“I want to bring back that retro vibe of going to a pizza parlor with friends and family,” Rob Zorch said of Zorch Pizza Parlor, which will take over the former Don’t Look Back taqueria building on Forest Hill Avenue.
“With Sullivan’s, let’s be honest, it became more of a party bar. We want (Brickwood Barbecue) to be more family friendly,” said co-owner Hayden Fisher.
The commercial real estate giant entered the local market a few years ago but had yet to set up a formal office in the Richmond area.
Apogem Capital is leaving Riverfront Plaza in favor of the 10,000-square-foot space that was left vacant by now-defunct ad agency Yebo.
Fulton Hill paid $1.8 million for the site in 2022. It’s the second recent listing in the Westwood area that includes approved plans and entitlements.
Behind the 78-unit project is a Bristol, Virginia-based firm that exclusively builds housing developments for lower income residents.
For the second time in as many years, Gagan Marwaha saw a totally empty office building as an opportunity. “We don’t go buy stabilized assets,” he said.
The utility giant recently began work to restore and reopen the sidewalks and traffic lanes around the vacant city block it owns at 701 E. Cary St., while future plans for the site are still unknown.
“A lot of people have asked when we’d expand to a different county because all the Chidos are in Henrico or Richmond,” its owner said. “I’m very excited to be here in Chesterfield.”
The move to Two James Center will give the Boston-based firm and its 60 local employees more space as it also looks for more cohesion between its Richmond and Hampton Roads operations.
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