A local company that aims to be an Airbnb-like service for warehouse space has stockpiled seven figures’ worth of fresh cash.
Chesterfield on-demand warehouse startup completes $1.3M capital raise
Jack Jacobs
Jack joined BizSense in 2020, covering startups, retail, healthcare, public companies and nonprofits. He previously reported for the Virginia Gazette and Tidewater Review. He is a graduate of Christopher Newport University. Reach him at [email protected] or 804-554-6545.
New $95M rehab hospital on track for June opening in Goochland
The 200,000-square-foot, 114-bed facility is nearing completion in West Creek.
Broad St. record store to power down after a decade
Though the pandemic wasn’t the deciding factor in a move that’s been on the radar for a while, it did serve to fast track the change.
‘The foundation we built this on is completely fractured’: Local coffee shops find new ways to operate
The pandemic’s effects reverberate in a peculiar way for coffee shops, which in normal times rely on the human connection and community – and customers sitting and often staying a while.
Youth athletics gym slides into online training program
Pandemic or no, and despite having just opened a new 5,000-square-foot gym in Midlothian in January, a Ferrum College grad and former Arena League Football player is keeping his fitness business moving.
HCA withdraws proposal to rezone land for ER in Henrico
The hospital chain has pumped the brakes on plans for a 24-hour, 11,000-square-foot facility on about 3 acres at the intersection of Nuckols Road and Hickory Park Drive near Innsbrook.
BizSense Assembly VIII Recap: ‘This is not going to be easy’
From minor league baseball to concerts and musicals, organizers of large, in-person events in Richmond have a lot of unknowns to tackle as they look to come back from the coronavirus shutdown.
Morton’s permanently closes Shockoe steakhouse
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed another business, this one a high-end steakhouse that’s been a fixture of Richmond’s downtown dining scene since the early 2000s.
H&M permanently shutters Stony Point Fashion Park store
As local malls begin to reopen after the coronavirus shutdown, the Swedish clothing brand has walked away from the South Richmond mall for good.
Local urgent care centers shift into coronavirus testing
Not even health care is totally safe from the economic disruptions of the coronavirus pandemic, as Richmond-area urgent care providers juggle the regular business of urgent care with operation of COVID-19 testing centers.