http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:46:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2012/01/26/forme-adult-book-store-bares-all/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2012/01/26/forme-adult-book-store-bares-all/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:09:14 +0000 Michael Schwartz http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=37165 The renovation of a shuttered porn shop on North Boulevard has stripped the space down to its skivvies, exposing what store probably looked like back in its heyday]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2012/01/26/forme-adult-book-store-bares-all/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/09/28/there-goes-the-neighborhood/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/09/28/there-goes-the-neighborhood/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:53:13 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=33298 A local developer wants to help a former porn shop reach its “highest and best use.”]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2011/09/28/there-goes-the-neighborhood/feed/ 22 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/15/local-business-owner-announces-congressional-bid/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/15/local-business-owner-announces-congressional-bid/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:20:06 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=11422 Charlie Diradour, owner of the local real estate development firm Lion’s Paw Development Company, has revealed plans  to run against Congressman Eric Cantor for representation of the 7th district which includes Henrico and parts of Richmond. The election will be held in November 2010. “Virginians know we need to get our economy moving again. As ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/09/15/local-business-owner-announces-congressional-bid/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/02/baseball-debate-turning-into-a-full-season-of-speculation/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/02/baseball-debate-turning-into-a-full-season-of-speculation/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:13:15 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=9021 As soon as it seems dead in the water, the baseball debate in Richmond keeps coming back. Charlie Diradour extended his hand in peace today to those in the opposite dugout at a news conference he called. Connecticut, the giant Indian sculpture, looked down over the scene, a thick layer of pollen dusted over its ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/02/baseball-debate-turning-into-a-full-season-of-speculation/feed/ 1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/19/study-says-city-support-needed-for-ballpark/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/19/study-says-city-support-needed-for-ballpark/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 10:35:55 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=7640 After reviewing the results of a $100,000 economic feasibility study, Mayor Dwight Jones still isn’t quite ready to greenlight a $318 million mixed-use project in Shockoe Bottom]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/19/study-says-city-support-needed-for-ballpark/feed/ 3 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/10/pub-owners-hesitant-to-build-segregated-smoking-areas/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/10/pub-owners-hesitant-to-build-segregated-smoking-areas/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:25:26 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=6337 When the state ban on smoking goes into effect Dec. 1, don’t expect to find too many restaurants where smoking is still allowed]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/04/10/pub-owners-hesitant-to-build-segregated-smoking-areas/feed/ 2 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/02/04/ballpark-debate-heats-up-in-cyberspace/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/02/04/ballpark-debate-heats-up-in-cyberspace/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:59:11 +0000 Al Harris http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=4142 The debate over a ballpark in Shockoe Bottom has hit the World Wide Web. Charlie Diradour, president of Lion’s Paw Development Company, recently launched the site Baseball on the Boulevard as place for the Richmond community to discuss the many different sides of the prospect of a downtown stadium. “The site in and of its ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/02/04/ballpark-debate-heats-up-in-cyberspace/feed/ 2