Movement on the project comes shortly after Greyhound cut a deal with the city to move buses to Main Street Station downtown.
Developer files for demolition, building permits for Greyhound station on Arthur Ashe Blvd.
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New Chimbo Sandwich Shoppe takes over former 8 1/2 spot in Church Hill
The owner of Church Hill spots Liberty Public House and Riverbend Roastery is one of the owners of the Chimbo concept, which aims to serve “really interesting, big sandwiches,” like those at the former Black Sheep in Carver.
Detroit-style pizza chain Emmy Squared slides into former Short Pump Burger Bach space
The growing pizzeria chain has over 30 locations open or in the works throughout the country, including one in Charlottesville.
Trader Joe’s-anchored Short Pump shopping center sells for $55M
The strip center changed hands as 2024 came to a close, adding to a flurry of over $320 million in year-end commercial real estate deals.
New Thai spot taking over former Tio Pablo space in Shockoe Bottom
Yak Yai Thai will be the first restaurant venture for husband and wife Ken and Marinda Sourinphoumy, and Ken’s sister, Charintip Wiphatwibulkit.
Industrial real estate sector stays hot with $67M deal near RIC
The deal adds to more than $300 million worth of industrial sales in eastern Henrico in the last few months.
NoVa firm snags Southside apartment complex for $47M in year-end deal
Transaction volume in the region’s multifamily real estate market seems to be continuing to pick up momentum as a Southside apartment complex fetched eight figures just before the calendar turned over.
Richmond water crisis has local booze industry on the rocks
When water is the main ingredient of your business’s main product, a boil advisory is “pretty much a worst case scenario.”
Qdoba leaving longtime VCU-area Broad St. spot for nearby storefront on Grace
The chain’s new Grace Street space will be on the ground floor of an under-construction mixed-use building that’s being developed by the Abouzaki family.
Thalhimer ends the year with $75M Westwood area industrial deal
The fully leased 14-building property spans 55 acres northwest of the Topgolf off Westwood Avenue and totals around 642,000 square feet in buildings that were developed throughout the 1980s and 90s.