“As I was growing up in the ’60s and ’70s, it was a very dynamic economy there, with tobacco, textiles and furniture. All three have gone out of existence. I want to try to find another cash crop to replace tobacco.”
Health care
VHDA puts HQ expansion on hold
The state agency, spurred by the pandemic, will wait to go forward with a 100,000-square-foot addition to its headquarters at 601 S. Belvidere St.
Bon Secours planning $50M expansion at Hanover hospital
The project will add 44 beds to its Memorial Regional Medical Center, with construction expected to wrap up in late 2022.
New mask-making venture launches out of Avail Vapor HQ
Taking over part of an e-cigarette manufacturing facility in Chesterfield, a medical supply startup has launched a plan to make a sizable dent in the nation’s supply of medical face masks.
Fredericksburg radiologist opens pair of offices in Henrico
Radiologic Associates of Fredericksburg has put two sister practices into the newly renovated Brookfield Commons building, owned by local developer Stanley Shield.
Children’s Museum permanently closes Fredericksburg location
The Richmond-based nonprofit announced it will permanently shut down a satellite facility in Fredericksburg due to the financial effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
New $95M rehab hospital on track for June opening in Goochland
The 200,000-square-foot, 114-bed facility is nearing completion in West Creek.
HCA withdraws proposal to rezone land for ER in Henrico
The hospital chain has pumped the brakes on plans for a 24-hour, 11,000-square-foot facility on about 3 acres at the intersection of Nuckols Road and Hickory Park Drive near Innsbrook.
New Richmond-based pharma startup with $350M in funding eyes facility in Petersburg
After winning nine figures in new federal funding, a local pharmaceutical startup is looking to Petersburg as its first step toward securing the nation’s generic drug supply.
Local urgent care centers shift into coronavirus testing
Not even health care is totally safe from the economic disruptions of the coronavirus pandemic, as Richmond-area urgent care providers juggle the regular business of urgent care with operation of COVID-19 testing centers.