After closing its Church Hill location, a local chain of cafes and markets is heading even farther east for its latest storefront. Urban Farmhouse Market and Café plans to open in May at 4821 Old Main St. in Rocketts Landing. Owner Kathleen Richardson said she has leased the 3,000-square-foot space, which was previously occupied by… Read more »
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French pharma giant vacates deal with Shockoe Slip firm
Given back the rights to its recalled product, a local pharmaceutical company is assessing its options for bringing its epinephrine auto-injector back to market. Shockoe Slip-headquartered Kaléo has regained U.S. and Canadian rights for its Auvi-Q injector after its license and development agreement with Sanofi, a drug maker based in France, was terminated in February…. Read more »
Caveman-friendly cafe beefs up the canal
In the next step in the evolution of her local Paleo diet meal delivery service, Nancye Hunter has taken on a new partner and is up and running in a new restaurant downtown. The Extraordinary Café opened March 7 at 1001 Haxall Point in the lobby of the Troutman Sanders building. Hunter and business partner… Read more »
Hard Hat Happy Hour: Party time at Gateway Plaza
BizSense brought a small army to downtown’s newest tower on Wednesday night – and a party broke out.
Richmond restaurateur tacking toward Hopewell
As it embarks on redevelopment of its riverfront, the City of Hopewell has lured one of Richmond’s more prolific restaurateurs. Kevin Healy plans to open The Boathouse at City Point at 701 W. Randolph Road along Hopewell’s waterfront this fall. Healy has leased the 6,000-square-foot space formerly home to Navigator’s Den, near the shore where… Read more »
Top two floors of WestRock tower hit market
As its primary tenant consolidates space, some prime riverfront office space has become available in one of downtown Richmond’s newer office towers.
Local writer sues TV show creators for $1.5B
An Ashland resident is suing the creators of a popular television series, claiming a tale he recently published was the basis for the show. Timothy J. Levi filed a lawsuit in Richmond federal court on March 3, alleging copyright infringement against Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Lee Daniels and Danny Strong, who created the Fox… Read more »
Production studio headed for Northside debut
After years of sharing locations around town, a local production studio is settling down in a Northside warehouse. Spang TV is getting ready to move into its new studio space at 613 Wickham St., off Chamberlayne Avenue just south of its intersection with North Lombardy Street. Renovations are wrapping up on the former warehouse and… Read more »
Fountainhead to transform former Philip Morris site
The developer’s latest project in Richmond’s Southside features 850,000 square feet of space and involves renovating some of the site’s 28 warehouses to create space for entrepreneurs.
VCU marches north with $4M land deal
VCU has quietly extended its reach northward. The university, through the VCU Real Estate Foundation, spent $4 million late last year to purchase a 2.6-acre tract at 505 W. Leigh St., the site of the former Belvidere Medical Center. The building was demolished in October and VCU closed the deal Dec. 10, property records show…. Read more »