Fewer bidders than hoped for prompted the sellers to pull the plug. The 180-year-old downtown mansion remains on the market for $2.3 million.
Ellen Glasgow House auction canceled
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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Acquisitions deepen engineering firm’s foothold in Hampton Roads
Henrico-based Koontz Bryant Johnson Williams purchased Virginia Beach-based Blakeway Corp. recently. In June, it bought Chesapeake-based Horton & Dodd.
Better Housing Coalition merging with regional nonprofit peer
They will create a regional housing giant with $135 million in total net assets and an initial footprint stretching from Richmond to Charlottesville and Hampton Roads.
Gammino files plans for apartment building in Jackson Ward
The local developer wants to replace a parking lot adjacent to his office at 208-212 E. Leigh St. with 63 apartments in a five-story structure.
Levco buys 716-unit Chesterfield apartment complex for $106M
The purchase price for the Crystal Lakes Apartments equates to just over $148,000 per door. It last sold for $37.5 million in 2017.
$13M land deal sets stage for $80M Innsbrook apartment project
The Dominion Realty Partners development is the latest in a string of apartment complexes slated for the transitioning office park in western Henrico.
The Pitch: Advertising and marketing news for 12.14.21
A downtown firm repeats as Adweek’s U.S. Agency of the Year, two national insurance companies get marketing help from Richmond, and a local agency does work for a COVID-19 testing firm.
Developer wants to rezone 530 acres in Varina for $2B industrial project
The company behind a Henrico industrial development that earlier this year landed Amazon as a tenant is eyeing hundreds more acres in the county. A group that includes Hillwood Development, the Texas-based firm led by Ross Perot Jr., is looking to rezone 530 acres in Varina for industrial and distribution uses. The acreage, which straddles… Read more »
Downtime: Caitlin Sherman sings her way into a job
After a year of no luck landing job interviews, the VCU grad got a gig she wasn’t expecting with some help from her singer-songwriter side.
Financial adviser’s $3.1M deal tops November home sales
The West End purchase was the second house in metro Richmond to surpass the $3 million mark this year.