Retail

The company said the store at 11500 W. Broad St. was underperforming and closed as part of a plan announced in October to shut down 1,200 stores over three years.

The indoor mini golf chain’s locations feature glow-in-the-dark courses and animatronic creatures. It’s taking 10,000 square feet near Twin Hickory Tavern at the Henrico mall’s Quioccasin Road entrance.

Homme Essentials is making the move to Northside after its former home on Lafayette Ave. in Malvern Gardens was snatched up by the owner of a yoga studio.

When the Smith family moved to Richmond, they found that communal, traditional sauna options were slim pickings. That gave them an idea.

After it closed on Broad Street several years ago, a homegrown skate shop has relaunched as a brick-and-mortar concept south of the river.

Owner Patrick Weaver said the combination was inspired by his years living in Los Angeles, where he rekindled a passion for vinyl and developed an interest in coffee over meetups in the city’s cafes.

The new store would be more than 50% smaller than the next-door space the bookseller vacated in June after 20 years. It also wouldn’t have an on-site café.

The move is a reversal of previously announced plans by Joann to shutter just some of its stores, a footprint reduction that would have spared its Henrico and Chesterfield locations.

“I want to motivate other people, especially 60-year-olds who might be thinking ‘My career is over, my time is done,’” she said. “I’m a great example of what an old gal can do when you put your mind to it.”

“If pieces ever have to be opened up or altered, or if they fall in the hands of framers in the future, when they open it up, I always wanted that their impression would be, ‘They did it right,’” said owner Jo Cudlip.