The City Point Innovation Resource Center at 325 Brown St. will serve as an incubator for entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Metropolitan Business League expands with new outpost in Petersburg
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Beehives on downtown office buildings sweet for corporate teambuilding
Bee Downtown expanded into Richmond from North Carolina with its first hives in Virginia atop the 26-story SunTrust Center at 919 E. Main St.
VUU acquires warehouse across from football stadium for $2.5M
The 23,300-square-foot building adds to the university’s holdings in the area, where a 1950s-era apartment complex also changed hands for $7.3 million.
Stony Point Fashion Park adds cooking school for children to its menu
Midlothian-based Edible Education is opening a second location in the former Sur La Table space in the Southside mall.
Dormant Petersburg schoolhouse slated for $24M redevelopment
EquityPlus plans to buy Virginia Avenue Elementary School and convert it and its surrounding three blocks into 50 apartments and 45 homes.
VCU approves $1.5B budget for 2021-22, maps out $1.2B in capital projects
A performing arts and innovation building, a new dorm, an athletics village, and other academic buildings are planned to be funded between 2022 and 2028.
VCU buys distillery building in latest acquisition for athletics village
The university bought the 0.15-acre parcel for $183,000 but James River Distillery will lease the space and keep operating for at least two years.
St. Joseph’s Villa nears completion of $9.5M autism center renovation
The 24,000-square-foot school building will have facilities for students to learn independent living skills, a sensory library, a healthcare suite and observation areas.
VCU to spend $7M to renovate dormitory at Broad and Belvidere
The four-story, 410-bed housing complex will be overhauled for the first time since it was built in 2003.
VCU unveils new $93M engineering school research building
The four-story, 133,000-square-foot addition features an Innovation Maker Facility as well as interdisciplinary labs, a career services center and a cafe.