The result makes Richmond the only locality in the state to reject a casino via referendum. Last November, referendums for casinos in Portsmouth, Norfolk, Danville and Bristol all received an average of 68 percent of the vote and passed easily.
Brothers Phillip and Victor Thai along with business partner Robert Lee purchased the Golden Convenience Center building at 1217 E. Main St. last month for $900,000.
“What we did on the beer side in the restaurant business I want to do on the wine side,” said Sedona and Napa Kitchen and Wine owner Dennis Barbaro.
: Greenswell Growers, which held a grand opening ceremony for its $17 million hydroponic facility and headquarters Friday, expects to grow about 3.7 million pounds of produce over the next three years.
Capital City Real Estate paid $1.7 million for an acre of parking lots where it plans to build 173 units in a five-story building with ground floor commercial space.
Historic Hotels of Richmond, tied to Bill Goodwin’s CCA Industries, wants to replace the century-old Second Baptist Church with landscaping.
The concept has gathered steam in recent years in Virginia and nationally, but Unplugged would appear to be the first in the Richmond area.
Funktastic Meads & Urban Winery at 1212 Alverser Plaza will be the first meadery in Chesterfield and the third in the Richmond region.
With the referendum less than a week away, Liggins talked with BizSense about the odds, as well as technical aspects of the $600 million project, and what’s next.
A pair of industrial buildings totaling 24,000 square feet sit on the property, housing tenants like Autopart International, Builders Cabinet Co. and wine distributor Virginia Imports.
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