David Larter

Massive Army hotel opens in Petersburg

The 504,000-square-foot, 1,000-room Fort Lee Lodge, built to house soldiers training at Fort Lee’s Army Logistics University, is the largest such facility in the U.S. Army.

Two bedrooms and bacon guacamole

One of the biggest real estate deals of 2012 has taken two big leaps forward in the past two weeks.

Poor college kids: Statistics, not stereotypes

According to the Mayor’s poverty commission report, more than 50 percent of Richmond’s student population living off campus is considered to be living in poverty.

By George, it’s a Mexican restaurant

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Partners Jake Crocker, Hayden Fisher and Jose Garcia are opening a new restaurant in the old Fan House space on Floyd Avenue.

Breaking Ground: Building permits for 1.23.13

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A lot of new homes around the region this week. And permits for the Sabra plant expansion in Chesterfield. Get leads on all the area’s biggest projects with your BizSense Pro subscription.

Developer banks on East Broad empire

A developer with the keys to a long-vacant fixture on the Richmond skyline has a new plan for the building — and plenty of real estate in the area to boot.