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The 20-year-old firm will continue under its name as part of South Carolina-based Mungo Homes, which joined Warren Buffett’s conglomerate in 2018.

In case you missed them, this week’s top 5 includes tales of a new seafood restaurant at a local mall, a barber shop chain owner’s sizable home, a startup looking to prevent bed wetting, the sale of a longtime frame shop and the highest-priced land deal per-acre in the Scott’s Addition area in recent memory.

The latest installment of this new in-case-you-missed-it Friday feature includes news of fried chicken, marijuana, a new venture for the founder of Sweet Frog and more.

The Ashland-based provider of booze-holding cans, bottles and glassware joined forces with Gino Pinto, giving customers access to bulk grapes, juice and winemaking equipment.

We’re proud to seek nominees for the ninth class of the RVA 25, our yearly ranking of the Richmond region’s fastest-growing companies, presented by Keiter.

This new in-case-you-missed-it Friday feature gets you quick access to our most notable stories of the week. This installment includes news of a Monument Avenue mansion, local CEO pay, the Southern States silos, a new ice cream shop and plans to reinvent an old school building in Petersburg.

Doug Pertz of Brinks had the biggest haul with $13.9 million in compensation, up 65 percent from 2019. Altria’s Billy Gifford was No. 2 with $12.23 million.

“We’re stormwater nerds,” owner Sean Simonpietri said. His Exact Stormwater Management absorbed Landsaver Environmental and its 26 employees.

The industry was decimated by the pandemic but “it has come roaring back in the last six weeks,” the new owner of Prop Shop Party Rentals said, and he needed more labor.

Despite the shuffling in rankings, the region landed its usual seven companies on the coveted annual list of companies with the most annual revenue.