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The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 3.11.25
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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$120M overhaul planned for Hermitage Richmond campus in Northside
“Quite candidly, we’re at the end of the useful life of that building,” said CEO Chris Henderson of Pinnacle Living, which is planning an overhaul of the retirement community in Northside.
Late A&N owner’s former residence tops February home sales
The 1960s-era modern-design house was built by Anne and Mark Sternheimer. The unnamed buyers plan to renovate and document the process on Instagram.
City completes $11M initial land sale for mixed-use section of Diamond District
The sale of an initial 18 acres was the next needed step for the mixed-use portion of the 67-acre development that includes the under-construction CarMax Park stadium.
Henrico holds GreenCity developer in default for lack of progress, missed land payment
The default notices followed a nonperformance notice that the county sent the developers in December, as well as a missed payment of over $5 million that was due last Friday to secure the site of the project’s planned anchor arena.
Developers filing plans for hotel-anchored second phase of Jackson Place project
A hotel-anchored development that’s been years in the making for a vacant corner of Jackson Ward appears to be a go.
Apartments scrapped, more townhomes proposed for church site at Hull Street and Genito
An amended plan for the proposed Genito Crossing redevelopment calls for the former cinema-turned-church property to be filled with 111 for-sale townhomes, less than half the proposed density of the original plan.
Timmons Group expanding with new offices in Roanoke, Charleston
The offices are the first in Southwest Virginia and second in South Carolina for the engineering firm, which also is in the process of relocating its Chesterfield headquarters.
Richmond moves business tax filings online, extends deadline through March
The portal is the latest in an ongoing effort to move certain city services online. The typical March 1 deadline for renewing licenses and paying BPOL taxes has been extended to March 31.
Henrico budget plan includes tax rate reductions, $50M for water upgrades
“If the water crisis showed us anything, it’s that we need to increase our water resiliency in the east. That’s what this money is doing,” County Manager John Vithoulkas said of the plan, which includes a 6% raise for all Henrico employees.
