As its permitting office’s third-party review program enters its third year, the city has hired a third party of its own — in California.
Commercial Real Estate
New Blacker the Berry Juice Bar squeezing into Shockoe Bottom
The company started operating from a trailer in 2020 but it will have a brick-and-mortar home at 10 N. 18th St. when it opens in May.
Sheehy buys Lexus of Richmond
The local car dealer paid $25.5 million for the real estate including the showroom and service center and an undisclosed amount for the business.
Startup that makes amputee clothing moving headquarters to Richmond
No Limbits was founded in Iowa but was part of Lighthouse Labs’ fall 2021 accelerator class. It will be featured in an April episode of “Shark Tank.”
Guest Commentary: Developers of Shockoe Bottom should keep it tight
The desolate contiguous blocks that stretch to the present Exxon station at Broad and North 18th Street provide a blank slate upon which a densely-built, mixed-use district can be built.
Developer buys Dairy Bar property in Scott’s Addition for $7M
It’s unclear whether any changes are planned for the three buildings at 1600-1602 Roseneath Road.
Portion of Bow Tie property off Arthur Ashe Blvd. to be sold to developer
Level 2 Development, which also owns nearby properties, is under contract to purchase 6 acres of wooded land next to the Movieland complex.
Storefront swap takes clothing shop from Museum District to the Fan
Ashley Carruthers is trying 106 S. Robinson St. on for size. Her Rosewood Clothing Co. is taking over a piece of the building occupied by Spacebomb Records.
Guest Commentary: An open letter to Mr. William Goodwin
There are three good reasons to reconsider demolishing an irreplaceable landmark like the Second Baptist Church building.
$6.6M deal clears way for 75 homes on horse stables site near Wyndham Forest
Stanley Martin Homes is planning a development at 10915 Opaca Lane, a 33-acre tract that has been home to the Hundred Acre Woods horse boarding facility.