Inspired by their fashionable and entrepreneurial grandmother, two local sisters are taking a pandemic-prompted pivot to the next level.
Online women’s clothier tries on brick-and-mortar store in Short Pump
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.
Appomattox River Trail taking shape with next fundraising leg close to goal
A nonprofit expects to spend $1.8 million on planning and engineering for a 2-mile section. The cost including construction will be about $10 million.
For-profit ECPI University graduates to bigger location in Short Pump
The new campus is twice as big, allowing the Richmond-area outpost to have a culinary arts program and a bachelor’s degree in nursing.
Growing Chesterfield tech company downloads more office space
Paymerang, which makes software for payment processing, completed an expansion into the fourth level of 7401 Beaufont Springs Drive in the Boulders office park.
Tire store for truckers rolling into Petersburg, Hampton Roads
Git The Trucking Commercial Tires opened this month at 534 E. Washington St. and another location in Portsmouth will follow in the fourth quarter.
Health and fitness coworking concept finds happy space near Scott’s Addition
The Happy Body Space at 4110 Fitzhugh Ave. rents space by the hour to counselors, massage therapists, personal trainers and other health professionals.
Investor snags mixed-use building for $4M amid Petersburg buying streak
Gagan Marwaha added Cameron Lofts at 325 Brown St. to his portfolio. It features 33 one- and two-bedroom apartments as well as about 26,000 square feet of office space.
Henrico Schools leases space at Regency for adult education center
It will occupy 48,500 square feet in a portion of the lower floor of the mall near the former JCPenney that required some tenants to relocate.
Cracker Barrel-owned biscuit chain location rising in Midlothian
Maple Street Biscuit Co., which is opening its first Virginia restaurant in Short Pump in February, will open one in the Huguenot Village Shopping Center in the spring.
RVA Physical Therapy buys Midlothian building with Burger Bach as tenant
The practice, which already has an office in Henrico, owns its own locations so it can build in-house pools for aquatic therapy. The burger joint will stay.
