Major League Baseball is requiring the updates ahead of this year’s season – two years before The Diamond’s planned to be replaced.
MLB-required upgrades to The Diamond could cost city $3.5M
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Proposed ‘tourism improvement district’ could be in place for regional hotels by July 1
The initiative would add a 2 percent lodging tax on nightly room rates, generating $8 million in projected annual funding to more than double the region’s tourism marketing budget, bringing it in line with competitor markets such as Charlotte, Baltimore and Austin, Texas.
Code-named industrial project planned for Goodwin-owned land along Villa Park Drive
Referred to in plans as “Project Nourish,” the 124,000-square-foot building would apparently serve a food-based user, according to documents filed with Henrico.
Downtime: Bill Barnett’s lay of the land
The executive with Commonwealth Commercial spends much of his free time hunting and fishing, both by land in Charles City and by sea in Mathews County.
Homebuilding numbers edge up in annual rankings
The biggest jump in the annual rankings came from Stanley Martin Homes, which came in fourth place behind the region’s perennial top three builders.
The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 2.15.23
Brandcenter alums had a hand in Sunday’s Super Bowl ads, a local agency develops branding for an apartment project in Scott’s Addition, and Norfolk’s event venue arm selects a local firm as lead creative agency.
ASM Global signs on to develop and operate GreenCity arena
The global venue management company, which oversees Richmond’s Altria Theater and Dominion Energy Center, is also investing in other parts of the massive mixed-use development that’s set to fill 200 acres along I-95.
15-agent group jumps from Joyner to local Sotheby’s affiliate
The group, now at The Steele Group | Sotheby’s International Realty, includes several longtime Joyner agents who have called the local brokerage home for roughly 20 years.
City takes back Public Safety Building property after development stalls
The downtown site has reverted back to city ownership, after the project had not progressed according to an agreement with the developer, whose principals are also behind GreenCity in Henrico and had proposed the failed Navy Hill project.
Conceptual layout filed for Goodwin-owned portion of GreenCity project
Filed by Bill Goodwin’s Riverstone Properties, the layout deviates slightly from a conceptual project site plan and specifies housing types planned for that part of GreenCity.