As it continues its initial wave of stores around the region, grocery chain Publix has grabbed a spot in the suburbs for another new location.
Publix drops $2M in Chesterfield land deal
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Gym rolls into Church Hill
A local cycling studio has completed its uphill trek. Boho Cycle Studio has opened its second location at 2401 E Marshall St. in Church Hill’s Patrick Henry Square, a $4 million development by Josh Bilder and his company Sterling Bilder. The gym is the mixed-use development’s first commercial tenant and held its grand opening over… Read more »
New tenant heats up GreenGate
Another locally owned business has sprouted in a new Short Pump development. Sauna studio Purify has opened its second location at 301 Maltby Boulevard, Suite C in GreenGate, a 75-acre mixed-use project taking shape on West Broad Street. The 1,700-square-foot studio features five private sauna rooms that are heated up to 140 degrees via infrared… Read more »
Vacant Northside property brings beer to the table
The neighborhood’s first brewery plans to install a four-barrel system and taproom in a former auto shop near Battery Park.
A Descent into the Escape Room: Local operators partner up for warehouse venture
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.
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.
