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Looking west down the main VCU-area stretch of West Grace Street. (BizSense file photo)It’s April. College-bound high school seniors are locking in where they’ll be spending their freshman year.If it were a beauty contest, University of Richmond might be the choice since in 2024 the Princeton Review

Looking west down the main VCU-area stretch of West Grace Street. (BizSense file photo)It’s April. College-bound high school seniors are locking in where they’ll be spending their freshman year.If it were a beauty contest, University of Richmond might be the choice since in 2024 the Princeton Review

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Business NameLocationZipBusinessHenricoD. A. Davidson & Co.4901 Libbie Mill East Blvd, Ste 21023230Business ServicesSpring Market 2025600 E Laburnum Ave23222Itinerant MechantPaula Kay Connolly LLC4801 Cox Road, Ste 20523060OtherAllison Ernest Psychiatry4801 Cox Road, Ste 20523060HealthcareFastrak Ma

The new cocktail bar is planned to open above Bangles and Beads in Carytown. (Mike Platania photo)After five years sitting dormant, the former Xtra’s Cafe space in Carytown has been snapped up. Mink Cocktail Lounge is preparing to open in 3322 W. Cary St., a second-floor spot above Bangles and Beads

Science fiction up close and kinky with David Cronenberg's “The Shrouds,” and fascism for kids with the re-released “Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.”

The third annual Richmond Animation Festival brings shorts and guest speaker Lilli Carré to the Byrd Theatre.

The space had been home to Carrabba’s for a decade. (Mike Platania photo)A new “bar” is in the works for a vacant Short Pump restaurant building, but not one that serves beverages. TileBar, a building materials shop out of New York, is looking to open a showroom at 11237 W. Broad St. in West Broad V

101 Gateway Centre Parkway was once the local office for Northrop Grumman. (BizSense file photo)The Chesterfield outpost of Bryant & Stratton College is relocating elsewhere in the county, while helping a local real estate investor begin to capitalize on his latest empty-office building gamble.Bryan

A Brandcenter student shows a recruiter her portfolio. (Jackie DiBartolomeo photos)Eclectic advertising pitches for everything from Pepto-Bismol to tourism in Montenegro filled two floors of the VCU Brandcenter Wednesday during the school’s annual two-day “reverse” job fair.The event brought about 1

A conceptual rendering shows the arena in relation to other buildings in the proposed GreenCity mixed-use development. (BizSense file)Fallout from the stalled GreenCity development is continuing for the project’s now-former developers.ASM Global, which had signed on to develop and manage the massive

Chesterfield Circuit CourtKapitus Servicing, Inc. v. Tech First Communications, LLC d/b/a Tech First Communications; and Zanoni BetemitPlaintiff says the North Carolina business is in default of a loan agreement and seeks judgment in the principal balance of $140,063.05.Attorneys: Nhon H. Nguyen of

Elephant Auto Insurance launched in 2009. (BizSense file photo)The UK-based parent company of Elephant Insurance has struck a deal to unload the Henrico-based auto insurer in a transaction that would bring the company’s ownership stateside.Admiral Group PLC announced Tuesday it has entered into an a

Burke & Herbert was established in 1852 and expanded into Richmond in 2022.Three years into its local expansion plan, Burke & Herbert Bank has found a spot for its first Short Pump-area location.The Northern Virginia-based bank, which first moved into the Richmond region in 2022, is eyeing a parcel

Express Oil Change recently opened at 1840 Stavemill Crossing Lane in Powhatan. It is the company’s fifth Richmond-area location. (Jack Jacobs photos)A chain of oil-change and auto service shops has shifted into expansion mode with a new outpost in Powhatan.Express Oil Change & Tire Engineers opened

Winterfield Crossing’s latest stage of development would feature the construction of a 13,500-square-foot retail strip on a vacant, grassy lot next to Gather. (Jack Jacobs photo)A new stage of development at Winterfield Crossing is moving forward.Blackwood Development Co. recently filed plans for a

Matchmaking Attendees For Virtual, In-person, And Hybrid EventsPatent No. 12277609Media, methods, and systems are provided for matchmaking for in-person, virtual, and hybrid events are disclosed. Event attendees may be added to a networking pool When the networking pool reaches a capacity, the event

Historic Garden Week, the only statewide house and garden tour in the nation, starts April 26.

Howard Rose (left) and Steven Cohen of BCLS Landscape Services will now join Birmingham-based Landscape Workshop under the new acquisition. (Courtesy BCLS Landscape Services)A private equity-backed firm has bought its way into the Richmond area’s landscaping industry. Birmingham, Alabama-based Lands

United Real Estate Richmond’s headquarters. (BizSense file)Ten years after bringing the United Real Estate brand to town, brothers Jeffrey and John Finn and their now-200-plus team have added a local peer to the fold.River City Blues Realty, a 20-agent brokerage led by Smitty Smith, has joined the F