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Mar 25, 2025

Company behind Chesterfield indoor farm files for bankruptcy

Plenty Unlimited, a San Francisco-based agricultural technology company that counts tech billionaires Jeff Bezos and Eric Schmidt among its investors, has filed for bankruptcy but plans to continue operating its vertical strawberry farm in Chesterfield County throughout the restructuring, according to a company announcement. “This is a challenging time for the vertical farming industry and [[...]

An aerial view of Super Radiator Coils' Chesterfield County facility. Photo courtesy Super Radiator Coils
Nov 15, 2024

Specialty coils manufacturer to expand in Chesterfield

Super Radiator Coils, an engineering and manufacturing company based in Minnesota, will invest $22 million to expand in Chesterfield County, creating an estimated 160 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s office announced Friday. The company will upgrade machinery and add about 80,000 square feet to its existing approximately 160,000-square-foot facility at 451 Southlake Blvd. The plant has […]

May 30, 2024

Richmond region scores in sports tourism

With several new and expanded facilities across the region, the greater Richmond area has become an attractive hub for amateur sporting events, bringing in hundreds of thousands of visitors and millions of dollars in added revenue. The region’s amateur sports tourism generated $88.7 million in hospitality-related revenue in fiscal 2023, according to Jerrine Lee, vice […]

Randy Sadler. Photo courtesy Weidmuller USA
May 30, 2024

Weidmuller USA hires president and CEO

Randy Sadler is the new president and CEO of Chesterfield County-based industrial connectivity and automation company Weidmuller USA, German parent company Weidmüller Group announced Thursday.   Sadler succeeds Bernd Schröder, who died unexpectedly in late 2023. Weidmüller Group creates smart industrial connectivity products and solutions to connect and automate electrical power and signaling [...]

Apr 29, 2024

The Lake takes shape in Chesterfield

The first wave of commercial tenants is coming to The Lake, a long-planned, 105-acre mixed-use development that’s slated to bring a surf park to western Chesterfield County. The Lake’s centerpiece will be a 13-acre artificial lake with a tow cable. It’s expected to be ready by summer 2025 for wakeboarding, kayaking, standup paddle boarding and […]

Aerial view of 9420 Midlothian Turnpike in Chesterfield County, where Sheetz is building a store. Image courtesy Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer
Apr 5, 2024

Sheetz starts construction on $2.4M Chesterfield property

Sheetz is building a store on 2.66 acres in Chesterfield County that it purchased for $2.45 million. The Altoona, Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain bought the property at 9420 Midlothian Turnpike from Gouldin Properties on March 18, according to county property records. Sheetz has started construction of a store at the site, according to a Tuesday […]

Feb 15, 2024

Lego delays Chesterfield production start to 2027

Lego Group will begin production at its $1 billion Chesterfield manufacturing facility in 2027, at least a year later than originally planned, the Danish toymaker announced Thursday.  The company also named Preben Elnef as project lead and Gray | Hourigan, a joint venture between Lexington, Kentucky-based Gray and Richmond-based Hourigan, as general contractor.  Billund, Denmark-based […]

Timmons Group held a topping off ceremony for its new headquarters in Chesterfield County's Springline at District 60 development on Dec. 1. Photo courtesy Chesterfield County.
Dec 1, 2023

Timmons tops off $50M HQ in Chesterfield County

Engineering and design firm Timmons Group topped off the last steel beam of its new, $50 million headquarters Friday at Chesterfield County‘s Springline at District 60 mixed-use development. The five-story, 150,000-square-foot building is part of the $210 million, 42-acre first phase of the county’s Springline at District 60 development, located on Midlothian Turnpike off Chippenham [&[...]

The shopping center at 11530 Midlothian Turnpike in Chesterfield County sold for $4.8 million. Photo courtesy Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer.
Dec 1, 2023

Chesterfield shopping center sells for $4.8M

The Corner Shops at Chesterfield Towne Center has a new owner. Midlothian Pike Investments sold the 8,120-square-foot retail center for $4.8 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group announced Nov. 22. 1834 East 4 Street LLC purchased the shopping center, located at 11530 Midlothian Turnpike, as an investment as part of a 1031 […]

Nov 30, 2023

Lego donates $1M to six Richmond-area nonprofits

Lego Group has distributed $1 million in grants across six Richmond region nonprofits, the Danish toymaker announced Thursday. The company, which broke ground in April on its $1 billion manufacturing facility in Chesterfield County, awarded the funding to organizations serving children and families as part of its commitment to help kids “learn through play.” “Today […]

Oct 6, 2023

Construction starts on $80M apartments in Chesterfield

The developer of an estimated $80 million apartment building in Chesterfield County’s Springline at District 60 mixed-use development broke ground at the site on Sept. 28. The James at Springline will have 298 apartments and 28,000 square feet of ground-level retail space. Connecticut-based Collins Capital Partners is the lead developer. The project is scheduled for […]

Sep 28, 2023

Love at first site

Home to eight Fortune 500 companies and three Fortune 1000 companies, metro Richmond is “punching above our weight” for a region of 1.3 million residents, says Jennifer Wakefield, president and CEO of the Greater Richmond Partnership. For the third year in a row, the Richmond region was named by Business Facilities magazine as a top […]

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