After 16 months of e-commerce largely with out-of-state customers, the owner said a local following created the need for a Richmond store.
Online retailer Shelley’s Gift Shop opens physical location near VCU
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.
Rebranded burger joint flips from Shockoe Bottom to the Fan
Former Bottom Burger owner Aisha Farooque has opened Barvina: Home of Bottom Burger at 1847 W. Broad St.
HCA Healthcare-owned nursing school opening campus in Chesterfield
Galen College of Nursing will take over a 35,000-square-foot space at 7300 Beaufont Springs Drive. It will feature patient simulation labs and classrooms.
Transit authority primed to earmark $108M for 43-mile Fall Line trail
The walking and biking trail from Petersburg to Ashland is projected to cost $234 million, and has about $73 million in local and state funding already in hand.
$30M Tuckahoe Pines retirement home opens in Goochland
Monthly rental rates at the 130-unit independent living community for ages 55 and up range from $3,500 for a studio to $5,500 for a three-bedroom unit.
Pre-seed funding round pours $1.7M into wine investment startup
Richmond-based Vint plans to use the capital to go on a hiring spree and double its employee headcount.
Performance Food Group plans $80M distribution center near Ashland
The Goochland-based foods distribution giant will trade Henrico for Hanover and move into its new 325,000-square-foot facility in 2023.
Women’s physicians group opens new $16M headquarters in Midlothian
The two-story, 41,000-square-foot building at 1212 Koger Center Blvd. houses Virginia Physicians for Women’s administrative office, surgical center and clinic.
Island Shrimp Co. taking former Conch Republic space in Rocketts Landing
The seafood eatery owned by Kevin Healy’s restaurant group Housepitality Family is expected to open at 11 Orleans St. in March.
Medical marijuana operators reflect on industry’s first 12 months in Virginia
The businesses still have plenty of room to grow their brick-and-mortar footprints as they look toward the future recreational marijuana market.
