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BizSense newsbites: Announcements, awards and other tidbits for 4.22.14
Brandy Brubaker
Piece of Goochland neighborhood finds a suitor
Emerald Homes hopes to get the Clifton subdivision in Goochland back on task by agreeing to buy the remaining 17 lots.
City officials say new jail nearing completion
The new $134 million city jail, dubbed the Richmond City Justice Center, doubles the size of the 1960s facility it replaces.
Sotheby’s comes to Richmond
A longtime Richmond real estate agency has a new name – and a new prestigious affiliation.
Ferguson released from prison
Former Richmond investment banker Allen Mead Ferguson completed his federal prison sentence in late March, but still must continue to pay down the nearly $3 million he was ordered to pay in restitution.
Local fro-yo takes on the Bronx Bombers
A Richmond-based frozen yogurt chain is now operating in the house that Steinbrenner built.
Bank forecloses on 200 acres in Powhatan
Around 200 acres of a Powhatan subdivision went back to the bank at a foreclosure auction Thursday.
More medical construction headed for Hanover
A private pediatric practice and VCU Health System are the latest health care players to set up shop in Mechanicsville.
Spreading out in Short Pump
Two of the area’s busiest builders and developers have more than 100 new townhouses and a commercial development in the works near Short Pump.
VCU Health System heads south
VCU Health System announced this week that it is absorbing Community Memorial Healthcenter in South Hill, Va., and will make a major investment to upgrade the facility.