The other Kultivate outpost at 13140 Midlothian Turnpike in Chesterfield remains operational, as does owner Evan Somogyi’s four Kulture head shops.
CBD shop Kultivate Wellness shutters Short Pump store, expands to N.C. as new Va. law takes effect
Government
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 7.10.23
Hundreds of condos and apartments are up for votes in Henrico, a county planning director retires and another is hired. (BizSense Pro subscription required)
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 7.3.23
Proposed industrial buildings in Rockville are up for a vote, and Chesterfield supervisors wind down a community development authority. (BizSense Pro subscription required)
VCU Health OK’d to demolish city-owned Public Safety Building
The authorization from City Council comes as the health system was due to make a $1.3 million payment to Richmond in lieu of taxes on the site – the latest cost to the health system for its expensive exit from a downtown development project.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 6.26.23
A 17-story apartment building next to Legend Brewing is up for a deciding vote and planned interchange improvements in Short Pump advance.
The City Center: Toward creating ‘hometown atmosphere’ (Guest Commentary)
The removal of the Coliseum will create a tabula rasa upon which city officials want to establish a mixed-use complex.
Project Snapshot: Henrico event center booking up at transforming Virginia Center Commons
The sports and events center is slated for a mid-October opening. Meanwhile, construction is underway on apartments and townhomes, and a $12 million land deal has set the stage for hundreds of condos.
‘Why is there a cover-up?’ Wilder responds to VCU Health payout report, repeats call for state investigation
The VCU professor and former Virginia governor discussed the report’s findings in a series of interviews with BizSense: “What it amounts to is the Board of Visitors has not done its job, the president has not done his job…and the people of Virginia are being ill-served,” he said.
Stymied by the state, upstart kava bar in the Fan readies legal fight with VDH
A kava kerfuffle between the state government and a new specialty bar in the Fan is taking a litigious turn.
Review finds ‘insufficient due diligence, institutional eagerness’ as flaws in VCU Health’s downtown development deal
The third-party review represents the first accounting of the aborted Public Safety Building project that has ended up costing the health system at least $80 million, including a $73 million project-exit payment.