Al Harris

One Baghdad is being rebuilt

Three burned-out properties on the 200 block of East Grace Street are finally getting made over.

Capital One job shuffle is hard on the Big Easy

Richmond rejoiced upon hearing that Capital One would bring 700 jobs to a consolidated operations center in Innsbrook. The company also announced it would add 300 jobs throughout the state by the end of 2011. The city of New Orleans isn’t so lucky. The McLean-based bank has notified 100 workers at an office there that… Read more »

Sports bar franchise inches closer

A former UR basketball player wants to bring his Greene Turtle sports bar to the Richmond area via local franchisees, and he says he’ll have plans in place within nine months.

Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 11.5.10

Bumble & Co. Children’s Boutique leased 1,470 square feet on Broad Street in Henrico. And Virginia Dental Association leased 3,500 square feet on Glen Forest Drive in Henrico. Carquest leased 31,377 square feet in Chesterfield.

Md. man admits embezzlement from Richmond employer

A Maryland man plead guilty to mail fraud related to a scheme in which he embezzled $370,000 from his employer, Richmond headquartered K Line America. Timothy Kany Sr., 49, worked as a manager in K Line’s Baltimore office. K Line America is the U.S. subsidiary of the Tokyo-based ocean cargo company. According to his guilty… Read more »

Your homework: Build a business, save a life

Two VCU graduates were part of a team of students that developed a prototype for a low-cost operating table designed for use in developing countries. Now they have formed a company, Operation Simple LLC, to continue development and testing of the product for future sale.

Economic intrigue?

A local economic research firm has filed a $30 million lawsuit against another local economist and several other defendants, alleging that they conspired to misuse trade secrets to develop a competing research product.