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High-end apartments slated for West Broad
City & Guilds filed a special use permit for a four-story building with retail space on the first floor
Read More »More apartments coming to Shockoe Bottom
City & Guilds owner David Gammino is the latest developer to take a crack at an apartment project in the Bottom
Read More »Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 2.18.11
Ross leased 32,302 square feet at The Creeks at Virginia Center and Personal Chef to Go leased 6,843 square feet in Mechanicsville. Extra Special Parents, Inc. leased 4,900 square feet in Chesterfield. Plus a
Read More »French pleads guilty to fraud
Developer Justin French's downward spiral finds him facing up to three decades in prison for abusing state and federal tax credit programs
Read More »Former halfway house gets its own second chance
An abandoned dormitory on West Grace Street is getting an apartment makeover
Read More »French tax credit records raise red flags
State records obtained by Richmond BizSense show that developer Justin French has received an unusually large amount of tax credits for renovating historic buildings. Several contractors said that the rehab costs reported by French
Read More »Architect on French projects sued
The lender on two of Justin French’s troubled properties has filed suit against the projects’ architect for allegedly misrepresenting the progress of the rehabilitations, but it's not clear yet where the money went, as
Read More »Universal Leaf building under contract
A former lawyer-turned-developer is getting more ambitious in the historic tax project, apartment conversion game. This time he has his sights on turning an office building in Richmond’s near West-End into 88 apartment units.
Read More »Green building and adaptive reuse under one roof
Developer David Gammino has moved onto his next apartment project—a historic property in Jackson Ward. Gammino isn’t making it easy on himself by using green building and historical preservation techniques at the same time
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