A shot in the arm from one of Richmond’s biggest employers is helping a local startup incubator recharge its budget. Lighthouse Labs, a 4-year-old business incubator that provides local startups no-strings-attached funding, business education and mentorship opportunities, was awarded a $100,000 grant last week from Capital One. Todd Nuckols, founder and managing director at Lighthouse… Read more »
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West Coast ad agency opens office in Richmond
A newcomer to the Richmond advertising scene is making its entrance to the market through a pair of Golden Arches. San Francisco-based H&L Partners has set up shop in Shockoe Bottom after picking up the regional co-op account for McDonald’s. The local office adds to others in St. Louis and Boston, with a fifth office… Read more »
Westhampton redevelopment: take two
In an effort to win over city planners and a vocal group of neighbors, the developers behind the proposed transformation of a West End movie house have tweaked their planned mixed-use development to make it shorter and smaller. Jason Guillot and Stefan Cametas last week submitted revised plans for their Westhampton on Grove, a project… Read more »
College rental startup settles into VCU
An online real estate startup with an appetite for college towns has tapped Richmond as its newest market. RentCollegePads.com began listing rental properties located around Virginia Commonwealth University in March. The off-campus housing site lets landlords list properties and caters to students looking for rentals and roommates. Dominic Anzalone spun RentCollegePads.com out of a class… Read more »
Creative Q&A: Catching a ride with Quincy Cherry
When Quincy Cherry arrived in Richmond last year, the New York native wasn’t sure if he was done with his 20-year career in advertising and marketing. Burned out on New York, where he led 16 different creative teams in three different cities as senior VP and chief creative officer for Brooklyn-based Uniworld Group, Cherry explored… Read more »
$10M self-storage facility approved for Short Pump spot
A piece of land that for years has struggled to secure a commercial user – despite its location in bustling Short Pump – is finally slated for development. Three acres of a 4-acre property between Interstate 64 and Tom Leonard Drive this month received the endorsement of the Henrico County Planning Commission to house a… Read more »
Real estate agent feeling the burn in Short Pump
A local real estate agent’s new side business will bring another out-of-town fitness franchise to Richmond. Jonathan Ceaser of Keller Williams is working to open Burn Boot Camp, a gym chain that caters to women, to 3406 Pump Road at Short Pump Crossing. Ceaser has a lease on a 4,000-square-foot space that was previously home… Read more »
Startup uses tax day for its ‘Painless’ launch
A nascent company that recently expatriated from the Richmond startup scene for a dip in a larger capital pool has hit yet another milestone: the launch of its product to the general public. Today, one day after the filing deadline for IRS tax returns, Painless1099 is launching an initial free version of its service that… Read more »
And on drums: the nuclear technician
Five of Richmond’s biggest corporations are giving new meaning to the term “corporate rock.” Altria, Capital One, Dominion Resources, The Martin Agency and the aptly named WestRock are competing this Sunday in the inaugural “Battle of the Corporate Bands,” an event put on by Firehouse Theatre. Bands made up of employees of each company… Read more »
1,000-home project approved near Henrico mall
The path is cleared for HHHunt’s next big project. Henrico County supervisors unanimously approved a rezoning on Tuesday for the 250-acre River Mill, which will add more than 1,000 homes to wooded land across Brook Road from Virginia Center Commons. The development, largely unchanged since it was first proposed in February, will consist of 400… Read more »
