Two Richmond escape room owners have a new Manchester venture up their sleeve – and they’ll do it with a little help from Edgar Allan Poe.
A Descent into the Escape Room: Local operators partner up for warehouse venture
Mike Platania
Mike Platania joined BizSense in December 2016. He covers commercial real estate, restaurants and breweries. He graduated from Virginia Tech. Reach him at [email protected] or (804) 554-6872.
Updated: Henrico health tech startup faces sex discrimination suit
A former employee claims she was the victim of a “sexually hostile work environment” fueled largely by the alleged advances of its recently deceased co-founder.
Record label spins into former Ledbury storefront
High fidelity is replacing high fashion in a West End retail strip as a record company plans retail and administrative space.
Newsbites: Noteworthy tidbits for 10.25.17
Architects and contractors take home several different awards, VCU snags a pair of donations, and more in retail, restaurants and nonprofits.
C-ville fitness studio puts feet down in Richmond
Co-owners Sara Currier and Claire Mitchell said they’d taken a historic Hooville building and gave it new life, and wanted to do the same here.
Grocer ponders next step after acquiring Chester shopping center
The parent company of Martin’s grocery stores is weighing its options for a vacant big box space and unfinished pad site that it bought for $14 million.
Ardent doubles brewing capacity with push northward
The Scott’s Addition beer maker is ordering another round of tanks as it extends its distribution footprint within the state.
Local brewer introduces region’s first ‘urban winery’
A Carytown beer maker has rebranded as it prepares to pour a different kind of fermented drink.
Mobile, solar-powered garden wins $10,000 in pitch contest
One of Richmond’s most famous gardens added some extra green this week.
Nonprofits team up to launch ‘recovery high school’
St. Joseph’s Villa and the McShin Foundation are combining their expertise to help local students affected by what’s been labeled a national epidemic.