The expansion marks The King Agency’s first move outside Virginia after establishing an outpost in Virginia Beach five years ago.
VP’s move prompts local ad firm to open Atlanta outpost
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National residential brokerage splashes into Richmond, picks up 50-plus local agents
The Real Brokerage, a 10-year-old publicly traded firm, has upped its local presence with the addition of Mission Realty and several other teams previously tied to EXP Realty.
City unveils master plan for Shockoe slavery commemorative site
Designed by a team led by architecture firm Baskervill, the plan shows the locations and conceptual images of the campus’s planned components, including a long-planned national slavery museum.
The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 2.27.24
A Richmond agency expands to Atlanta and releases new work, and a national REIT enlists a local firm for a digital ad campaign. (BizSense Pro required)
Trio of $3M home listings pop up in West End, Mooreland area
The sellers include the CEO of a publicly traded company, a former insurance brokerage president and a trust for Richmond’s late “father of the riverfront.”
4-year-old lawsuit from ex-Martin Agency exec fizzles out; new attorney says he will refile
The original complaint from Joe Alexander alleged he was the victim of a conspiracy to tarnish his reputation after he parted ways with Martin in late 2017 amid sexual harassment claims made against him by agency employees.
Nonprofit planning dozens of low-income apartments near Six Points
Virginia Supportive Housing is planning the four-story building on undeveloped land across from the Northside Campus of Richmond Behavioral Health Authority, which is donating the site.
Former schoolmates pick up second local landscaping firm in three years
The group of longtime friends and Collegiate grads recently purchased Robbins Landscaping, a 35-year-old firm, after buying 20-year-old peer Terra Forma Landscaping in 2021.
Richmond’s creative community critiques Super Bowl ads their peers had a hand in
Roughly a third of this year’s Super Bowl ads involved one or more alums of the VCU Brandcenter, whose work were among the commercials critiqued in this year’s local Ad Bowl panel.
‘I know you feel like we’ve wronged you’: City responds to restaurants with tax policy changes
“It’s really hard to hear your stories and know that there were solutions that we’re voting on now that we could’ve done earlier,” Councilmember Katherine Jordan told restaurant owners before Monday’s approval.