The building at the corner of Cary and Robinson streets was once home to Acacia Mid-Town, but has been vacant in recent years. (Mike Platania photo)
Now in the hands of some local restaurateurs, a dormant Fan-area commercial space may be getting new life.
Last week, 2601 W. Cary St. sold for $1.2 million, city records show.
The LLC that bought the property is tied to restaurateurs Naveen Sadana and Bachitar Singh, who co-own Jannat Indian Cuisine in Henrico’s west end.
Sadana also has ties to the city. In 2023, he bought Citizen Burger Bar in Carytown and converted it into Carytown Indian Cuisine. Sadana declined to comment on the Cary Street deal when reached this week.
The deal closed on May 14. The parcel was most recently assessed by the city at $1.3 million.
The one-story, 4,200-square-foot building is known as the former home of restaurant Acacia Mid-Town, which operated there from 2008 to 2020. Acacia’s Aline and Dale Reitzer sold the building for $1.2 million – the same price it just went for – and closed the restaurant just weeks before the pandemic arrived in 2020.
The Reitzers reopened Acacia in Libbie Mill in 2023.
The Reitzers had sold the building to Kris Collo, a former business partner of local chef Mike Ledesma. Together Collo and Ledesma opened The Coop, a ghost kitchen concept that ran in the space from 2020 until 2022.
Collo couldn’t be reached for comment. Ledesma, whose restaurants have included the former Pacific Island-inspired Perch, said he didn’t have a stake in the Cary Street building.
The building has sat vacant since The Coop’s 2022 closure. It sits along a stretch of Cary that’s awash in new residential infill development. It’s also a few blocks up from the new Fire Station 12 that’s nearing completion at the corner of Cary and Addison streets.
The building at the corner of Cary and Robinson streets was once home to Acacia Mid-Town, but has been vacant in recent years. (Mike Platania photo)
Now in the hands of some local restaurateurs, a dormant Fan-area commercial space may be getting new life.
Last week, 2601 W. Cary St. sold for $1.2 million, city records show.
The LLC that bought the property is tied to restaurateurs Naveen Sadana and Bachitar Singh, who co-own Jannat Indian Cuisine in Henrico’s west end.
Sadana also has ties to the city. In 2023, he bought Citizen Burger Bar in Carytown and converted it into Carytown Indian Cuisine. Sadana declined to comment on the Cary Street deal when reached this week.
The deal closed on May 14. The parcel was most recently assessed by the city at $1.3 million.
The one-story, 4,200-square-foot building is known as the former home of restaurant Acacia Mid-Town, which operated there from 2008 to 2020. Acacia’s Aline and Dale Reitzer sold the building for $1.2 million – the same price it just went for – and closed the restaurant just weeks before the pandemic arrived in 2020.
The Reitzers reopened Acacia in Libbie Mill in 2023.
The Reitzers had sold the building to Kris Collo, a former business partner of local chef Mike Ledesma. Together Collo and Ledesma opened The Coop, a ghost kitchen concept that ran in the space from 2020 until 2022.
Collo couldn’t be reached for comment. Ledesma, whose restaurants have included the former Pacific Island-inspired Perch, said he didn’t have a stake in the Cary Street building.
The building has sat vacant since The Coop’s 2022 closure. It sits along a stretch of Cary that’s awash in new residential infill development. It’s also a few blocks up from the new Fire Station 12 that’s nearing completion at the corner of Cary and Addison streets.
Carytown Indian Cuisine is superb! Sadana has an excellent corner for his next concept. Just cleaning up the grafitti will be a good start.
I wish them luck! Will have to try it out! And good luck getting rid of all of that graffiti 🙂
This is exciting! The Coop never seemed like a good fit given nearby foot traffic and I’m hopeful for we get a unique food option opening here soon. I’ll always miss Acacia in that spot, though.
Me too! Acacia was wonderful!