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Guest Opinion: Move the Coliseum to the Boulevard
The Coliseum is functionally obsolete. The dollars needed to rehab the facility still wouldn't allow it to be competitive, particularly with the John Paul Jones Arena on the UVA campus. How about a new
Read More »Guest Opinion: Can the cash proffers
In this week’s Guest Opinion, Brian Glass writes that Chesterfield County is suffering from a budget crisis because it relied on cash proffers, which was a bubble waiting to pop.
Read More »Guest Opinion: When will commercial real estate exit the slump?
More to the point, can anyone know for sure?
Read More »Guest Opinion: A tour of Richmond’s retail blight
One stretch of West Broad Street is bearing the full brunt of the recession, with vacant store after vacant store. And it's not likely to improve until landlords lower rent, writes Brian Glass, in
Read More »Guest Opinion:What happens in Vegas is somewhat subdued
Last month, I attended my 23rd annual International Shopping Center Convention in Las Vegas. The retailers who were the busiest were the ones with the word "Dollar" in their names – Dollar Tree, Dollar
Read More »Op/Ed How about a real housing stimulus?
It is my understanding that the $769 billion “stimulus bill” is supposed to create 3.5 million or so jobs, according to President Obama. Where are these jobs going to come from
Read More »Op/Ed: Bottom Falls Out of Baseball Plan
Op/Ed by Brian Glass: From September 2003 until March 2008, I wrote a monthly real estate opinion column for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. On nine occasions I wrote about the renovation or replacement of the
Read More »Op/Ed: No holiday cheer for retailers
“The American consumer is a train wreck.” So says Howard Davidowitz, an industry veteran who spoke at the International Council of Shopping centers earlier this month. Editor’s Note: BizSense will be adding occasion guest
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