Lots of businesses got their start downtown and moved out to the suburbs later on. Did you know Rowlett’s Bicycles was one of them? And that that they also sold boats and other sporting goods? Traces of this bike shop’s past can be found in the alley of the 100 block of East Broad Street.
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Lights out for parking garage electric bills?
A local entrepreneur wants to bring cutting-edge technology that can save time and money to the mundane parking lot business.
A renter’s market?
The vacancy rate for apartment units in Metro Richmond in the first quarter of 2010 was the highest it has been in five years, reports the real estate research firm Reis Inc.
BizSense adds reporter
Michael Schwartz will cover banking, finance and general assignments for us. He comes to Richmond from Hampton Roads, where he has worked as a business reporter for more than five years. Come meet him at a BizSense happy hour next week.
Rocketts Landing building fills up
With two new tenants signing leases for first-floor space, one of the mixed-use buildings at Rocketts Landing is, commercially speaking, fully leased.
Company gets lift from high-flying kayak event
As far as extreme sports go, kayakers usually leave the big air tricks to their snow boarding and mountain biking brethren. But a Hanover-based event company wants to change that and help invent a new kind of spectator sport for an upcoming extreme sports festival in downtown Richmond.
Local firm alleges architectural plagiarism
A local architecture firm is trying to recover more than $2.5 million from an Atlanta firm that it claims copied its designs to renovate an iconic downtown hotel.
The Herd: Departures, hires and promotions for 4.21.10
Tons of hires this week and a departure from a local bank with the unusual title of “chief strategic officer.” Plus hires in law, investment banking, advocacy and a new head of marketing at a car insurance startup.
Three office condos sold at Rutland Center
There is no evidence of slow market at Rutland Center, where three new office condos were sold in Phase I.
Otis Elevator building for sale
The 14,000 square foot former Otis elevator building in downtown (7 N. 2nd St.) Richmond is for sale. I love this building and if I had $600,000, I’d buy it from the state, which has listed it for sale with Zach Roski at CBRE. It was built in the 1920s, according to Susan S. Pollard,… Read more »