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VCU Health continues to pay for downtown development exit
While the health system remains on the hook for Richmond real estate tax payments that continue to come due, it’s unclear whether a new university-led project for the same site would align with the city’s desire to keep the downtown property taxable.
Thalhimer takes reins of final piece of Westhampton Commons with Bon Secours-anchored mixed-use building
A five-story, 103,000-square-foot building fronting Libbie Avenue will feature office space, to be mostly occupied by Bon Secours, as well as apartments. It would be the final phase of an overall reinvention of the Westhampton School that took many turns over the past decade.
Bon Secours opening new urgent care center in Midlothian as part of expansion
The Midlothian clinic is planned to be the first of five urgent care facilities to be opened by Bon Secours in the region this year.
Mayo Clinic taps year-old local telehealth firm for rheumatology tech
Sparked by a LinkedIn message, year-old local telehealth company Remission Medical has embarked on a project with a major healthcare industry player to improve care in the rheumatology field.
Medical office buildings, commercial space included in HCA’s Hanover hospital plan
HCA eyes an 80,000-square-foot medical office building and “an outparcel with commercial or civic uses,” in addition to its proposed $233 million, 60-bed hospital on Sliding Hill Road near Ashland. It also has set aside for an additional 90 beds in the future.
$73M and counting: VCU Health on the hook for millions more in downtown project-exit costs
The known cost for the health system to walk away from the project on the site of the city’s Public Safety Building appears to be closer to $80 million – and could end up being higher.
Local beauty practices join forces in western Henrico
About 15 years after their professional paths in the beauty industry first crossed, Chelsea Martin and Rachel Duke are bringing their businesses together under one roof.
Update: Wilder calls for Rao’s dismissal, JLARC investigation after $73M VCU Health development payout
VCU Health revealed the payment Friday in response to a FOIA request from BizSense. The payment let the health system back out of the project and the 25-year lease it signed months into the pandemic.