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Trouvaille co-owner Joe Kmetz in his new Fan restaurant. (BizSense file photos)Another year in the books means plenty of local restaurant news to recount.We’ll start in the city of Richmond, where two acclaimed restaurants went under new ownership during 2024. Can Can Brasserie in Carytown was taken

Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE)The hotel-focused real estate investment trust added a new investor presentation to its website, which can be viewed here.Dominion (D)The power utility announced in early December that COO and executive vice president Diane Leopold intends to retire June 1, 2025, and wou

Timothy Richard joined ThompsonMcMullan as an associate, litigation and appeals.Kimberly Peterson joined United Real Estate Richmond as a Realtor.Adam P. Holbrook, with Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Commercial Property Services group, is 2025 president of the Institute of Real Estate Management

Steam Bell Beer Works in Chesterfield was one of the largest local breweries to close in 2024. (BizSense file photos)The most recent data from the Brewers Association, a craft beer industry trade group, showed sales were down over 5% nationally in 2023. That trend, which came after more than a decad

TJ Leonard, left, and Tom Leonard of Tom Leonard’s Farmer’s Market. (BizSense file photos)Some of Richmond’s longer tenured retailers passed the torch to new leaders during 2024, while others used the past 12 months to focus on other lines of business. Meanwhile, some up-and-coming brands expanded t

The Ace rose eight stories along Arthur Ashe Boulevard in 2024. (Mike Platania photos)Cranes and construction sites abound in and around Scott’s Addition, as development in the neighborhood picked up renewed steam in 2024 and has plenty going for it into the new year.The epicenter of the action has

From saving The Valentine to furthering conversations about the legacy of the Lost Cause, Bill Martin is fostering a dialogue for a better tomorrow. The post Richmonder of the Year 2024 appeared first on Style Weekly.

Santa Hank with a first-time visitor. (Photos courtesy Hank Hartz)For 40 years as a baseball umpire, Hank Hartz was perhaps the least loved on the field.Coaches and parents would take issue with his calls, and as he put it, on every call he made: “You’re 50% right 100% of the time.”When the pandemic

The Ukrop’s Market Hall has tweaked its sales floor and expanded its loading dock as part of an improvements project that’s nearly completed. (Jack Jacobs photos)Entering its fifth year in business, Ukrop’s Market Hall is closing out 2024 with a round of upgrades intended to improve its operations.T

Brave Captain is the latest concept from the owners of Cobra Cabana. (Mike Platania photos)Another new restaurant has set sail in the old Mojo’s Philadeli building. Brave Captain opened last week in part of Mojo’s former building at 729 W. Cary St. near VCU.Behind the nautical-themed restaurant are

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The assemblage spans about 12 acres in Shockoe Bottom. (Courtesy Berkadia)The biggest real estate deal in the city limits this year came with just days left on the calendar as a major Shockoe Bottom apartment complex changed hands.The River Lofts at Tobacco Row sold earlier this month to West Shore,

About five months into the long-awaited project, construction for the new CarMax Park baseball stadium is in full swing and on track for its targeted opening in 2026.Crews with contractor Gilbane Building Co. gave a tour of the construction site Thursday morning to Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and ot

Alex Lowe and Dave Dobbins of Mugshot Coffee. (Jack Jacobs photo)A coffee shop that wants to set itself apart from competitors with souvenir photos is up and running in Chesterfield.Mugshot Coffee opened this week at 3505 Courthouse Road, near Rockwood Park.With plans for a portrait-taking station a

TOP THREE SALES#1 Shenandoah Station Investors purchased 172 units at 19330 Belleau Wood Drive in King William for $25 million. Ryan Rilee and Tom Rosman with One South Commercial represented the seller.#2 Spring Run Apartments purchased 13.7 acres at 7251 Spring Run Road in Chesterfield for $2.5 mi

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Mayor Levar Stoney wields the scissors at the ribbon-cutting for AvePoint’s Riverfront Plaza office in 2017. (BizSense file photos)When a younger Levar Stoney ran for mayor eight years ago, the Hampton Roads native and former secretary of the commonwealth under then-Gov. Terry McAuliffe was one of e

“Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point” is a new holiday classic, while “Babygirl” and “Nosferatu” put coal in your stocking.The post Christmas is Here appeared first on Style Weekly.

HCA has nixed plans for a medical campus in Hanover, which would have been built on a 40-acre site.After nearly two years of regulatory wrangling to try to build a medical campus on a large site near Ashland, HCA appears to be moving on.The health system this week informed Hanover County it would no

The Villas at Southern Ridge is a 240-unit fractured condo complex near UVA. (Photo courtesy John B. Levy & Co.)A Henrico-based real estate firm looked to Charlottesville to deploy the first slice of a $50 million pool of investor capital it secured earlier this year.John B. Levy & Co. last month le