“The Glen Allen location serves a bunch of nice clubs north of the river and there’s a lot untouched on this side,” said Zachary Martin, who runs the new shop at 11615 Midlothian Turnpike.
Sports & Recreation
Cycling gym quietly spins into bigger space in Richmond
Hour Cycle Studio had trouble finding a landlord willing to put up with the loud music from its workouts. Owner Jenn Braswell found a more silent solution.
A return to racing at Southside Speedway? Not so fast, county consultant says
Martyn Thake said the shuttered racetrack needs “significant repair or replacement” to resume races with a potential cost of $10 million to $15 million.
Colonial Downs, Richmond Rosie’s sell to Kentucky Derby owner for $138M
The transactions followed Churchill Downs Inc.’s multibillion-dollar acquisition of Peninsula Pacific Entertainment, which reopened the New Kent County racetrack in 2019.
Texas-based escape room chain opens in Short Pump mall
Red Door Escape Room offers six room concepts, including fairy-tale adventure Once Upon A Time and Captain Maniacal’s Lair-Bratorium, in which participants build a robot for a mad scientist.
No Phil, no problem for this week’s PGA tournament at CCV
Ticket sales, sponsorships and other metrics are peaking for this year’s Dominion Energy Charity Classic, despite the absence of suspended marquee name Phil Mickelson.
Local M.D.’s golf cocktail startup in full swing with new distribution deals
“Sitting in the dark room reading x-rays and MRIs… I like it, it’s a great career. But being out on the golf course talking cocktails is a dream come true,” Turner Lewis said of his new side gig, Fore Craft Cocktails.
Northside private school nears completion of $5M gym expansion
“The Activities Center was built in the 1990s when our enrollment was roughly a third of what it is today,” said New Community School’s Dan Stackhouse. “We have far outgrown the existing space in terms of enrollment but also in the size and scope of our health and wellness programs.”
Brewery owner aims to revive long-shuttered Jordan Point Golf Club
The golf course has been closed for seven years after falling into foreclosure, but an owner of the neighboring Holy Mackerel just bought it for $3.5 million.
New operator of local Planet Fitness gyms adding two more locations
The gym chain is taking over an empty Best Buy store in Mechanicsville and a portion of the former Martin’s in Stony Point Village.