Two of Richmond’s densest neighborhoods are getting more multifamily housing in one of the only spaces left: on top of existing buildings. A couple of highly visible projects are turning heads skyward with the addition of a third story to the former Chadwick Antiques building at Libbie and Grove, and a dozen apartments above the… Read more »
A foreclosed Manchester apartment complex with ties to two of Richmond’s most notorious developers is set to change hands for the second time in six months. The 95-unit Parachute Factory apartment complex at 300 Decatur St. in Manchester was sold in a live bid event through online real estate site Ten-X, formerly known as Auction.com…. Read more »
After seeing its sales volumes plummet along with the recession, a local homebuilder-developer is picking up its former pace with new construction and additions to its lot inventory in several neighborhoods. Chesterfield-based Emerald Homes is starting work on new sections in three of its own developments – Walnut Creek in Powhatan County and The Oaks… Read more »
When Quincy Cherry arrived in Richmond last year, the New York native wasn’t sure if he was done with his 20-year career in advertising and marketing. Burned out on New York, where he led 16 different creative teams in three different cities as senior VP and chief creative officer for Brooklyn-based Uniworld Group, Cherry explored… Read more »
The availability, or lack thereof, of business-ready shell buildings in the metro Richmond area was the focus of the first in a new series of panel discussions to highlight economic development issues facing the region.
The former site of Cloverleaf Mall is getting its first residential tenants. Virginia Beach-based Boyd Homes cut the ribbon last month on Element at Stonebridge, a 400-unit apartment project that completes the first residential piece of the larger Stonebridge mixed-use development where the former Southside mall once stood. The apartments are grouped in three buildings… Read more »
Two members of one of Richmond’s most prominent and wealthiest families have listed their secondary home for $3.1 million. John D. and Margaret N. Gottwald are selling their 5,400-square-foot home at 7701 Riverside Drive, which they have used as a city retreat. The couple, who reside in Goochland County, listed the home April 28 through… Read more »
The president of a New York real estate firm that recently entered the local market has finalized his move to Richmond with the top area home purchase for April. A 6,300-square-foot home at 2712 Monument Ave. sold April 19 for $1.56 million, just below its list price of $1.65 million but above all other sales… Read more »
After a career in IT that sent him to Europe two decades ago, a Richmond native has returned to the States, and his hometown, with a new profession: light sculpture. Sanford Kogan, an alumnus of J.R. Tucker High School, was more than a decade into a career with Hewlett-Packard when the company transferred him from… Read more »
A different kind of buzz will be had at Hardywood this week. The fifth annual RVA Awesome Adult Spelling Bee to benefit the Podium Foundation will be held Wednesday evening at Hardywood Park Craft Brewery. More than a dozen teams representing various Richmond businesses and groups will compete for bragging rights and a 38-inch, golden-bee-topped… Read more »
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