Michael Thompson

Lidl places a bet on Broad Street

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In a bid to set up shop between two of its rival’s new Richmond locations, a European grocery chain is eyeing the site of a vacant horse betting parlor for its newest store. Lidl, through its Lidl US Operations LLC, filed preliminary plans April 28 with the Henrico County Planning Department for a 36,000-square-foot grocery… Read more »

Richmonders holding the picket line

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More than a month after going on strike, Verizon workers across the country and around Richmond have yet to resolve a contract dispute with their employer. The Communication Workers of America Local 2201 has formed picket lines along West Broad Street in Short Pump and the West End, Mechanicsville Turnpike, East Grace Street downtown, and… Read more »

High five idea scores $10,000 for local startup

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The big foam finger is getting a second life in Richmond. High Five RVA, an online service that delivers 19-inch bright orange high-five-ready foam hands through the mail, won $10,000 last month for being named a regional winner in Comcast Business’ Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs Contest. Now the company, helmed by Amy McCracken, is one of… Read more »

From a Phoenix, a Ruby rises in Carytown

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An established Carytown merchant is rebranding and moving one of her stores to a recently vacated space a few doors down. Kay McCarthy plans to open Ruby, a new incarnation of her Phoenix 2.0 store, in June at 3030 W. Cary St. Ruby’s 2,600-square-foot space at the corner of North Belmont and West Cary streets… Read more »

Short Pump, Stony Point retailers headed for River Road

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Two longtime tenants at Stony Point Fashion Park and Short Pump Town Center are shifting over to the River Road retail scene. Orvis, which sells outdoor, fishing and hunting gear, as well as men’s and women’s apparel from its two-story location at the Short Pump mall, is opening a store in the River Road Shopping… Read more »

James Center looks ahead

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In a market flush with available downtown office space, and after sidestepping the foreclosure auction block, the James Center is banking on new owners and a team of brokers to give it a new lease on life. Colliers International announced in March that it had been picked to handle leasing at the 986,000-square-foot, three-building complex… Read more »

‘Sunsets at the Hof’ debuts

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A new event series at Scott’s Addition’s newest events space kicked off this week near the intersection of West Broad Street and North Boulevard. The recently redeveloped Hofheimer Building at 2816 W. Broad St. on Thursday hosted the first evening of its “Sunsets at the Hof,” a series of happy hours intended to let the… Read more »

Foreclosed Henrico strip mall returns to lender

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It took a drizzly 13 minutes at the Henrico County courthouse for a West Broad Street shopping center to fall into the hands of its lender. The Lexington Commons Shopping Center at 10156-10192 W. Broad St. was foreclosed on at an auction on Thursday and went under the control of LNR, a special servicer acting… Read more »