A few years after attending his first Liberty University football game, Ryan O’Rourke is now making a play of his own in Lynchburg.
Ironclad Coffee expands to Lynchburg
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 jack@richmondbizsense.com or 804-554-6545.
New Planet Fitness location fitting into Broad Street space
The 19,000-square-foot gym is going into the retail center occupied by Burlington, Office Max and Aldi at the corner of Broad and Horsepen Road.
‘Like adding art to a room’: Local startup offers container garden design services
“There was this void of really finishing your home, where you look at steps or an entryway and there’s something missing,” Brit Trible said of her new company Gilded Lily.
Sugar & Twine brings back indoor seating with storefront expansion
The Carytown bakery has started to welcome customers into a new cafe housed in an adjacent storefront formerly occupied by video game shop Bits + Pixels.
HCA and Brightpoint launch radiology program at Chippenham Hospital
The health system and community college recently rolled out the program at HCA’s Chippenham Hospital, where Brightpoint leases a space with X-ray labs, classrooms and faculty offices.
New coffee shop opening in former Virginia Book Co. space near Monroe Park
Qahwah House has more than a dozen locations selling coffee originating from Yemen, which its owner said can be a difficult place to source coffee without local connections because of the decade-long war in the country.
Byrd Theatre to continue seat-replacement project next year
“Some of the seats, on the balcony especially, are original to the theater. It’s time for them to be replaced and we have plenty that are unusable right now,” said executive director Ben Cronly.
Coil manufacturer planning another expansion of Chesterfield facility
Minnesota-based Super Radiator Coils is planning to add nearly 80,000 square feet to its 177,000-square-foot facility at 451 Southlake Blvd.
Richmond-based pharma company Kaleo laying off dozens of employees
The company described the move as a “mass layoff of its sales representatives and related employees across the country,” according to a filing with the state.
Accounting startup aimed at social media content creators closes on $4M capital raise
“With a content creator their personal life is their business, which means the deductions they get are unique compared to pretty much any other business out there,” said Cookie Finance founder Nate Coughran.
