David Larter

Local apartments dragged down under

The 297-unit Seven Gables Apartments in Eastern Henrico.

Two suburban Richmond apartment complexes have become entangled in the collapse of an Australian real estate company.

Developer picks up a Justin French fumble

Louis Salomonsky has filed plans for a 42-apartment complex in Scott’s Addition and says his team is starting from scratch despite a previous development effort.

Bow Tie thinks small, then big

Criterion Cinemas at Movieland

Bow Tie Cinemas’ latest Richmond offering, a four-screen art house theater, opened last week, and the company is already planning a Movieland expansion.

The lowdown on 2012’s startups: Part 2

StartupRoundup2

BizSense catches up with some more of the many entrepreneurs we covered in 2012 to find out where they are now and what they’re planning for 2013.

The year in review, by the square foot

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Richmond’s commercial real estate scene was newsy in 2012, with no fewer than 30 new apartment deals and one developer’s continued buying spree.

How 2012 scrambled the restaurant scene

RESTAURANT DIPTYCH

The revolving door of the restaurant business swung fast and furious this year, with plenty of eateries opening and some shutting their doors.