“It is a wine shop, first and foremost. But I was like, “If I have to sell food. I might as well sell all the things that I want.’ Interesting, imported, hard-to-find things…fun things that you might not be able to find everywhere,” owner Annie Barrow said.
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Giavos restaurant family has new mystery concept in the works for old Lafayette Pharmacy
While details are still being finalized, it’ll be the family’s first new restaurant brand since they opened Little Nickel on the Southside in 2018.
Local contractor Emerald Construction sold to employee trio
“To be able to hand it off to them is a lot easier than if another company came in and bought it,” said longtime owner Gib DeShazo. “I’ve seen them grow over the years and for a lot of our clients, they are the face of Emerald.”
Wong’s Tacos adding another location, this time in Hanover
EAT Restaurant Partners will build a new ground-up restaurant on Rutlandshire Drive. The chain already has locations in Short Pump and Midlothian, and has another set to open in North Carolina.
Diradour looks to turn Fan parking lot into new mixed-use project
Charlie Diradour’s Lion’s Paw Development is planning a three-story building with 14 apartments above ground-floor commercial space on a parking lot next to the Robinson Street Starbucks.
Project Snapshot: Novel Scott’s Addition project reaches the finish line
Some of the building’s 275 apartments will offer a view of the city’s new baseball stadium, as well as eclectic amenities such as a podcast recording studio and a speakeasy that’s hidden behind a moveable bookshelf.
Foreclosed West End office building sells at auction to local investor Marwaha
The Capital City Physicians Building is at least the third distressed local office property Gagan Marwaha has snatched up in recent years.
Bulk of White Oak Village in eastern Henrico sells for $63M
Included in the deal was 398,000 square feet of retail space that’s occupied by tenants like Publix, Burlington and JCPenney. Not included were tenant-owned anchor buildings housing Target, Lowe’s and a T-Mobile call center, as well as outparcels on Laburnum.
Sizable income-based Southside apartment project gets council go-ahead
The 266-unit project from Tennessee-based developer Elmington has the special-use permit it needs to proceed on a 7-acre site on McDonough Street.
Homebuilder’s long-planned Hopewell brewery is ‘full-speed ahead’
“We’re building a destination, and that’s why we’ve really taken our time,” said Good Ship Brewing’s Donnie Barber. “We’re not really in competition with anybody with this. In Hopewell there’s nothing else around here like this.”