Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones delivered his second State of the City address last night to a packed audience at the newly renovated Hippodrome Theater in Jackson Ward, and had a lot to say about economic development and his vision for a spruced of city.
Al Harris
Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 2.4.11
A new Bojanlges is coming to Hanover County. Meanwhile Dick’s Sporting Goods leased 50,000 square feet in Chesterfield and a woodworking shop leased 6,000 square feet, also in Chesterfield. Plus a credit union leased 5,000 square feet on Jeff Davis Hwy.
Construction employment grows in Richmond
Richmond added 1,200 construction jobs in 2010, according to a report from the Associated General Contractors of America.
Cherry, Bekaert & Holland grows in Hampton Roads
One of Virginia’s largest accounting firms just got a little bigger.
Va. Chamber of Commerce to sell historic headquarters (with parking!)
The business advocacy group is set to outgrow its space.
Startup seeks cure in fine swine
Using free-range pigs to make high quality Italian meats, a Mechanicsville start up seeks to take the food world by storm.
Mr. Baseball
After swinging into the major leagues in 2008, a local baseball glove company is about to hit Japan.
Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 1.28.11
Tetra Pak Tubex leased 30,000 square feet in Louisa County. Tokyo Restaurant has leased 9,100 square feet in Brandy Hill Plaza in Mechanicsville.
Restoring faith after French
We’ll know soon enough how long Justin French will spend in prison — what’s less clear is how long it will take Richmond to clean up his mess. For now, the state Department of Historic Resources is taking steps to prevent future abuse of its tax credit program.
French pleads guilty to fraud
Developer Justin French’s downward spiral finds him facing up to three decades in prison for abusing state and federal tax credit programs.