Michael Schwartz

Michael Schwartz is the editor of Richmond BizSense, and covers banking, lawsuits, finance, M&A and golf. He can be reached at [email protected] or 804-855-1037.

Breaking News: Union Bank strikes $610M deal for greater push into NoVA

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Richmond’s Union Bank & Trust has hit the accelerator once again with yet another acquisition, this time making a play for its first significant piece of the Northern Virginia market. The $13 billion downtown-based bank announced a deal this morning to acquire Access National Bancorp out of Reston in an all stock transaction valued at… Read more »

Topgolf shells out $5.7M for tract in ‘Scott’s Addition 2.0’

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A fast-growing chain of high-tech golf driving ranges has secured the site for its first Richmond-area location – and in the process, set a high bar for land prices in a section of Henrico that county officials are eyeing for growth.

Roanoke law firm setting up shop in Richmond

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Gentry Locke this month opened its first local office, adding to a Roanoke outpost it has had since its inception and a Lynchburg office it opened a few years ago.

Local bank lining up Scott’s Addition branch

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Despite pulling the plug on a planned downtown branch and closing a location in Hopewell as part of a round of expense cuts, a Richmond bank is moving closer to a deal for an outpost in Scott’s Addition.