The Virginia Museum of History & Culture will reopen to the public in May after a $30 million project, and the VMFA is in the early stages of a $190 million project.
VMFA, state history museum spending millions on expansions, renovations
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Regency mall makes the grade for franchisees of early-education center
A new Goddard School, which already has nine locations in the Richmond region, will open in late 2022 across from the former JCPenney.
Fan taco shop TBT El Gallo planning second location in Willow Lawn
“The goal is to turn TBT into a regional force,” said owner Carlos Ordaz-Nunez. “It bums me out when chains that aren’t from Richmond or Virginia are just showing up like, ‘Hi, we’re here.’”
Sporting goods store leases former Toys ‘R’ Us space in Short Pump
The 60,000-square-foot location at 11861 W. Broad St. would be the first in the state for Texas-based Academy Sports + Outdoors.
Dumpster-on-wheels rental company franchising to fuel expansion
Scott’s Addition startup Mobiledumps sold two of its corporate-owned locations earlier this month.
Dog care company adds to its pack with purchase of Church Hill competitor
The acquisition of Pets at Play gives DogServices four locations in the region. The others are in the Willow Lawn area and Short Pump.
Tech park near Moseley, redevelopment of Rockwood shopping center advance
The Chesterfield Planning Commission gave the nod to a proposed technology park near Moseley on Tuesday, as well as advancing a request to rezone a shopping center and adjacent golf park for a residential redevelopment project pitched by Stanley Martin Homes. Both projects will need final approval from the Board of Supervisors, which will vote… Read more »
Rockwood shopping center and golf park could be replaced with hundreds of residential units
Chesterfield County’s long-range plan to transform the aging Rockwood retail corridor is about to get a kick-off from a Reston-based builder with a busy Richmond-area pipeline.
Proposed tech park near Moseley heads to Chesterfield Planning Commission
The county-initiated proposal would rezone a total of around 2,400 acres, teeing up a technology park on the bulk of the land as well as hundreds of homes and several public facilities on the so-called “Upper Magnolia Green” property.
Activation Capital launches new program for minority-led startups
“We have this diverse, multifaceted initiative to look across the entire pipeline and understand where the gaps and needs are,” said CEO Chandra Briggman.