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Carvana proceeds with $25M Chesterfield facility
After putting its plans in neutral, online used car retailer Carvana announced Tuesday that it plans to break ground this quarter on a $25 million, 191,000-square-foot vehicle inspection and reconditioning facility in Chesterfield County. The project could bring more than 400 jobs to the county, economic development officials said in the announcement. Carvana first announced […]
Aging office parks embrace multifamily
A weekday lunch hour is relatively quiet on the grounds of the Boulders office park, south of Richmond, except for a few people chatting during a walk around a lake and the honking of two geese skimming the water. Overlooking that lake are gray and white apartments recently built from scratch on vacant land — 250 […]
Super Radiator Coils announces $9M expansion in Chesterfield
Super Radiator Coils will hold a shovel ceremony April 12 to mark the third expansion of its manufacturing facility in northern Chesterfield County — a $9 million project that will add 56,000 square feet and up to 50 jobs, according to a company announcement Monday. The company employs around 210 people at its plant on […]
Central Virginia home lot sales surged 33% in Q4 2020
Henrico-based real estate researcher Integra Realty Resources announced this week that Central Virginia saw a surge of home activity in the fourth quarter of 2020, with lot sales increasing by 33% and permitting activity increasing by 39%. In this time frame, 1,430 building permits were issued for construction and 1,432 vacant lots were sold. Integra […]
Bon Secours plans to build emergency clinic in Chester
Bon Secours St. Francis Medical Center plans to build a freestanding emergency clinic in Chester on six acres the health care system recently acquired for $1.95 million. The facility will be built at the corner of Route 1 and Moore’s Lake Road. Bon Secours purchased the property from Americana Park LLC and Trollingwood Land LLC. […]
Manufacturing/logistics building coming to Meadowville Technology Park
A newly announced 353,044-square-foot manufacturing and industrial facility will be the first spec building constructed at Meadowville Technology Park, which is owned by the Chesterfield County Economic Development Authority. The project is being developed by Columbia, South Carolina-based Red Rock Developments and Stamford, Connecticut-based Westport Capital Partners LLC. It is Red Rock’s f[...]
Chester strip mall sold for $6M
Chester’s The Shoppes at River Forest, a 30,720-square-foot strip mall anchored by a Wal-Mart, was purchased on Feb. 26 for $6 million. Raleigh, North Carolina-based PGP River Forest purchased the property from Bogese Cos., a Richmond-based real estate development group. At the time of the sale, the center was 82% leased to tenants that include […]
Ministry buys Chesterfield building for $1.2M
Chesterfield County-based Mountain Movers Ministry has purchased a building near the intersection of Hull Street and Courthouse roads for $1.175 million. The ministry will relocate to 3300 Old Courthouse Road and occupy the entirety of the 8,942-square-foot building. The property is situated on 7 acres. Gray Bryant, an associate with Colliers International Virginia, represented the […]
Chase censured for ‘conduct unbecoming of a senator’ in bipartisan vote
With the support of Republicans and Democrats, the Virginia State Senate on Wednesday censured Sen. Amanda Chase, R- Chesterfield County, for “failure to uphold her oath of office, misuse of office and conduct unbecoming of a senator” based on a laundry list of controversies extending over the past two years. In a 24-9 vote, with […]
‘Pattern of unacceptable conduct’: Focus of Chase censure changes
A newly reworded resolution to censure state Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield County, seeks to place the ardent Trump supporter and gubernatorial hopeful last in seniority “for failure to uphold her oath of office, misuse of office and conduct unbecoming of a senator.” It no longer seeks censure “for fomenting insurrection,” as a previous version read. […]
Local officials slam Northam administration’s COVID vaccine rollout
With Virginia lagging behind other states in getting residents vaccinated for COVID-19, officials in Hampton Roads, Fairfax County and Chesterfield County have gone straight to the governor with complaints and concerns about the process, which Chesterfield supervisors categorized as “totally defective” and Hampton Roads officials deemed “inconsistent,” saying it’s &#[...]
Chase apologizes to Va. Senate ‘if I offended any one of you’; censure still in play
Updated Jan. 24 In a bid to avoid becoming the first state senator censured since 1986, state Sen. Amanda Chase on Friday apologized to her Senate colleagues, saying she was sorry “if I offended any one of you.” Her words were not enough to avoid censure, the chief patron of the censure resolution said in […]
