A pair of developers just paid $800,000 for a riverfront parcel along the floodwall in Manchester, saving an old paper mill from demolition.
Saved from the wrecking ball
David Larter
Monday Q&A: Five hours to Williamsburg
Beth Weisbrod, executive director of the Virginia Capital Trail Foundation, offers an update on the 50-mile bike route and why the Trail will be an economic engine for Richmond.
The Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Roundup for 1.27.12
Lots of small sales this week, including a developer who bought a riverfront parcel on Hull Street in Manchester.
Developer plans to raise the roof next to nightclub
A parking lot next to Shockoe Bottom’s most notorious nightclub is getting a $22 million makeover.
Auction-block economics
When he sees a lot of bank repossessions coming on the lot at Motley’s Richmond Auto Auction, Jeff Schuler is inclined to say the economy is tanking. That’s not happening now.
Group wants Amazon to collect sales tax in Virginia
Amazon’s planned distribution centers in Chesterfield and Dinwiddie are welcome news for job-seekers, but a group representing brick-and-mortar retailers says the Internet giant isn’t playing fair.
Developers bank on skyscraper rehab
The First National Bank building downtown and its neighbor are being converted into 154 apartments as part of a $30 million project.
May the chia be with you
A Richmond company gets some huge press in the Wall Street Journal.
Ukrop’s allure eludes Martin’s
A decades-old formula for developing successful new retail centers in Richmond has become much more complex.
The Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Roundup for 1.20.12
Lots of small office and retail space getting leased up this week. And believe it or not, yet another frozen yogurt shop.