Verizon building near Carytown could become retail center (Times-Dispatch) Maryland Financial Realty wants to convert a Verizon building on North Nansemond Street into retail space. A specialty grocery store could be among the possible uses for the building as well as other stores, an art gallery, bank or restaurant. Valley Bank buys former Ukrop’s site… Read more »
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Is a former strip club a cursed location?
Last month we ran a story about cursed locations. I wonder now that the strip club Velvet has closed, can another business open there? It’s sorta hard to imagine a daycare or something taking that space.
Pfizer will keep Richmond research center
Economic development officials from the City of Richmond and the state announced at a news conference Tuesday that pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. will keep a research center in Richmond that employs about 300 workers.
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Foreclosures make up one-fourth of Richmond-area home sales (Times-Dispatch) Foreclosures account for nearly a quarter of all home sales in the Richmond area, while they make up an even greater proportion in Virginia and nationwide. Company’s focus on tiny products yields big idea (Roanoke Times) A fire- and blast-resistant resin developed in Blacksburg may bring… Read more »
The Herd: Departures and new hires for 6.30.10
A departure from a local nonprofit, plus hires in law, commercial real estate, finance and entrepreneurship, and a new interim director at a local nonprofit.
Westham Golf Club lets public tee up
A nine-hole Jack Nicklaus golf course is opening for public play this weekend.
Foreclosures 6.29.10
A mansion on Chimborazo Park in Richmond plus a $700,000 home in Chesterfield and several with assessed values above $500,000 in Henrico.
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CarMax CEO: How the company weathered the recession (Times-Dispatch) A series of internal initiatives during the heart of the recession helped CarMax Inc. get through the darkest days of the financial downturn that rocked the auto industry, the top executive at the Goochland County-based auto retailer told shareholders yesterday. Utility seeks permission to raise electricity… Read more »
Oregon Hill eatery finally opens
Pescados, a nautical-themed seafood restaurant in Oregon Hill opened last week. An employee inside said the restaurant took about two years to get open. Pescados also has a location in Chesterfield.
The Docket: Circuit Court Roundup for 5.25.10
Lots of businesses trying to collect alleged unpaid bills and unpaid loans this week, plus an eminent domain fight in the City of Richmond and a woman says she slipped and fell on produce at a grocery store. Maybe it was a banana? And a retail clerk wants $4 million from her former employer whom she claims told other workers and customers that she stole and embezzled.