National gym chain Life Time is still looking to make its entry into the Richmond market, but it won’t be doing so at the troubled Southside Mall.
Gym chain drops plans to consider a spot at Stony Point Fashion Park
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Local food brands launch new products
Undeterred by the coronavirus pandemic, a local gelato and snack maker are expanding their offerings and hoping to gain more traction in a competitive, unpredictable time for companies vying for space on grocery shelves.
Bellevue Dry Cleaners moves out of Bellevue
The longtime Northside business has left the city and its namesake neighborhood to set up shop in nearby Lakeside.
Short Pump retailer taking over local golf course pro shop
After years of struggling to figure how best to run the pro shop at his public golf course, Giff Breed decided to turn to the professionals.
Project Snapshot: Carytown Exchange takes shape, puts some inline sections on hold
Developer Regency Centers is delaying some of the Publix-anchored shopping center’s Cary Street-fronting storefronts, in light of coronavirus uncertainty.
Carvana scraps plans for $25M Chesterfield facility
Months after securing approval for the project, a national used-car retailer is pulling the plug on a planned distribution facility near Chester, while still moving forward with one of its signature “car vending machine” towers in Richmond.
Slideshow: Scenes of protest aftermath along downtown, Carytown and Monument Ave.
Main commercial corridors in the city that had just begun to reopen in the face of coronavirus are closed once again, as long stretches of downtown east of Arthur Ashe Boulevard are now boarded up as they ride out the wave of protests spurred by the death of George Floyd.
‘Project Lightning’ developer strikes deal with Amazon to fill new Chesterfield industrial facility
With Amazon on board, developer Devon USA now has filled more than 1 million square feet on Bellwood Road in Chesterfield, where it plans to begin the project’s final phase.
Land rezoned for new Hanover County shopping center
The stage is set for the development of a 48,400-square-foot shopping center in the Montpelier area of Hanover County, thanks to the recent rezoning approval handed down from the Board of Supervisors.
Bankrupt national retailer’s store closure list includes Midlothian outpost
The Tuesday Morning location in the Pocono Crossing shopping center is among the first of 230 of the Texas-based chain’s locations slated for closure following its Chapter 11 filing this week.