Brandy Brubaker

A local business owner topped the bids on a Chickahominy riverfront mansion during a court-ordered auction of the home.

A local developer purchased an entire Church Hill block of run-down properties with plans to restore the string of nearly 150-year-old buildings. With encouragement from the neighbors, crews have started transforming the old spaces into single-family homes.

The St. John’s Church Foundation is raising money to restore the space where Patrick Henry rallied Virginians to join the Revolutionary War. The foundation has already secured about a third of the $324,000 repairs.

A local civil engineering company is speeding up its growth, buying two small firms outside of Richmond in the past month.

TV network AMC announced plans to film a second season of the Revolutionary War drama series “Turn” in Richmond. And Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks will also come to Richmond this summer to shoot a movie.

The Martin Agency launches a new campaign for “Mad Men,” Free Agents Marketing sells the Washington Redskins Training Center with an interactive ad, plus many more new accounts for Richmond ad agencies.

A Richmond real estate developer bought more than 450 acres of rural land in Powhatan County for nearly $1.5 million. He plans to divide and sell the property in about 40 lots.

A Chesterfield man was recently recognized for his hellish commute, but he’s found ways to keep calm during his daily trip to Washington, D.C.

The home with the highest sales price in Richmond in May is for sale again, less than a month after its current owner bought it. The price on the Tempsford Hills house has increased to more than $1.1 million.

A nearly 10,000-square-foot home on the Chickahominy River and at least 10 cars from its garage, including a 1968 Mustang, will be put up for auction over the coming weeks.