http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:51:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/08/08/tide-turns-for-carytown-building/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/08/08/tide-turns-for-carytown-building/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:43:17 +0000 Amy David http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=31482 A growing Richmond-based restaurant company is converting a former surf shop into a natural food joint. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/08/08/tide-turns-for-carytown-building/feed/ 2 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/02/10/rebirth-for-carytown-retailer/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/02/10/rebirth-for-carytown-retailer/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:47:20 +0000 Amy David http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=25857 The third time may be the charm for one local retailer, now that a former customer is taking over the company. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/02/10/rebirth-for-carytown-retailer/feed/ 1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/11/16/lights-camera-bizsense/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/11/16/lights-camera-bizsense/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:03:41 +0000 admin http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=23479 RichmondBizSense’s own Al Harris appeared on CBS 6 News at 7 last night to offer insights on the latest developments in the local retail scene. Harris, questioned by CBS 6 Anchor Bill Fitzgerald, discussed the Carytown big box brouhaha that has broken out over the future plans of the old Verizon building. Read more here ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/11/16/lights-camera-bizsense/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/08/13/carytown-business-community-thinks-outside-the-box/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/08/13/carytown-business-community-thinks-outside-the-box/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:38:36 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=20824 Some Carytown merchants and nearby residents who oppose a Baltimore developer’s plan to turn a mid-century Verizon office building into a more than 41,000-square-foot retail property have started a campaign with an out-of-the-box slogan. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2010/08/13/carytown-business-community-thinks-outside-the-box/feed/ 35 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/11/10/kroger-ups-ante-in-grocery-fight/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/11/10/kroger-ups-ante-in-grocery-fight/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:42:53 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=13142 There’s a food fight brewing in Carytown, where Kroger is taking dead aim at Ukrop’s. The chain is in negotiations to take over the lease of the CVS next-door and add around 18,000 square feet, which could mean an expanded prepared food section. And as of last week, Kroger now has beefier shopping carts, which bag-boys are using to shuttle bundles to patron’s cars in the parking lot. Where did they get that idea]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/11/10/kroger-ups-ante-in-grocery-fight/feed/ 2 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/18/flay-throws-down-in-va-once-more/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/18/flay-throws-down-in-va-once-more/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:24:10 +0000 Mashalla Mukadam http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=11564 Richmond restaurant owner Francis Daniel will be a judge on the next episode of Food Network’s “Throwdown with Bobby Flay.” Daniel owns Mrs. Marshall’s Carytown Café in, you guessed it, Carytown. Bobby Flay will compete with Pentagon chef-sergeant Brad Turner, the executive chef at the Army Executive Dining Facility for The Pentagon. The show was ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/18/flay-throws-down-in-va-once-more/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/15/board-paradise-back-in-retail-heaven/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/15/board-paradise-back-in-retail-heaven/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:48:58 +0000 David Larter http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=9470 Board Paradise won’t be boarded-up after all]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/15/board-paradise-back-in-retail-heaven/feed/ 4 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/14/local-biz-owner-hits-capitol-hill/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/14/local-biz-owner-hits-capitol-hill/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:56:05 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=9406 Local small business owner Tammy Rostov made an appearance at the U.S. Capitol yesterday to support a healthcare reform drafted by House Democrats. “About four years ago, when the premiums rose beyond what the business could afford, we had to change to a high-deductible plan so that I could continue to offer benefits,” said Rostov. ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/14/local-biz-owner-hits-capitol-hill/feed/ 3 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/10/dont-even-think-about-changing-the-locks-landlord/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/10/dont-even-think-about-changing-the-locks-landlord/#comments Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:46:21 +0000 David Larter http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=9313 Board Paradise is locked today and there is a sign out front possibly warning the store's owners not to have the locks change]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/10/dont-even-think-about-changing-the-locks-landlord/feed/ 6 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/06/24/carytown-after-hours/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/06/24/carytown-after-hours/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:11:07 +0000 David Larter http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=8774 Carytown merchants have organized their version of the First Fridays Art Walk, which brings an after-work crowd to downtown Broad Street]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/06/24/carytown-after-hours/feed/ 2