Al Harris

Agency takes a closer look through its black eye

As a result of the hit developer Justin French allegedly gave a governmental program that awards tax credits for historic rehabilitation, a local agency is changing some of its protocols.

Ellwood Thompson’s nixes D.C. plans

Nearly three years after signing a lease for a 15,000-square-foot store in Washington D.C., locally-based organic grocer Ellwood Thompson’s announced that it is backing out. The grocer reached an agreement with the landlord of the DCUSA complex in Columbia Heights to terminate the lease, according to a release sent out by the company last week…. Read more »

Fuel for the firehouse

A Virginia restaurateur behind a chain of burrito bars is launching a new concept in Shockoe Bottom.

Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 1.14.10

Top Gun Motor Sports leased 10,000 square feet at 10471 Cobbs Rd in the City of Ashland. Plus Boushra Mikhael purchased 7,980 square feet at 15 & 23 W. Clopton Street in Richmond from BB&T for $100,000

Thalhimer pushes south

Locally-based real estate brokerage Thalhimer is expanding its reach, establishing an office in Charlotte, North Carolina and doing a bit of re-branding.

LaDifference coming to West Broad Village

LaDifference, a locally-owned furniture store that has operated in Shockoe Bottom for 30 years, is opening a second location in Short Pump.