Board Paradise is locked today and there is a sign out front possibly warning the store’s owners not to have the locks change.
Carytown
Carytown after hours
Carytown merchants have organized their version of the First Fridays Art Walk, which brings an after-work crowd to downtown Broad Street.
Retailers combine forces as Carytown vacancies rise
Vacancies are on the rise in Carytown, and some businesses have joined together to save money and boost income.
Two more businesses hit with ADA lawsuits
A Maryland lawyer has sued two more Richmond businesses for failing to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act. In March, RBS reported that Joel Zuckerman had filed more than 70 ADA compliance lawsuits on behalf of a handful of plaintiffs. Two more cases have been filed by Zuckerman since that report. Full Kee restaurant and… Read more »
Two restaurants close
It’s looking like two more Richmond restaurants have closed shop. One blog is reporting that Shockoe Bottom eatery Relish has closed after two years in operation. And the popular foodie blog in vino veritas has posted that that upscale Carytown restaurant Karsens is also closing. I went by last night and it wasn’t open, but… Read more »
Local consumers mixed about holiday shopping
In a good sign for retailers, five of the shoppers said they plan to spend the same amount as last year. But the other four said they plan to spend less. Retailers here and across the country are wondering how consumers will spend their money during the holiday season, so BizSense headed to Carytown on… Read more »
Carytown vacancy declines
Vacancy in Carytown seems to be declining. It’s been three months since we walked through Carytown to figure out how many unoccupied buildings lined the streets. At the time, we counted 22 empty buildings, or about 13% of the storefronts there. (Note, our figures are not calculated using square footage.) There are currently 17 empty… Read more »
Ellwood Thompson’s Wants Shoppers to Go Green
Ellwood Thompson’s, the Carytown market known for organics, is giving 25 cents to anyone who walks, bikes, scoots, or rides the bus to the store. Calling it Envirocredit, if you can get to the Carytown store through some form of low-petroleum transportation, mention it to the cashier. They will deduct 25 cents from your purchase… Read more »
Does Carytown have a vacancy problem?
Heading east along Carytown, for every 10 to 15 occupied buildings there’s a vacant one with a placard inviting you to call a commercial real estate broker. Richmond BizSense did an unofficial count of the store fronts in Carytown: 142 occupied buildings, 22 vacant buildings. That makes for a total of 164 buildings, 22 of… Read more »