Local surveyor George Nyfeler recently returned from a weekslong stint in Antarctica, where his company is on the second leg of a four-year job.
Return to ‘The Ice’: Local surveying firm resumes work near South Pole
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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Work underway on 81 townhomes at long-vacant John Rolfe Parkway site
Previously called John Rolfe Mews, the renamed Shire Walk development will fill out a tract that’s remained empty since Henrico realigned the parkway’s intersections with Pump and Church roads.
Hotel to rise beside Tom Leonard’s store in Short Pump
A 119-room TownePlace Suites by Marriott is set to rise on the site that was once floated for a Carvana “car vending machine” tower.
18th-century house for sale with $2.9M downtown land listing
Enlarged from a cottage that dates to the 1780s, the solitary Woodward House along Williamsburg Road is included in the listing that’s marketing the 2-acre property for development.
Building sale signals start of downtown YMCA redevelopment
Construction is getting started to convert the building’s top floors into three dozen apartments, replacing the nonprofit’s offices that have found a new home in Manchester.
‘Project Rocky’ developer scraps planned fulfillment center, Goochland County says
The codenamed fulfillment center was said to be similar to “Project Speedway,” the 2.6-million-square-foot facility developed for Amazon near Richmond Raceway.
The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 12.12.23
The state lottery gets a new marketing campaign for the holidays and Duke’s Mayo gets two helpings of campaign content. (BizSense Pro required)
VPM unveils Style Weekly revamp, plans quarterly magazine
The redesign comes two years after the public media nonprofit purchased the longtime alternative newsweekly, which is returning to print in a glossy, bound format.
$3M deals for two riverfront homes led area sales in November
A 3-acre property on Cherokee Road sold for $3.15 million, while a 6,100-square-foot house on a bluff near Byrd Park sold for $3 million.
356 homes planned off Genito Road in Moseley area
The 178-acre site is adjacent to the Tuckmar Farm subdivision and north of the so-called Upper Magnolia Green area in western Chesterfield.
