The food-and-beverage incubator was the only nominee honored by both contests. GRACRE’s Project of the Year award went to Sheltering Arms Institute.
Commercial Real Estate
Owner of car wash for RVs plans to clean up in Hanover County
MegaWash and sister business Mega RV Storage recently opened at 10500 Vermeer Place.
Banking giant Wells Fargo closes West Broad Village branch
Despite its Short Pump location, the branch was among the bank’s smallest branches in the region in terms of deposits.
It’s official: Casino proposal axed by Richmond voters
The result makes Richmond the only locality in the state to reject a casino via referendum. Last November, referendums for casinos in Portsmouth, Norfolk, Danville and Bristol all received an average of 68 percent of the vote and passed easily.
Local house flipping trio makes the leap into commercial real estate
Brothers Phillip and Victor Thai along with business partner Robert Lee purchased the Golden Convenience Center building at 1217 E. Main St. last month for $900,000.
Taphouse owner uncorking wine restaurant at Westchester Commons
“What we did on the beer side in the restaurant business I want to do on the wine side,” said Sedona and Napa Kitchen and Wine owner Dennis Barbaro.
Massive Goochland greenhouse starts producing baby leaf greens
: Greenswell Growers, which held a grand opening ceremony for its $17 million hydroponic facility and headquarters Friday, expects to grow about 3.7 million pounds of produce over the next three years.
Land deal paves way for another apartment building in Manchester
Capital City Real Estate paid $1.7 million for an acre of parking lots where it plans to build 173 units in a five-story building with ground floor commercial space.
Jefferson Hotel owner revives plan to demolish neighboring church building
Historic Hotels of Richmond, tied to Bill Goodwin’s CCA Industries, wants to replace the century-old Second Baptist Church with landscaping.
Entrepreneurs opening board game cafe aren’t playing around
The concept has gathered steam in recent years in Virginia and nationally, but Unplugged would appear to be the first in the Richmond area.