Commercial Real Estate

Charlotte-based specialty insurance company Amwins is trading its current Richmond-area outpost in the West End for the former auto paint shop at 3318 W. Broad St. 

Baltimore-based Merritt Properties is looking to rezone 14 acres at the entrance to the Park Central office park, just east of the planned arena-anchored development.

The prolific and polarizing developer was both revered and feared. He preached the virtues of hustle while showing how it’s done: Not even his lingering illness could stop him from working hard, even up to the final days of his life.

The firm, which is one of the many divisions of Commonwealth Commercial Partners, will anchor Dominion Exchange, a 70,000-square-foot office and industrial project.

At least two of the four groups contending for the project are proposing hotel towers that, if built as envisioned, could end up being the tallest building in Richmond.

The department has moved its operations out of the Douglas Development-owned building to a warehouse on North Hamilton Street.

The prolific, trailblazing and controversial developer was among the first in the region to see the promise of using historic tax credits to rehab the city’s old buildings into new uses.

On the heels of adding another new restaurant tenant, a western Henrico retail center with a knack for luring independent eateries has changed hands. 

Lincoln Avenue Capital is planning a complete renovation of the Chippenham Place Apartments, a 144-unit complex it acquired earlier this summer for $18.1 million.

The Richmond Economic Development Authority, which owns the old, stilted warehouse at 3101 E. Main St., held a committee meeting last week at which it discussed in closed session the future of the property.