A year after selling its first project there in an eight-figure flip, an apartment developer already familiar with West Creek Business Park is back for another go.
335-unit apartment project near golf course site would fill West Creek allotment
Jonathan Spiers
Jonathan joined BizSense in early 2015 after a decade of reporting in Wilmington, N.C., and at the Henrico County Leader. The Virginia Tech grad covers government, real estate, advertising/marketing and other news. Reach him at [email protected] or (804) 308-2447.
The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 9.29.20
An industry nonprofit taps a team of Brandcenter students to help promote its annual diversity conference, a downtown animation studio names a new creative director, and a state elections agency and a William & Mary-spawned poll worker recruitment group get new websites.
Pulse rezonings head for council vote despite opposition over heights
“City Hall is 19 stories tall. Can you imagine that next to the Fan? It just doesn’t make any sense,” said a West Grace Street resident.
Retired Dominion exec’s Windsor Farms home hitting market for $4.4M
The 10,000-square-foot mansion is up for grabs publicly for the first time in six decades. The last owner was a Massey.
Local engineering firm extends reach into Hampton Roads, West Virginia
Based in Henrico, Koontz Bryant Johnson Williams already had offices in Ohio, Kentucky and Wisconsin in addition to a branch in Chester and its headquarters at 1703 N. Parham Road.
City’s master land use plan update entering homestretch
A so-called “pre-final” version of the Richmond 300 plan that was released in draft form earlier this year is to be presented to the Planning Commission at its regular meeting today.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 9.21.20
A second phase of apartments in the Boulders is up for a vote in Chesterfield, a multiuse development in Hanover is deferred again, Petersburg breaks ground on a park-and-ride facility and Richmond projects a larger fiscal-year surplus.
11,000-square-foot Ellen Glasgow House hits market after 34 years for $3.5M
The nearly 180-year-old mansion at 1 W. Main St., named for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, is being marketed as a residential listing as well as a commercial opportunity, as the property’s zoning allows both by right.
Lender sues house-flipper Romano for fraud, embezzlement
Two years into his ongoing personal bankruptcy, local house rehabber Josh Romano is facing a lawsuit from a former lender seeking $750,000 in damages.
Ownership switch in store for Midlothian-based digital marketing firm
The president and CEO of WebStrategies is set to take on majority ownership of the company through an agreement with its founder.