The Virginia Beach-based East Coast Appliance chain paid $2.5 million for the former Salvation Army thrift store building to locate its first Richmond-area store.
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Pandemic pivot: Jackson Ward interior design firm opens retail showroom
“This feels like the next chapter, the next iteration, of our story,” Flourish Spaces founder Stevie McFadden said. “The pandemic has made a lot of us think differently about what we do.”
COVID-related dog adoptions driving new business for Sandston daycare center
Woofy Wellness has a fleet of buses to transport pooches to and from its facility, and that model adapted well to the pandemic.
Richmond media company lands $10M first-look movie development deal
A Virginia Tech grad and former Verizon exec has a new financial backer on board to ramp up his company’s feature film output.
Phish’s chef rolls out frozen burrito delivery venture in Richmond
After his gig with the band ended because of the pandemic, Jim Hamilton got to work on a business idea he’s had on the back burner for a while.
Project Snapshot: Rutland Grove subdivision rising in Atlee
A busy area homebuilder is getting busier with a 115-home subdivision in Hanover’s Atlee area and a second builder is pitching in. HHHunt’s Rutland Grove community has begun taking shape along Chamberlayne Avenue south of New Ashcake Road two years after it acquired the site. The $12 million development includes houses by HHHunt Homes and… Read more »
The R&D Dept.: Local patents for 8.26.20
This week’s ideas include a wax capsule, a cancer terminator virus, and a child-resistant aerosol actuator.
Rebkee scraps ‘Shire’ project; Blackwood’s ‘One Pouncey’ advances
Development proposals on opposite sides of Short Pump faced similar concerns but met opposite fates.
Local wine company scores deals with Food Lion, Sam’s Club
Slowed down a bit but undeterred by the pandemic, a Petersburg-based wine company is accelerating its expansion into big retail stores and ramping up its distribution network.
Richmond-based urgent care chain launches business-focused offshoot
A spinoff from the founders of a local urgent care chain has a new sort of patient in mind: businesses looking for coronavirus testing services to help them reopen and stay open.