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Richmond hotels still offering freebies
As hotels across the country downsize their staffs and cut back on freebies such as cookies at the front desk and 24-hour coffee, a handful of Richmond’s high-end hotels are dishing out the complimentary
Read More »Newsfeeds For 1.30.2009
Va. jobless rate at 13-year high (Times-Dispatch) Virginia’s unemployment rate spiked to 5.2 percent in December, hitting its highest point in nearly 13 years. Va. lawmakers push to limit investments in Iran (Virginian-Pilot) The
Read More »Sale of Anderson Strudwick on hold
Updated 12:04 p.m. Wunderlich Securities is back at the bargaining table to buy Richmond investment bank/brokerage Anderson Strudwick, likely for a lower price
Read More »Office vacancy up at Innsbrook, down in the City
The vacancy rate at Innsbrook and nearby office parks continued to rise last quarter, and, with several big chunks set to come available this year
Read More »The Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 1.29.08
The Citgo service station at 2206 W. Main St. in Richmond’s Fan District has been purchased by Uphoff Properties LLC from TLC Co. for $2.5 million. The property includes a retail store of 2,700
Read More »Lawmakers seek to close lending loophole
It’s déjà vu all over again for payday lenders. Sen. Mark Herring (D-Leesburg) on Thursday introduced a bill that would tighten controls on car-title lenders and prevent payday lenders from evading regulations imposed in
Read More »Rally Caps: The Monday Q&A with Bryan Bostic
Bryan Bostic thinks he has pitched Richmond the sort of deal it can knock out of the park: a $60 million stadium that seats 7,500 and brings professional baseball back to Richmond with almost
Read More »Solar startup ready for sunrise on incentives
On a cold winter day, Bernie Stanley of Shockoe Solar puts the finishing touches on a solar panel array atop a veterinarian clinic in Glen Allen. Stanley, as far as he knows, is the
Read More »Real estate lawyer leaves Richmond firm for North Carolina
Elaine R. Jordan, a shareholder of the law firm Sands Anderson Marks & Miller, has left Richmond for a job with the Coastal Companies of North Carolina. In a news release, Jordan said, “This
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