Retail

“The passion for fashion derived from church,” said owner Andre’ McLaughlin. “Baptist churches, no matter how old you are, you put on a suit.”

“The entire shop looks like a Bob Ross painting,” owner Lake Stephens said of the murals and décor in her shop.

“Yesterday was like graduating from college, or like having another child. It was such a happy occasion,” Gary Weiner said of the sale. “You work hard for a long time and you want to see that success.”

It would be the chain’s third outpost in the region and first to open in Chesterfield, following locations in Short Pump and Carytown that have opened in the last couple years.

The shopping center has landed two new national retailers, including one that’s taking over the recently vacated Bed Bath & Beyond anchor space.

The longtime barbershop in the base of the former hotel high-rise on Broad Street is shuttering at the close of business Saturday, as the current leaseholders and owners look to line up a new operator.

Jean Theory will occupy the former home of McHugh’s Restorations, a ceramics restoration studio that closed this year after four decades in business.

The mall’s decision comes a week after cross-town rival Stony Point Fashion Park began allowing customers to drink alcoholic beverages while they shop.

The Seattle coffee giant plans to open a new location as part of the redevelopment of the old Oak Hill Golf Course near Patterson Avenue’s interchange with Route 288.

There’s a clearer view of how much the McGeorge family fetched from the recent sale of its Richmond-area auto dealerships.