A local restaurant bought its independence yesterday and avoided becoming a victim of Justin French’s legal and financial problems. After shedding a few tears of joy, the owners poured champagne for themselves.
Paragon Commercial Bank
‘We have everything to lose’
Justin French’s foreclosure drama leaves new restaurant in the lurch.
The Docket: Circuit Court Roundup for 7.19.10
The RRHA wants to condemn land on East 18th Street, while Dominion has a disagreement with a coal provider and a developer said it didn’t get the final drawings permit drawings from a vendor. Plus, an old-age home wants more than $100,000 back from an IT company it said never installed the equipment it said it did.
The Docket: Circuit Court Roundup for 5.25.10
Lots of businesses trying to collect alleged unpaid bills and unpaid loans this week, plus an eminent domain fight in the City of Richmond and a woman says she slipped and fell on produce at a grocery store. Maybe it was a banana? And a retail clerk wants $4 million from her former employer whom she claims told other workers and customers that she stole and embezzled.
Down but not out
A longtime local real estate developer is dealing with the boom-bust hangover, battling with former investors and banks and stepping down temporarily as chairman of a real estate development that bears his name.
Bank makes play to take over golf course
The biggest lender to an upscale golf course in Hanover County wants to take the course back from the owners/operators.
More residential units coming in Manchester
The almost century-old Acme Paper warehouse in Manchester is being converted into a $6.5 million, 70-unit complex called Perry Place Apartments. The historic renovation joins a growing list of redevelopment projects in the Southside neighborhood and is expected to be ready for residents by the end of summer.