An 85-year-old theater last week debuted its latest incarnation with a ceremony that included a huge red drape dropping to reveal a high-tech marquee emblazoned with a local tobacco giant’s name.
Curtain opens on new era for local theater
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Trading Day: Local SEC filings for 2.20.14
A Star Scientific director resigns from the company’s board. A big stock sale by a local CEO. And several other sell offs by local insiders.
Bank sticks its neck into Richmond market
Another out-of-town bank thinks Richmond is ripe for the picking.
Bank downsizes and tweaks its vision
In the midst of a regime change and still working to ditch baggage from the recession, a Midlothian bank last week unveiled a plan it hopes will get regulators off its back and put it firmly back in the black.
Trading Day: Local SEC filings for 2.13.14
A local company says it’s considering “strategic alternatives” including a potential sale. Plus dividend season continues and executives cashing out on shares.
DealFlow: Investment banking roundup for 2.12.14
A busy start to the year for Harris Williams & Co. with eight deals closed and a $550M deal in the works. Plus deals closed by Cary Street Partners and Matrix Capital Markets Group.
Lawsuit against LandAmerica execs revived
More than five years after its collapse, fallout from the ruins of former Richmond financial giant LandAmerica continues to bubble up in court.
2 years after local push, bank pulls back
An out-of-town bank that made a major push into Richmond less than two years ago is shutting down two of its local branches.
Bank reclaims a chunk of Midlothian
Back in the hands of its lender, a huge piece of a stalled local real estate development is on the market.
600+ acres up for auction in Midlothian
Almost half of a long-stalled massive planned development in Midlothian will be up for grabs today.