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The Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 6.25.10

Al Harris June 25, 2010 0

Kroger sold aretail building in Chester to the C.F. Sauer Company for $2.39 million. The 55,552-square-foot building was operated by Kroger until 2007 when it relocated the store to a different shopping center. Plus,

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NewsFeeds 6.25.10

admin June 25, 2010 0

Chester-based Uppy’s Convenience Stores chain is sold (Times-Dispatch) Private-equity firm Catterton Partners acquired a majority interest in the Chester-based chain, which operates 44 stores in Virginia, for an undisclosed sum. Old Point carries out

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As if you don’t see enough commericals

admin June 24, 2010 2

While you pump gas you can’t really go anywhere. I guess that’s why it makes sense advertisers would want to run commercials on video screens attached to gas pumps. Especially advertising yummy snacks that

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SportsQuest-like plan in ’03 would have needed public funding, report found

Aaron Kremer June 24, 2010 0

Style Weekly reported earlier this week that a study produced by a consultant that specializes in convention centers and sports facilities (you can read the 120-pager here) concluded that a project similar to SportsQuest

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Homearama comes back to Richmond

Michael Schwartz June 24, 2010 0

After a 16-year hiatus, a new home extravaganza meant to entice buyers is back in town.

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Way beyond ‘paper or plastic?’

Al Harris June 24, 2010 4

More than 150 future Kroger employees are at the grocer’s training center on Staples Mill. In July, they will work at the new 86,000-square-foot store at the Corner at Short Pump, which is part

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Inside the SEC filings of publicly traded companies

Michael Schwartz June 24, 2010 0

CarMax stock jumps 9 percent on solid quarterly earnings, and executives at other publicly traded companies across town exercise stock options. And one bank director sold stock for $0.01 a share. Plus Genworth sells

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NewsFeeds 6.24.10

admin June 24, 2010 0

S-A-T-I-R-E IndyCar Series Announces Monument Avenue 400 (Tobacco Avenue) The IndyCar Series will race along the Richmond street for the first time in May 2011, according to a press release from the Indianapolis-based organization.

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The quest to define ‘creditworthy’

Michael Schwartz June 23, 2010 1

A lot has been written in the national media about the ongoing credit crunch. We want to investigate the lending situation here in Central Virginia.

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Local bank looks to raise $15M

Michael Schwartz June 23, 2010 3

Central Virginia Bankshares said Friday that it wants to raise up to $15 million to replenish its depleted capital reserves. But the bank will likely not be making many new loans until it is

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