Retail

For owner Norma Santamaria, the new shop replaces her original location at Gayton Crossing, which she shuttered in 2020 after nearly two decades of operation there.

A local middle school shop teacher is reopening his membership-based, Workbench RVA, which provides tools, lessons and a space for woodworking projects.

The company didn’t elaborate on what caused the closure, other than to say it was “unavoidable and unfortunate.”

Multiple customers report that the shop has gone dark in recent weeks and ceased communications with them regarding service on bikes and orders. Meanwhile, a national bike maker is suing for six figures.

The new Short Pump store comes about a year after Gearharts shuttered its former location at 306 Libbie Ave., where it operated for more than a decade.

Families and founders behind decades-old stores opted to take their leave in 2023, while other brands added new locations around the region.

The local menswear company is underway on a new chapter in which customizable clothing largely drives its revenue.

It’s one of two new Marshalls locations in the works in Chesterfield County and will join a new residential section underway at Westchester Commons.

The competing convenience store chains have plans in the works to further expand their footprints in the Richmond market.

“My initial investment was maybe $250. I told my husband the first year, ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if I made $1,000?’ It really just all started as kind of a joke,” said Brady Zizzo.