“After I left the restaurant business, I tried everything else,” said Josie Parlanti. “I went from an office job to a doctor’s office. But I’m a hands-on person and I missed the restaurant tremendously.”
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Shareholders speak out, call for new leadership as local REIT’s stock languishes
“There are a bunch of us that are totally fed up with it and somehow or another the board needs to be replaced and somebody needs to sit with these guys and say ‘what’s going on?’” said one shareholder of Medalist Diversified REIT.
N.C.-based Southern Bank makes first push into Richmond market
Amid tumult in the broader banking market, Richmond-area banks are getting a new competitor.
New Rocketts Landing section welcomes first residents; developer eyes 12- to 14-story tower next door
It’s hard to miss the newest section of Rocketts Landing – and the next section after that may be even more eye-catching.
Cocky Rooster restaurant setting up shop at local golf course for newest outpost
In the wake of successfully shoring up its workforce with a new approach to employee schedules, a local chicken-focused restaurant chain is in expansion mode – and its next stop is a Midlothian golf course.
Longtime Innsbrook bank branch to close
The branch was built in the 1990s as an outpost of Dominion Bank of Richmond and has since been home to First Union Bank, Wachovia and Wells Fargo.
Part of old Goochland golf course back up for sale as proposed Covid memorial is put on hold
Approximately 150 acres that were once part of Royal Virginian Golf Course were listed for sale last week for $1.8 million. The seller paid $750,000 less than a year ago.
As stock price lags, Richmond REIT weighs potential sale, other ‘strategic alternatives’
The downtown firm disclosed that it will “explore potential strategic alternatives focusing on maximizing stockholder value.” It said those alternatives could include a sale of all or part of the company’s assets, a joint venture, restructuring, or other transactions.
Dickie’s Seafood owner blames contractors for Northside fire in $10M lawsuit
An argument over who’s to blame for a fire that gutted a Northside seafood production facility has sparked a formal legal battle.
Year after merging, Richmond tech firm and engineering giant Jacobs combine offices in Scott’s Addition
The two sides became aligned in February 2022 when Jacobs acquired StreetLight Data from founder and Richmond native Laura Schewel.