A retired public accountant has listed his home off River Road in eastern Goochland County for $2.45 million. The 7,600-square-foot house at 300 Wickham Glen Drive is the home of William T. Bishop Jr. and Inga W. Bishop, who listed the property March 10 through Sue Farrell of Joyner Fine Properties. Its asking price puts… Read more »
Jonathan Spiers
Rankings show ebb and flow of local builders
Richmond’s top-producing homebuilders kept hammering away in 2015. The top eight local firms in Richmond BizSense’s annual list of the highest-producing homebuilders retained their same spots from the previous year, while the No. 9 firm – Chesterfield County-based Finer Homes – moved up one spot from its 2014 ranking. Maintaining the top spot on the… Read more »
French pharma giant vacates deal with Shockoe Slip firm
Given back the rights to its recalled product, a local pharmaceutical company is assessing its options for bringing its epinephrine auto-injector back to market. Shockoe Slip-headquartered Kaléo has regained U.S. and Canadian rights for its Auvi-Q injector after its license and development agreement with Sanofi, a drug maker based in France, was terminated in February…. Read more »
Creative Q&A: Martin Agency’s John Adams
The Martin Agency chairman retired this week after 41 years with the locally based firm, but not before sitting down with BizSense the day before for our latest installment in our Creative Q&A series.
Real estate broker moves into Church Hill
A local real estate broker is breaking out on her own with a new storefront in her busiest neighborhood. Catina Wright has set up Icon Realty Group in a space at 417 N. 22nd St. in Church Hill, across Jefferson Avenue from Jefferson Park and Alamo BBQ. The move comes one month after Wright, a… Read more »
Top two floors of WestRock tower hit market
As its primary tenant consolidates space, some prime riverfront office space has become available in one of downtown Richmond’s newer office towers.
Production studio headed for Northside debut
After years of sharing locations around town, a local production studio is settling down in a Northside warehouse. Spang TV is getting ready to move into its new studio space at 613 Wickham St., off Chamberlayne Avenue just south of its intersection with North Lombardy Street. Renovations are wrapping up on the former warehouse and… Read more »
Sowers sees momentum swing in $1B development
After waiting out the recession for his latest project, the youngest brother in a family of active developers is moving forward with one of his largest: the 1,200-acre Harpers Mill community.
Job cuts disclosed at Owens & Minor
A local Fortune 500 is shedding nearly 200 workers through a mix of voluntary employee departures and layoffs. Mechanicsville-based Owens & Minor disclosed this week that about 100 employees took part in the company’s voluntary separation program, which was announced at the beginning of this year. In addition, according to an SEC filing, the medical… Read more »
Real estate firm puts down roots
After selling dozens of houses in its three years in operation, a local real estate brokerage has bought a home of its own.