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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 11.26.24
Jonathan Spiers
Jonathan joined BizSense in 2015 after a decade of reporting in Wilmington, N.C., and at the Henrico County Leader. The Virginia Tech grad covers government, real estate and other news.
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Inside Baseball: The behind-the-scenes battle that got Richmond’s new ballpark across home plate (Part 2)
In Part 2 of our series on the Diamond District saga, with two of the three developers stepping away from the project, emails and court filings reveal how the remaining parties stepped up to the plate to get the ballpark under construction.
Inside Baseball: The behind-the-scenes battle that got Richmond’s new ballpark across home plate (Part 1)
With a $40M lawsuit hanging over the Diamond District, BizSense analyzed emails and court filings to learn how it came to be that two of the three firms that once led it stepped away from the $2.4B development. This is Part 1 of a two-part series.
Loop Capital wants out of $40M Diamond District lawsuit; Thalhimer says Republic has ‘quitter’s remorse’
The recent filings come a month after Chicago-based Loop revealed that it bowed out of the Diamond District project six months ago, just before D.C.-based Republic Properties filed its suit.
Henrico to buy 18 acres from Richmond Raceway for new fire training facility
County supervisors authorized the purchase for a replacement of the nearby Fire Station 1 and a new fire training facility near the intersection of Azalea Avenue and Richmond Henrico Turnpike.
City threatens litigation, requests mediation in VCU Health tax payments spat
“The City is prepared to pursue all available options, including litigation, to collect the Guaranteed Obligation payments,” Richmond leaders said in a letter to VCU Health’s CEO on Monday.
Eight-home infill to replace condemned apartments in Church Hill North
Developer Walid Daniel and builder Bill Pangburn are finishing up the first two of the townhomes that are filling a vacant spot along North 33rd Street, and replacing an area eyesore in the process.
Daniel Call House in Monroe Ward slated for demolition
The century-old house, originally built blocks away in the late 1700s, was purchased by a local developer two years ago and has been deemed by the city as unsafe.
City Council approves $5M casino site purchase, keeps tax rate unchanged
Council OK’d spending $5.5 million to purchase the 96-acre site off Walmsley Boulevard, and split on votes on a proposed real estate tax cut and a $2M building purchase for a new pet adoption center.
Data center developer picks up 66 acres in White Oak for $8M
The site is about half the size of the publicly traded company’s 142-acre campus in Northern Virginia, where five data centers are operational and four more are planned.