Commercial Real Estate

Mid-construction, the general contractor on a Libbie Avenue condo project has sued the developer, claiming it was unfairly kicked off the project before its completion.

With little competition from outside bidders, a lender on a Chesterfield County shopping center has taken control of the property after a Friday auction and $8 million bid.

Updated: The Charlotte-based firm that developed a large Chesterfield County office park has exited the Richmond office market after selling a building to the company behind the John Marshall rehab project.

The county Planning Department gave a Japanese company the OK to expand its production facility by 60,000 square feet, part of a planned $38 million investment in the area.

The skeleton of the historic Shockoe Bottom train shed has been bared as a $48 million project phase prepares to install a new roof and glass walls.

Another private-sector team is entering the field of debate over the baseball stadium and is hoping to save The Diamond by building up a large mixed-use development around it.

The new owners of the Westhampton Theater and another Grove Avenue property gave an audience a sneak peek of their plans for the site, which include a Short Pump restaurant chain, a Hampton Roads market and cafe, offices and condos.

After plans for a condo building were shot down by neighbors, developers are back with a new pitch for a patch of land along East Main Street and hope to appease residents and City Council with height limits and other conditions.

Getting out of the office leasing business, the Economic Development Authority is accepting proposals for its eight-story Franklin Street property that houses its business incubator and startups.

With properties up and down North Boulevard, a local developer was part of the group that recently closed on the purchase of a former car wash property, which he intends to convert into two commercial spaces.