It looks like some new row houses are going in across from the Maggie Walker Governor’s School on Lombardy Street.
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Foreclosures for 7.13.10
Two developments are in foreclosure, one of Huguenot Road in Richmond and the other in Ashland.
NewsFeeds 7.13.10
Challenges are many for Virginia Retirement System (Times-Dispatch) The Virginia Retirement System faces a triple challenge with sharply reduced contributions to public-employee pensions, a surge in employee retirements and a volatile market for investments. Kingsmill to be sold to resort operator out of Denver (Virginian-Pilot) A resort management firm owned by Colorado billionaire Philip Anschutz… Read more »
The Docket: Circuit Court Roundup 7.12.10
A Realtor sues a landlord for a building that made her ill and a customer said an ATM mauled his arm, and Philip Morris sues a vendor.
NewsFeeds 7.12.10
Norfolk-based Commonwealth agrees to oversight plan (Virginian-Pilot) The boards of Commonwealth Bankshares Inc. and its bank subsidiary agreed to tighten their oversight of Commonwealth’s management and address weaknesses in the bank’s lending practices, the Federal Reserve said Friday. Neighbors mixed on Fresh Market exodus (Virginia Gazette) Business owners in Colony Square are split roughly down… Read more »
Times-Dispatch’s alt-weekly hits the bricks
The Richmond Times-Dispatch has pulled the plug on its alternative weekly experiment.
NewsFeeds 7.9.10
Town Center next phase delayed indefinitely (Inside Business) With plans for the Virginia Beach Town Center’s completion in an indefinite freeze and high vacancy rates in at least one of the residential developments, it appears the $421.8 million project has outpaced market demand for now. Website comment leads to subpoena (Roanoke Times) Convicted killer Wesley… Read more »
Manchester grocery store
This building on Hull Street and West 20th Street in Manchester was once a grocery store. Anyone one know which one? As this area of the city develops this seems like a prime target for reuse. What do you think it should be?
Boxwood Capital pushes Staples’ easy button
A local private equity group has launched its third retail website, this time aimed at stealing customers from the biggest players in the office supply industry.
SportsQuest lease might close this week
SportsQuest has moved one step closer to getting public funding, and the deal might be consummated by week’s end, according Chesterfield County officials. Plus lawyers worked out a pecking order of who would get paid first if the project doesn’t stick.