The first addition to the Science Museum of Virginia’s campus in three decades is beginning to go vertical. A construction crane loomed over the former Broad Street Station train depot last week as crews continued work on the steel frame of the future Dewey Gottwald Center, a community event and exhibition facility. The 21,000-square-foot structure,… Read more »
One of the most talked-about projects proposed in Scott’s Addition has been revised with a new look and fewer stories. Plans for two 10-story towers proposed for a 2.5-acre site at 1400 Roseneath Road have been revised and reduced in height by developers Louis Salomonsky and David White of Historic Housing LLC. The latest proposal,… Read more »
A Henrico-based builder is being sued by two homebuyers alleging his company failed to build their Wyndham-area home on time, and that the company has abandoned construction on other homes in the same neighborhood. Romm Custom Homes is one of two defendants named in a lawsuit filed last month in Henrico Circuit Court by Mandar… Read more »
A new commercial construction crew in town is looking to bridge social divides while helping to prepare the next generation of builders. Tekton Builders is finishing up its first full year in business while preparing to launch a related nonprofit: a workforce training program called Builder Academy of Richmond. The company – its name a… Read more »
Another building has vanished from the VCU stretch of West Grace Street. Just weeks after the shuttered Sahara restaurant was razed, the 7-Eleven store at 1003 W. Grace St., near the intersection of Grace and Harrison streets, has likewise been demolished. But unlike the Sahara site, which VCU plans to keep as open space, the… Read more »
Whether he’s skiing in Canada or camping in Montana or hiking the Rocky Mountains, local business owner George Nyfeler makes time away from work the best way he knows how: by taking work with him. The avid outdoor adventurer and president of downtown-based surveying firm Nyfeler Associates said he’s found the most success from project… Read more »
A longtime Richmond production studio has set up shop near Rocketts Landing after decades in the Southside. BES Studios has moved into its new space in a building it purchased at 5711 Old Osborne Turnpike, just across city limits in eastern Henrico County. Owner Christi Garrett purchased the 13,600-square-foot building and nearly 8-acre property last… Read more »
The former CEO of a local Fortune 500 is selling his Cary Street Road home for just under $6 million. Michael Fraizer, former chief executive of Genworth Financial, put his 8,200-square-foot Tudor-style home at 5115 Cary Street Road on the market June 3 for $5.97 million. The 3.4-acre property in Richmond’s West End was listed… Read more »
Goochland County’s Kinloch community continues to rack up some of the Richmond area’s highest-priced home sales. The lakeside community sandwiched between the Kinloch Golf Club and Hermitage Country Club saw two of the top five home sales in May, according to data from the Central Virginia Regional Multiple Listing Service. The top seller was 835… Read more »
Where other industry observers see Richmond’s ad scene as a hub of creativity, Don Just sees potential yet to be fully realized. The Brandcenter professor and former CEO of The Martin Agency provided a different perspective of Richmond’s creative community when BizSense talked with him last month, just weeks after his induction into the… Read more »
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