The combination will see HG absorbed into VHB, a Massachusetts-based company with a local office in Shockoe Bottom.
Local landscape architect HG Design Studio acquired by New England firm
Commercial Real Estate
Short Pump mall seeks ‘open container’ ABC license to drink while you shop
The mall recently filed a request for a commercial lifestyle center license, which would allow visitors to consume alcoholic beverages in common areas.
Owners of Jasper in Carytown planning two new spots in Union Hill
The Emerald Lounge will join Slurp! Ramen in the newly built triangular building near Jefferson Avenue’s intersection with North 24th and M streets.
Brewery owner aims to revive long-shuttered Jordan Point Golf Club
The golf course has been closed for seven years after falling into foreclosure, but an owner of the neighboring Holy Mackerel just bought it for $3.5 million.
Lewis Ginter to expand with $1.9M deal to buy adjacent church property
The botanical gardens struck a deal to purchase the neighboring Lakeside Baptist Church, which will add six acres to the garden’s 82-acre campus.
New operator of local Planet Fitness gyms adding two more locations
The gym chain is taking over an empty Best Buy store in Mechanicsville and a portion of the former Martin’s in Stony Point Village.
Expanding restaurant group converts Rocketts Landing Indian eatery to Mexican
Behind the new Besos Mexican Kitchen & Cantina are Carlos and Adrienne Londoño, who own La Bodega, Papi’s, Casa Fiesta and Margarita’s Cantina downtown.
City Council approves City Center rezoning, VUU tower sign appeal
Approved without much fanfare in the shadow of Diamond District discussions at Monday’s meeting, the area that includes the Richmond Coliseum is now set up for an RFP of its own.
Goatocado to expand with new spot in Forest Hill
Owner Ian Newell also has another restaurant in the works in the same shopping center, where he’ll be neighbors with a recently opened fly fishing shop.
Former Grove Ave. assisted living facility to make way for 260-unit development
The now-vacant Windsor Senior Living complex will be razed in favor of a six-story apartment project from a Georgia-based developer.