Despite its name, Ford’s Garage isn’t an auto shop and isn’t owned by Ford Motor Co., but rather a restaurant designed to emulate a 1920s-era service station.
Restaurant chain with a Ford Motor Co. theme to open in Short Pump
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N.Y.-based Aurelie Capital back for more in Richmond, this time near Willow Lawn
The developer behind the transformation of the former Laurel Park Shopping Center at Hungary and Woodman roads is now turning its attention to a 1-acre site next to Willow Lawn.
Roanoke furniture retailer Txtur debuts showroom-restaurant concept in Manchester
“If you think about it, people hate buying cars, and they really hate buying furniture. We encourage people to go sit in the showroom and have drinks. We want it to be a fun, inviting experience.”
Sandwich shop Polpetti Italian taking over Capitol Waffle space on Harrison
Capitol Waffle closed its Harrison Street location in late April after five years. Polpetti has been on Meadow Street since 2021.
Trapezium Brewing scraps plans for Church Hill taproom
Owner Dave McCormack now plans to convert the former Masonic lodge on North 25th Street into office space, while he also just bought an office building near Willow Lawn that he plans to modernize.
Golden Corral spinoff Homeward Kitchen opening first Richmond-area outpost
It would be the new chain’s first location in Virginia, and second overall. Its initial location opened last winter in Golden Corral’s home state of North Carolina.
Dodson converting former Circuit arcade-bar into sports bar-card shop combo
Duke Dodson is preparing to open Parlay Bar & Lounge at 3117 W. Leigh St., where he’ll also relocate his Graybo’s Sports Cards retail shop from Grace Street.
Two separate proposals to bring a combined 500 apartments to South Richmond
Dallas-based Trammell Crow Residential and Tennessee-based Elmington is planning roughly the same number of units at two sites near Semmes and Cowardin avenues.
Owens & Minor sells local HQ to VDOT, will move elsewhere in the region
The Fortune 500 healthcare supply company said it will move into a new headquarters somewhere in the Richmond area by the end of the year, but it won’t say where.
Gayton Crossing sells for $22M, millions less than its last sale five years ago
The shopping center last sold in 2019 for $29 million. The latest sale did not include the anchor Kroger building or Wells Fargo outparcel.