Aaron Kremer

BizSense readers who live near the University of Richmond take note: scam artists are canvassing the neighborhoods around the school pretending to be UR athletes raising money for books and international study.

Governor urges more diversity in state contracting (Times-Dispatch) Community leaders, business people and public servants joined Gov. Bob McDonnell  yesterday as he kicked off a new advisory board whose task is to change how Virginia awards contracts to small businesses and those owned by women and minorities. Botetourt Country Club has new owners (Roanoke Times)… Read more »

Plaza Azteca, a Mexican restaurant opening in the former Max & Erma’s location on West Broad Street, has planted palm trees out front. Can they grow in Richmond?

Bank says Ukrop’s suit lacks merit (Roanoke Times) Roanoke’s Valley Bank asked a Richmond judge last week to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Ukrop’s Super Market claiming that the bank owes millions of dollars for unpaid costs related to construction and delays at the former grocer’s closed Roanoke store. As housing market swoons, rentals boom… Read more »

Yet another new apartment building is under construction downtown. This one, at 21st and Broad, is on the edge of Church Hill (or is it the edge of Shockoe Bottom?). According to city permit data it is a project of Richmond-based Spy Rock Real Estate Group. The general contractor is Whiting-Turner. The building permit is… Read more »

Are bigger health-care networks better or just creating a monopoly? (Washington Post) Carilion says it represents an ideal envisioned by the nation’s new health-care law: a network that increases efficiency by bringing more doctors and hospitals onto one team, integrating care from the doctor’s office to the operating room.  But skeptics apply a more old-fashioned… Read more »