Colonial Square in Colonial Heights sold for $26.2 million and Eastgate Town Center in eastern Henrico sold for $18.2 million.
Buyers bag two grocery-anchored shopping centers
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New drive-thru Ironclad Coffee percolating in western Henrico
The Shockoe Bottom coffee shop is adding another location and it leased a long-vacant former ice cream store at 2100 John Rolfe Parkway.
West End office park sells for $87M
Glen Forest Office Park in Henrico, which has 11 buildings totaling 567,000 square feet on 84 acres, is home to 89 tenants and 86 percent leased.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 12.6.21
Richmond’s City Center Plan is up for a vote, a massive industrial development is proposed in Henrico, and Chesterfield starts work on a library replacement.
Yorktown peer is latest acquisition by local commercial printer
Henrico-based Worth Higgins & Associates’ deal to buy Taylored Printing will increase its employee headcount to 175.
Henrico Students Win Scholarship, Travel Opportunity
Mondial Assistance USA, a global travel insurance and assistance company with U.S. operations in Henrico County, today announced the 2009 Access Abroad scholarship recipients – two J.R. Tucker High School students – that each will receive scholarships of $2,500 for study abroad. The scholarships will be presented by Mondial Assistance President and CEO Jon Ansell… Read more »
Inside the liquidation of Circuit City’s HQ
Construction slowing even more
Construction activity is slowing at an increasing rate in Richmond, leading to more layoffs, longer pay terms and downward pressure on the prices subcontractors can charge. For the first time in recent memory, builders say foreign laborers are also starting to return to their countries of origin. In January, builders filed 123 residential building permits… Read more »
Contractor sues Qimonda over unpaid invoices
Richmond-based ColonialWebb Contractors filed a lawsuit against Qimonda seeking $369,495 in unpaid invoices. The lawsuit was filed in Henrico County District Court last Monday. Qimonda announced that it was shutting down all operations at its Sandston manufacturing facility the next day. According to the filing, ColonialWebb was contracted by Qimonda in December 2006 to service… Read more »
Job lines outside Red Lobster
Yesterday I got a strong dose of what a rapidly-rising unemployment rate looks like. For more than three hours, job hunters gathered outside a Red Lobster in Eastern Henrico. Yesterday morning I drove past the new Red Lobster on Laburnum Ave, which is at the White Oak Village development. There were at least 30 people… Read more »