Residential Real Estate

A 3-acre property on Cherokee Road sold for $3.15 million, while a 6,100-square-foot house on a bluff near Byrd Park sold for $3 million.

The 178-acre site is adjacent to the Tuckmar Farm subdivision and north of the so-called Upper Magnolia Green area in western Chesterfield.

Said to be the largest public hunting preserve on the East Coast, the sprawling property in Goochland has hosted an annual hunt for Benedictine Schools of Richmond and quail hunts for local menswear brand Ledbury.

The move gives Samson a larger foothold in the Richmond market after expanding here two years ago. It does not include One South Commercial, which will break off as a new company.

A Henrico-based developer is looking to build 328 townhomes, 225 apartments and commercial space on 116 acres just west of Magnolia Green Golf Club.

Reston-based Stanley Martin has now spent more than $10 million to acquire the 25-acre project site at the corner of Hull Street and Courthouse roads.

While two of the biggest area home sales in years led the pack of the priciest residential real estate deals in October, the month also saw two other transactions that reached the multimillion-dollar mark.

A longtime fixture in Richmond’s architecture scene is giving up his business, but not his drafting table just yet.

The 2-year-old brokerage is preparing to open a new office on Midlothian Turnpike, in a building its owners purchased last month.