property Management has purchased two apartment complexes in the city’s East End. (Photos by Jonathan Spiers) A Richmond property management company added two apartment complexes to its...
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Breaking news: Navy Hill developers propose new $350M tower-anchored project...
A rendering of the proposed office tower and complex that would replace the Public Safety Building. Three months after Richmond City Council said “no” to the controversial Navy Hill project, the...
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Douglas Jemal speaks out: ‘It’s an opportunity of a lifetime for Richmond’
Earlier this year, Douglas Jemal’s company had offered to purchase 15 acres of the Navy Hill area. (BizSense file and Douglas Development photos) This week’s news about an offer on a portion of the...
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The Agenda: Local government briefs for 5.11.20
City Council to vote on budget Monday Richmond City Council meets Monday at 6 p.m. Agenda available here. Business on the regular meeting agenda includes the second of two public hearings on the...
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Monument Ave. condo tops April home sales
The fifth-floor unit (visible at far right) at 250 Finial Ave. in Monument Square led area home sales in April. (Photos courtesy CVRMLS) A top-floor penthouse unit in the heart of a West End...
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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 5.12.20
A screenshot of the website Jonas Marketing created for Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter. Jonas Marketing developed new WordPress websites for Mt. Pleasant Animal Shelter in New Jersey, asset management...
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Henrico finalizes budget plan, expecting nothing’s final
The Henrico County government center. (BizSense file photo) With more than $12 million in additional cuts now accounted for, Henrico administrators have finalized the budget they will use as a...
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