Fresh off opening The Park RVA entertainment venue, Michael & Son President Basim Mansour is now looking to Old Town Manchester for his next project.
Michael & Son’s Mansour planning five-story apartment building in Manchester
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Mike Platania joined BizSense in December 2016. He covers commercial real estate, restaurants and breweries. He graduated from Virginia Tech. Reach him at mike@richmondbizsense.com or (804) 554-6872.
Goatocado owner plants new venture in Varina
Earlier this summer Ian Newell debuted Celeste Farms, a 4-acre farm at 7001 Osborne Turnpike in Varina that hosts multi-course dinners, private events and more.
9-story apartment building planned to replace crumbling downtown parking deck
Located at the corner of East Franklin and North Sixth streets, the existing building has fallen into disrepair in recent years.
Noodles & Co. closes VCU location, files plans for new spot in Chesterfield
After checking out of Grace Street in the city, a fast-casual restaurant chain is heading to Chesterfield’s Hull Street Road corridor.
Shockoe Small Area Plan spurs TOD rezoning request on Venable St.
On the heels of the Shockoe Small Area Plan being released, a chunk of Shockoe Valley is being teed up for redevelopment.
Project Snapshot: Student housing high-rise tops off in Monroe Ward
Parc View at Commonwealth, a 15-story, 168-unit apartment tower at 321 W. Grace St., is scheduled to be completed by next spring.
Yellow Umbrella planning restaurant, market at former Blue Bee Cider site in Scott’s Addition
Owners Thomas and Tucker Brown confirmed they’re behind the entity that bought the Scott’s Addition property in December and said they’re planning to open a restaurant and a market in the cobblestone buildings.
Appetite for growth: Short Pump bake shop, downtown event space on menu for Lindsey Food Group
Restaurateur couple Mike Lindsey and Kim Love-Lindsey are continuing to grow their portfolio, with deals to purchase Frostings Bake Shop and a lease for an event space in the Hotel John Marshall building.
Infill trend continues with project on Grove Ave.
Vertical Builders recently began construction of The Grove on Hamilton, a six-townhome development on a 0.3-acre lot at the northwest corner of Grove and North Hamilton Street near the Museum District.
Shamin Hotels snatches up sizable parcel in Chester across from River’s Bend
“I believe over time, (the site) will want to be developed. We like what’s going on there and we believe in the future of that area,” CEO Neil Amin said of the 15-acre wooded plot near Meadowville Technology Park.
