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Rain and wind delay Something in the Water’s start
Rain and high winds delayed the start of Pharrell Williams’ Virginia Beach music festival Something in the Water by about four hours Friday, leaving fans and businesses waiting for the weather to clear. Scheduled to start at 12:30 p.m. Friday, the festival was delayed until 5 p.m. Instead of being filled with throngs of music […]
Old Town Business league to upgrade or dissolve
Carla Clarke credits Old Town Business (OTB) league with arranging events that bring new faces into Today’s Cargo, the jewelry and gift shop she co-owns on Alexandria’s King Street. “It’s bringing new people through your door,” says Clarke. The 40-year-old nonprofit business league champions Old Town’s business community through events like an annual cookie crawl. [&hel[...]
Fed Fifth District economy shrinks slightly
The economy in the Federal Reserve’s Fifth District (a multistate region including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland) has contracted slightly since March, according to the latest edition of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, released Wednesday. Published eight times per year, the Beige Book is based on anecdotal information about economic conditions g[...]
Retail/office collection in Richmond sells for $6.3M
A combined 15,994 square feet of retail and office buildings in Richmond’s West End area sold for $6.3 million in late March, according to Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer. The buildings are located at the corner of Grove and Granite avenues, at addresses 5701-5707 Grove Ave. and 124 Granite Ave. About half of the buildings […]
Chesapeake Walmart to reopen after deadly shootings
Walmart Inc. announced Monday that the Chesapeake store where a night manager killed six workers in November 2022 will reopen April 19, following a 9 a.m. ceremony. The store has been remodeled over the past five months, and it will include an outdoor memorial space, according to Walmart. On Nov. 22, 2022, 31-year-old Andre Bing, […]
Coffee biz buys Newport News building for $1.1M
A coffee company purchased a 2,400-square-foot retail building in Newport News for $1.1 million with plans to turn it into a coffee shop. Seven Cities Coffee LLC, doing business as 7 Brew, purchased the building located at 398 Denbigh Blvd. from JMP Properties LLC, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced. The coffee company, 7 Brew, […]
Arko tries to keep $1.4B TravelCenters of America bid alive
Updated 5:30 p.m. March 28 Henrico County-based Fortune 500 convenience store holding company Arko Corp. is rivaling British oil and gas giant BP in a $1.4 billion bid to acquire Westlake, Ohio-based TravelCenters of America Inc., a publicly traded convenience store chain with 281 retail stores and roadside restaurants in 44 states. On Monday, Arko […]
Chesterfield County kicks off $210M mixed-use project
Chesterfield County officials began demolition Tuesday of the former Best Products Co. Inc. building in the Spring Rock Green shopping center to clear the way for the $210 million first phase of the Springline at District 60 mixed-use development. The 42-acre first phase of the project, located on Midlothian Turnpike off Chippenham Parkway, includes a […]
Virginia ABC to hold Secretariat bourbon lottery
Bourbon fans should gallop to enter the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority’s online lottery later this month for 187 autographed bottles of Secretariat Reserve Straight Bourbon, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the thoroughbred’s 1973 Triple Crown sweep. The bourbon comes from Charlottesville-based Ragged Branch Distillery and includes grain grown at Meadow Event Park in [...]
Hampton Roads’ Retail Alliance appoints new CEO
Jenny Crittenden is the new president and CEO of the Retail Alliance, making her the second woman to be president and CEO of the Hampton Roads nonprofit trade association in its 120-year history. The Norfolk-based alliance’s board of directors appointed Crittenden, formerly the organization’s senior vice president, on Feb. 16. Crittenden succeeds Ray Mattes, who […]
Roanoke shopping center sells for $4.8M
A shopping center in Roanoke has changed hands. Salem-based Omma Management LLC purchased the 49,881-square-foot Oak Grove Plaza in Roanoke for $4.8 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced. Built in 1964, Oak Grove Plaza is located at 2061 Electric Road. CXL Inc. sold the property, which is on about four acres. Cushman & Wakefield […]
House lawmakers stifle creative entrepreneurs fund
RICHMOND, Va. — Creativity should be valued as an important part of the Virginia economy, said the state lawmaker behind legislation to create the Virginia Creative Economy Grant Program. Del. Jackie Glass, D-Norfolk, introduced House Bill 2376 to establish a dedicated funding source for grant awards no more than $20,000 each to independent content creators […]
