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$1.7M deal plants bank’s flag in the West End

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A Northern Neck bank has staked its first sizeable claim in Richmond real estate, buying an 11,420-square-foot office building at 5501 Patterson Ave. to serve as regional base of operations.

New brewery pouring into Carytown

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Garden Grove Brewing Co. plans to open at 3445 W. Cary St. this winter. It’ll be the first local startup brewery to try to tap into a major Richmond retail center.

Rocketts units headed for the auction block

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A Richmond development company is trying to fast track its way out of the first phase of a riverfront condo project finished during the depths of the recession.

Neighbors sue to stop Stony Point apartments

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A Southside neighborhood association wants the court to prevent a developer from building a 282-unit apartment complex near the Stony Point Fashion Park shopping mall.

Distiller takes another shot with vodka

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Nearly a year after losing a Hardy Street facility to foreclosure, Paul McCann is ready to again pump out Cirrus Vodka – and lots of it – from a forthcoming distilling and fermenting powerhouse near The Diamond.

$40M worth of fresh dough headed for Varina factory

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Mondelez International Inc., the Illinois-based holding company whose portfolio includes Oreo cookies and Trident gum, is planning to expand its Nabisco cookie factory at 6002 S. Laburnum Ave. in Varina.