Inspired by their fashionable and entrepreneurial grandmother, two local sisters are taking a pandemic-prompted pivot to the next level.
Online women’s clothier tries on brick-and-mortar store in Short Pump
Retail
Tire store for truckers rolling into Petersburg, Hampton Roads
Git The Trucking Commercial Tires opened this month at 534 E. Washington St. and another location in Portsmouth will follow in the fourth quarter.
Retailers unwrap new gift shop in shuttered Carytown thrift store space
Brick and Mortar Mercantile will be Ben and Tara Wegdam’s fourth store in Carytown, joining Zest Clothing & Co., Lou Lou Boutiques and Crème de la Crème.
Grisette restaurant owners pop cork on wine shop and bar in the Fan
Donnie Glass and business partner Andy McClure opened Jardin on the last day of 2021 at 1520 W. Main St.
The BizSense Crystal Ball: Things to watch in 2022
Progress on The Diamond District, GreenCity and CityCenter developments, a proposed casino could resurface in Petersburg, Michael Hild could get a new trial, and more.
Avail Vapor’s stores go up in smoke amid haze of FDA red tape
The Richmond-based vaping retailer, which had nearly 100 stores in a dozen states a year ago, has sold or shuttered all of its locations.
Buyers bag two grocery-anchored shopping centers
Colonial Square in Colonial Heights sold for $26.2 million and Eastgate Town Center in eastern Henrico sold for $18.2 million.
Soccer store franchisees make a play near Virginia Center Commons
Shawn and Nikki Martin of Soccer Post in Chesterfield plan to open a second location in the Virginia Center Station shopping center.
Cross Creek Nursery and Landscaping planting a new location in Hanover
The Chesterfield-based gardening company expects to open on 15 acres at 15503 Ashland Road in 2022.
Fast-growing retailers take 48 Hours Food Store space in Forest Hill
Ezaddin “Dean” Alshami and Faisel Suort will open a location of their National Gourmet Market chain at 5091 Forest Hill Ave.