When the state ban on smoking goes into effect Dec. 1, don’t expect to find too many restaurants where smoking is still allowed.
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NewsFeeds 4.10.09
S&K names new leader; Chairman Siegel takes expanded role (Times-Dispatch) Joseph A. Oliver III was let go yesterday. The Henrico County-based chain replaced him with Jonathan M. Tibus, an executive with Alvarez & Marsal North America LLC, a global restructuring firm hired by the chain to help manage the chain’s turnaround. Stuart C. Siegel, S&K’s… Read more »
An outsider’s view of Richmond
Last month Richmond received 140 visitors from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The city was selected for the Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s annual canvassing trip. Julio Melara, president of BusinessReport.com, was on the trip and shared some of his observations on his website. The site is to Baton Rouge as BizSense is to Richmond. Below are a… Read more »
Auto shop & storage biz planned for Short Pump
The Downtown Short Pump shopping and entertainment complex is about to get a few new additions. Merchant’s Tire & Auto announced plans to build an auto repair facility on Pouncey Tract Road near Interstate 64, between the SkateNation and Bowl America buildings, near the well-known monumental oak tree (The County of Henrico has required the… Read more »
Media in decline, bahh
What was once a side business for a small website development firm has grown from a plucky aggregator to a network of news sites with more than 10 local advertisers. Pharr Out has hired a full-time ad sales person and owner Ross Catrow said it may even be time to add a full-time reporter.
New restaurant opens at West Broad Village
Pizza and pasta chain Ledo Pizza has opened the doors of their new West Broad Village location. The Adelphi, Maryland-based pizza parlor has been around since 1955 but is new to the Richmond market. While there’s no shortage of pizza joints in Short Pump, Ledo has something you won’t find anywhere else: rectangular pizzas. “People… Read more »
Richmond’s piece of the coming commercial real estate shakedown
Riverside on the James, Richmond’s FBI Headquarters on Parham, a former Circuit City headquarters building. All three are among the local properties that have large commercial mortgages coming due in the next two years. Between now and the end of 2010, there are 27 CMBS loans coming due in the Richmond metropolitan area with $178.2… Read more »
First Market Bank bought by Union Bankshares
Richmond-based First Market Bank was acquired by Union Bankshares Corp. in an all-stock deal valued at about $100 million. The new holding company will move its headquarters from Bowling Green to Richmond, although that will only bring a few jobs downtown.
Destroyed Innsbrook Office Building Being Rebuilt
An office building in the Innsbrook Corporate Center on the corner of Cox Road and Sadler Place is finally being rebuilt. A two alarm blaze destroyed the structure last July, which housed Allstate Insurance, a non-profit group called Richmond Hope Therapy, and several other small offices. The building suffered severe structural damage and had to… Read more »
NewsFeeds 3.23.09
nTraffic drives ads to a captive audience (Times-Dispatch) nTraffic drives clients’ ads to captive audience When Darick Lane lost his job as an installation manager for Circuit City in November, he wasn’t sure what to do next. Biz travel stigma hurts local hotels (Virginia Gazette) Bad corporate actors have stigmatized business travel to the point… Read more »