Brandy Brubaker

As the story goes, Rothesay – a nearly 10,000-square-foot riverfront manor near Carytown — was built to appease an unhappy wife. It’s now on the market for $4.75 million, one of the highest-priced home listings in the Richmond area.

Carl Zeiss Vision next month will cut dozens of employees at its Chester optical lab. Affected workers of the North Kingston Avenue operation received a 60-day notice of the impending layoff.

A Midlothian-based company is showing off a 4,700-square-foot home as part of the 2014 Southern Living Custom Builder Program. Proceeds from $10-per-person ticket sales will benefit Operation FINALLY Home and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

The century-old Heart of Virginia Council will soon launch a capital campaign for a new home at the Stony Point Office Park.

Monumental Church – built on the site of a tragic, 1811 theater fire that killed at least 72 people – is marking its 200th anniversary this year and is in the midst of renovations to enhance and restore the historic structure.

The Q-Man makes his debut. Plus news, awards, new clients and more from ad agencies and marketing firms all over town.

Hank Wilton is planning a new development of 107 townhouses off Wistar Road near its intersection with Walkenhut Drive.

Construction of six modern row houses about to begin, a rare project for the neighborhood.

VCU’s Police Department plans to move its West Grace Street headquarters to 224 E. Broad St. next summer.