The proposal from a group of Richmond corporate heavyweights to redevelop the Coliseum and surrounding area north of Broad Street has the support of Mayor Levar Stoney – and a local bank on the hook as a major sponsor.
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Architecture firm buys into Richmond with local acquisition
After collaborating on several projects for VCU, an established local architecture firm behind a number of high-profile buildings in Richmond has opted to join forces with a D.C.-based peer.
Construction starts on Church Hill North development
With a local contractor signed on to take the project vertical, a years-in-the-making redevelopment of a former East End high school site marked the start of construction with a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday.
250-home age-restricted development floated in Chesterfield
An out-of-town builder looking for a piece of the local 55-and-up residential market is taking some time to finetune its proposal.
The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 10.30.18
The state’s wine promotional arm taps a local shop as its lead agency, a Southside sports car dealer launches a billboard ad campaign, and more area marketing news.
Photographer with Richmond roots focuses lens in Jackson Ward
After two decades in D.C., a commercial photographer and native Richmonder has returned to his hometown with his lens aimed squarely at the city’s advertising and marketing scene. Cade Martin, a VCU alum who has spent the past 25 years shooting images for the likes of National Geographic and Discovery Channel, moved back to town… Read more »
Locally produced Blackbird documentary takes flight nationally
A homegrown documentary starring the model SR-71 Blackbird at the Science Museum of Virginia is spreading its wings with national exposure.
As budget surpluses roll in, local governments mull uses
Investments in sports tourism and increases in local sales tax receipts are among the areas that local governments say paid off last fiscal year in the form of budget surpluses. With no budget deficits to speak of among the region’s most populous localities at the close of FY2018, which ended June 30, area governments are… Read more »
Downtime: Thru-hike debrief with Bruce Matson
Six months after embarking on his lifelong dream of a solo “thru-hike” of the Appalachian Trail, veteran local attorney Bruce Matson has returned to Richmond unscathed, fulfilled and several dozen pounds lighter. Having successfully completed the nearly 2,200-mile trek from Georgia to Maine, with stops along the way to rest and resupply, the 60-year-old chief… Read more »
With permit in legal limbo, Henrico landfill allowed to stay open pending appeal
Henrico Circuit Court Chief Judge James Yoffy has upheld the county’s revocation of a conditional-use permit that would have allowed The East End Landfill to expand to an adjoining contracting yard.