The prolific and polarizing developer was both revered and feared. He preached the virtues of hustle while showing how it’s done: Not even his lingering illness could stop him from working hard, even up to the final days of his life.
Commercial Real Estate
Local GC Dominion Construction Partners to build and anchor new Henrico development
The firm, which is one of the many divisions of Commonwealth Commercial Partners, will anchor Dominion Exchange, a 70,000-square-foot office and industrial project.
30 stories? 40? City Center contenders push Coliseum area to new heights
At least two of the four groups contending for the project are proposing hotel towers that, if built as envisioned, could end up being the tallest building in Richmond.
Richmond fire department relocates HQ, freeing up downtown building
The department has moved its operations out of the Douglas Development-owned building to a warehouse on North Hamilton Street.
Louis Salomonsky, prolific and controversial local developer, dead at 84
The prolific, trailblazing and controversial developer was among the first in the region to see the promise of using historic tax credits to rehab the city’s old buildings into new uses.
Western Henrico shopping center adds new brunch chain, sells for $10M to N.C. firm
On the heels of adding another new restaurant tenant, a western Henrico retail center with a knack for luring independent eateries has changed hands.
National developer plans overhaul of income-based apartment complex in South Richmond
Lincoln Avenue Capital is planning a complete renovation of the Chippenham Place Apartments, a 144-unit complex it acquired earlier this summer for $18.1 million.
City EDA ponders disposition of Intermediate Terminal building, other properties
The Richmond Economic Development Authority, which owns the old, stilted warehouse at 3101 E. Main St., held a committee meeting last week at which it discussed in closed session the future of the property.
Investor’s office park gamble continues to pay off after deal with Henrico school system
The lease is a big win for local investor Gagan Marwaha, who in January bought the three-building office park that had been vacant since anchor tenant EAB moved to a new office near Innsbrook.
Sauer gets green light to add apartments to Midlothian shopping center
Sauer Properties now has the approval in hand needed for a mixed-use revamp of the shopping center formerly known as Stein Mart Festival near the intersection of Midlothian Turnpike and Robious Road.