$26M pay package for Altria CEO tops list of region’s highest-paid public company execs

The CEOs of the region’s 20 largest publicly traded companies. (BizSense graphic)It pays to be the top boss at Richmond’s resident tobacco giant.William Gifford Jr., CEO of Henrico-based Altria Group, the maker of Philip Morris cigarettes and other products, was once again the highest-paid executive
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Lost Office Collaborative and the Giving Notes Project provide space (and sounds) for collaboration.
Read More A Walk in the Country: Apocalypse Edition

Country idylls gone awry in the dispiriting “28 Years Later” and the invigoratingly bleak “Vulcanizadora.”
Read MoreThe Docket: Local court roundup for 6.20.25

Chesterfield Circuit CourtStephanie N. Hunt v. Nguyen Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Victoria Nails a/k/a Hahn Nguyen d/b/a Victoria Nails; and Kimem Bui d/b/a Victoria NailsPlaintiff says on April 30, 2024, while at the salon at 9937 Hull Street Road for waxing services, she was seated in a defective chai
Read MoreThe Pipeline: Commercial real estate roundup for 6.20.25

TOP THREE SALES#1 HDJR Central LLC & HDJR Central II LLC sold 24,400 square feet at 1070 Virginia Center Pkwy in Henrico to Threelo LLC for $6.4 million. Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Catharine Spangler represented the seller and James Ashby IV and Annie O’Connor assisted in the sale.#2 RBF I LL
Read MoreNew Business Licenses: 6.20.25

Business NameLocationZipBusinessHenricoTortoise Mental Health10431 Patterson Ave23238HealthcareBig L Towing and Repair375 E Williamsburg Road23150TransportationKey ConstructionVariousConstructionThe Family Handyman2411 Wanstead court23238ConstructionIC ContractingVariousConstructionCandi Cainz Sno C
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The clubhouse at Stonehenge Golf & Country Club. (Courtesy Stonehenge)For the first time since the 1990s, Stonehenge Golf & Country Club is fully in control of its own destiny.The private, member-owned club at 1000 Furnham Drive in Chesterfield County recently brought its day-to-day management back
Read More Northside brewery building to become new home of X-ray parts maker after $1M sale

The brewery closed on Dawn Street earlier this spring. (BizSense file photo)A Northside building that in recent years has been used for making beer will soon house a very different kind of manufacturing.The owners of Anytime Beer Co. earlier this month sold the brewery’s building at 704 Dawn St. to
Read MoreMartin Agency, Arts & Letters alums join forces to form new firm

Phil Williams and Marty Ritter (Courtesy Rachel Gierlach)Two Richmond ad industry veterans are joining forces on a new business.Marty Ritter and Phil Williams, who’ve spent a combined several decades at some of the city’s biggest agencies, recently launched consulting firm New Best Friend Co. The co
Read MorePlanning Commission recommends denial of 700-acre data center project in Chesterfield

Developer Tract is seeking zoning approval for a data center park on more than 700 acres in Chesterfield. The company’s request was recommended for denial by the Planning Commission this week. (BizSense file)A proposed data center campus in southeast Chesterfield failed to get an endorsement from th
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War & Treaty cleans up the narrative about the history of Black country music.
Read More Chesterfield would restrict data center development under latest zoning update proposal

The latest version of the proposed zoning ordinance update would put new restrictions on the development of data center projects in Chesterfield County. (BizSense file)Chesterfield officials are now eyeing new restrictions on data center development as part of an in-progress zoning ordinance overhau
Read MoreInfills adding modern-design homes in Westhampton, Highland Park areas

Lloyd Poe, Vanessa Poe and Mike Hanky, from left, in front of Richmond Hill Design + Build’s Cashel Modern homes on Westview Avenue. (Jonathan Spiers photos)A pair of modern-design infills on opposite sides of town are adding more architectural styles and homeownership options to neighborhoods in Ri
Read MoreEducation company Great Minds moves out of Sauer Center HQ, leaving T-Rex behind

Great Minds’ former HQ features a life-sized T-rex replica named Stan. (Photos courtesy 7 Hills Advisors)Four years after moving in, education curriculum developer Great Minds has vacated its Richmond headquarters, leaving the nearly 19,000-square-foot building and its resident T-rex skeleton up for
Read MoreEducation company Great Minds to move out of Sauer Center HQ, leave T-Rex behind

Great Minds’ former HQ features a life-sized T-rex replica named Stan. (Photos courtesy 7 Hills Advisors)Four years after moving in, education curriculum developer Great Minds is to vacate its Richmond headquarters, leaving the nearly 19,000-square-foot building and its resident T-rex skeleton up fo
Read MoreSam Miller’s restaurant in Shockoe Slip closes permanently

Sam Miller’s roots on East Cary Street date back to 1901. (Mike Platania photo)One of Shockoe Slip’s longest-running restaurants has quietly closed its doors. Sam Miller’s at 1210 E. Cary St. recently ceased operations after 53 years in business. Throughout the spring the oyster bar and restaurant w
Read MoreThe R&D Dept.: Local patent roundup for 6.18.25

MDA-7/IL-24 Secretory Variants And Methods Of UsePatent No. 12325863In various aspects, the present disclosure provides polynucleotides encoding a fusion protein, as well as vectors, cells, and compositions comprising the same. In embodiments, the fusion protein includes an insulin signal peptide an
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"Ultimate Dinosaurs" at the Science Museum offers insight into continental drift and species evolution - plus the kids will love it.
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"Ultimate Dinosaurs" at the Science Museum offers insight into continental drift and species evolution.
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Virginia Rep readies “Waitress,” Sara Bareilles’ musical about dreams, pie and finding your voice.
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