• The DeedBook: Local property transfers for 7.11.25

    The DeedBook: Local property transfers for 7.11.25,Richmond BizSense

    LocationSale DateSellerBuyerAmountChesterfield11500 Allecingie Pkwy7/3/2025Berry EntertainmentParkline Contracting$365,0006671 Courthouse Landing Lane6/24/2025Courthouse Landing VACFT NV Developments$1,400,000218 Dry Bridge Road, 721 Old Hundred Road7/8/2925Watkins Hughey LLCAeris Investments  c/o T

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  • The answer is clear: We are not rezoning enough homes (Guest Commentary)

    The answer is clear: We are not rezoning enough homes (Guest Commentary),Chad Joyce

    A townhouse development built locally by Main Street Homes. (Courtesy HBAR)Over the past five years, we’ve focused heavily on rising home prices and the growing shortage of attainable housing in Richmond. But that raises critical questions: At this point, how are we doing as a region? Are we rezonin

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  • Shuttered Dogtown Brewing space in Manchester to be reborn as Bolo’s Eatery

    Shuttered Dogtown Brewing space in Manchester to be reborn as Bolo’s Eatery,Mike Platania

    From left: CM Bryant, Darryl Puller, Mike Lindsey and Kimberly Love-Lindsey. (Mike Platania photo)A long-dormant Manchester brewery building is set to be revived by a team of local restaurateurs and beer makers.Lindsey Food Group and Brainstorm Brewhouse have signed a lease to take over the former D

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  • New Business Licenses: 7.11.25

    New Business Licenses: 7.11.25,Richmond BizSense

    Business NameLocationZip BusinessHenricoRVA Monsters Inc LLC1404 N Parham Road23229RetailCritical Peake Services540 Eastpark Court, Ste 10023150OtherOingiri LLC7801 W Broad St, Ste 2223294OtherNazaakatt By Swati5213 Sumner Place23059OtherAlfred Thacker7902 Alvarado Road23229OtherBrenda S. Hobbs3016

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  • On The Road

    On The Road,Chuck Bowen

    Catching up with the charismatic and alienated drifters of “Sovereign” and “Sunlight.”

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  • Human Nature

    Human Nature,Gabriella Lacombe

    New photo exhibition featuring flower arrangements by incarcerated people to raise money for Chesterfield County Jail recovery program.

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  • State architectural board to review 14-story VCU dorm project this week

    State architectural board to review 14-story VCU dorm project this week,Jack Jacobs

    An aerial view of VCU’s planned new dorm on West Grace Street. The building would feature a 14-story tower on its west side and a nine-story east portion. (Images courtesy VCU)Designs for a massive VCU project planned for West Grace Street is up for its first look by the state.The commonwealth’s Art

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  • Updated: State architectural board to review 14-story VCU dorm project

    Updated: State architectural board to review 14-story VCU dorm project,Jack Jacobs

    An aerial view of VCU’s planned new dorm on West Grace Street. The building would feature a 14-story tower on its west side and a nine-story east portion. (Images courtesy VCU)Editor’s note: This story has been updated after a change to the AARB agenda and to clarify details related to the cost of c

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  • Kroger to add gas station at Carytown store

    Kroger to add gas station at Carytown store,Jackie DiBartolomeo

    A site plan for the upcoming Kroger fuel center on West Cary Street. (Image courtesy City of Richmond)Carytown will soon be getting a new gas station, thanks to one of the neighborhood’s big box grocers.  Kroger last month received approval from the city to build a new fueling center at its existing

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  • Providence Hill Real Estate owners buy office building near Tuckahoe HQ

    Providence Hill Real Estate owners buy office building near Tuckahoe HQ,Jonathan Spiers

    The Ridge Office Building near Tuckahoe Shopping Center changed hands this spring. (Photos courtesy Providence Hill Real Estate)After expanding with a second office across the river, the owners of a Tuckahoe-based real estate brokerage have secured additional room to grow across the street from thei

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  • The Docket: Local court roundup for 7.10.25

    The Docket: Local court roundup for 7.10.25,Richmond BizSense

    Chesterfield Circuit CourtOld Dominion Floor Company, Inc. v. Commonwealth Restoration Specialists LLCPlaintiff says defendant has failed to pay for materials purchased on an open account and seeks judgment of $33,588.72.Attorneys: R. Glen MorganFiled: 6/27/2025CL25006065Jose Burke and Mary Beth Bur

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  • New renderings revealed for transformation of former Genworth campus on Broad

    New renderings revealed for transformation of former Genworth campus on Broad,Mike Platania

    A rendering of some of the retail buildings planned for the Genworth campus’s redevelopment. (Thalhimer)One of the larger developments planned in Henrico County is quietly moving along behind the scenes. Baltimore development firm Greenberg Gibbons recently had its plans approved for the first leg o

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  • Drive-through soda shop proposed for former Regency-area bank building

    Drive-through soda shop proposed for former Regency-area bank building,Jackie DiBartolomeo

    A conceptual plan for a new soda shop at 1415 Eastridge Road. (Courtesy Henrico County staff reports)A drive-through soda shop may soon bubble up in an old bank branch near Regency.Plans are in the works for part of the 2,500-square-foot former Atlantic Union Bank branch at 1415 Eastridge Road to be

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  • Thalhimer’s new 7-story Manchester project rising on Hull St.

    Thalhimer’s new 7-story Manchester project rising on Hull St.,Mike Platania

    The new building is the latest to take shape on Hull Street in Manchester. (Mike Platania photo)Amid the flurry of new construction getting underway in Manchester is the latest addition to the neighborhood’s Hull Street corridor. Thalhimer Realty Partners’ new seven-story mixed-use building is takin

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  • New-to-market retailer Perfumania to open at Short Pump mall

    New-to-market retailer Perfumania to open at Short Pump mall,Jack Jacobs

    Discount fragrance store Perfumania sells products for women and men. Pictured is one of the chain’s stores in Nevada. (Courtesy Perfumania)Following the recent news of a Lego Store and Dick’s House of Sport joining the tenant roster at Short Pump Town Center, yet another national chain is coming to

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  • Breaking Ground: Local building permits for 7.9.25

    Breaking Ground: Local building permits for 7.9.25,Richmond BizSense

    Type AddressAmountFiling DateDescriptionContractorGoochlandResidential1387 Newtown Road$250,0006/16/2025New, single family dwellingANT ConstructionResidential1908 Haskin Road$260,1386/4/2025New, single family dwellingOwner/Amber Childress Hailey/ContractorResidential3743 Serenity Lane$200,0006/9/202

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  • Local investors take on next heavy lift with crane company acquisition

    Local investors take on next heavy lift with crane company acquisition,Michael Schwartz

    Hampton Roads Crane and Rigging has a fleet of 10 cranes. (Courtesy 1850 Investments)Adding to a collection of businesses that already includes RV parks, cold storage and office buildings, a local investor group is on to something a bit more heavy-duty.Longtime business partners Yogi Singh, Stewart

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  • The Fightin’ Frenchman

    The Fightin’ Frenchman,Karen Newton

    Living historian Charles Wissinger plays the Marquis de Lafayette at St. John's Church.

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  • On Lake Elster

    On Lake Elster,Karen Newton

    Artist Will Connally's solo show at Reynolds Gallery is rooted in folklore, stories and myths.

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  • Long-running BBQ joint Buz and Ned’s is up sale

    Long-running BBQ joint Buz and Ned’s is up sale,Jack Jacobs

    The Buz and Ned’s building near the corner of Parham and Broad in western Henrico is for sale, as is the business that has operated there for more than a decade. (Jack Jacobs photos)A seasoned local pitmaster is planning to hang up his tongs.Buz Grossberg, owner of the long-running Buz and Ned’s Rea

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