Al Harris

Donate where you eat

A local restaurateur is helping support Virginia’s waterways, one dish at a time.

The Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Roundup for 8.27.10

OrthoVirginia paid $1,3 mil for land in Chesterfield and plans to build a medical office building. Meanwhile Burton’s Menswear leased 3,200 square feet at 3017 Mechanicsville Turnpike in Hanover County.

Richmond’s own economic index

Attention, CEOs. The University of Richmond and a local business group want to take your pulse. The Virginia Council of CEOs has partnered with the Robins School of Business to develop an economic outlook index for central Virginia. Scot McRoberts, executive director of the CEO group, said he wanted to develop a survey to help… Read more »

The Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Roundup for 8.20.10

Porter Realty reports the following deals: MeadWestvaco leased 47,858 square feet at Airport Distribution Center in Henrico. BTJM Holdings LLC purchased the 49,786 SF office/warehouse at 3210 West Marshall Street in the City of Richmond from Lobrico LLC for $2,100,000. CHESN Enterprises purchased 3 acres land at 12201 Deergrove Road in Chesterfield County from Midlothian… Read more »

Richmond, third most tattooed in U.S.

Richmond is the third most tattooed city in America, according to a new study. TotalBeauty.com scoured Google listings, Yellow Pages, and other forums to find a complete listing of tattoo shops in every major metropolitan area, and then determined the number of tattoo parlors per 100,000 residents. Richmond had 14.5 shops per 100,000 people, and… Read more »