The 67-acre site is bordered by Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Hermitage Road, the interstate and the railroad tracks. Less than 24 hours after authorizing a new financing plan for the ballpark-anchored Diamond District development, Richmond City Council and Mayor Levar Stoney have been hit with a lawsuit challenging the action. Local attorney and activist Paul Goldman filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging council’s approval a day earlier of ordinances allowing the city to issue $170 million in bonds to finance the new stadium for the Richmond Flying Squirrels and infrastructure improvements for the ..read more

Freddie Harris recently opened a franchise location of Scenthound, a chain of dog groomers, in Innsbrook. He plans to open two more locations in the region. (Jack Jacobs photo) After a couple years working on the corporate side of dog grooming franchise company Scenthound, Richmond-area resident Freddie Harris has jumped into the role of franchisee. Harris recently opened his own Scenthound location at 10921 W. Broad St. in the Colonnades West shopping center near Innsbrook. The new 1,200-square-foot dog washing and grooming business in Henrico is planned to be the first of three locations t ..read more

Address Sale Date Seller Buyer Sale Amount Chesterfield 11530 Hull Street Road 5/1/2024 RT Branch Enterprises Apex Chesterfield Propco $1,070,000 12850, 12900 Hull Street Road 5/1/2024 RCKF Cloverhill HK Cloverleigh Property Owner $17,000,000 17100, 17200 Hull Street Road 5/1/2024 VA Wood Properties LGB Properties $2,025,000 9932 Route 1 4/30/2024 Richmond Towing Republic Drive Holdings $266,667 Henrico 4801 Twin Hickory Lake Drive 4/17/2024 Richter-Moore Holdings Twin Hickory School $4,200,000 3601 Mayland Court 4/23/2024 Ashton LLC Xyderis Fotios & Themistoklis ..read more

The colonial-style house at 213 Ampthill Road was listed at $3.59 million. (Images courtesy CVRMLS) Forty thousand smackers separated the two priciest home sales in the region last month, both coming in near the $4 million mark. The former residence of the late Brent and Lindsay Halsey topped the list at $3.8 million, above its February listing at $3.59 million. The 7,600-square-foot house at 213 Ampthill Road sold April 15 and overlooks the river in Richmond’s Paxton neighborhood. Property records list the buyers as Charles and Martha Johnson. They were represented by Doug Dorsey with Shahe ..read more

From a field of more than 300 nominees and 45 finalists, the winners of the 2024 RVA Power Women Wards were unveiled Thursday evening. Presented by Brown Edwards, the annual program honors remarkable local businesswomen from 15 industry categories. This year’s awards gala was held at Dover Hall in Goochland. Stay tuned next week for photos and video from the event. Congratulations to all the nominees, the winners and a big thank you to Brown Edwards and all the generous Power Women sponsors who helped support this program. The post Winners announced for 2024 RVA Power Women Awards appea ..read more

Business Name Location Zip  Business Henrico Lotte Plaza Market 7801 W Broad St 23294 Retail Strong Title 8411 Patterson Ave, Ste C 23229 Other MWL-Made With Love 400 Stony Valley Court 23223 Retail Jinger LLC 9819 W Broad St 23060 Retail Anne Noni Moss 5000 Libbie Mill East Blvd, Apt 161 23230 Retail Eric Stadnick 8702 Queensmere Place, Apt 8 23294 Other Helping Hands Home Caregivers Service 11815 Goodwick Square 23238 Other KMF Courier 2807 N Parham Road, Ste 320 23294 Other Saigon Night Pho 5625 W Broad St 23230 Restaurant MNA Convenient 6001 Staples Mill Ro ..read more

After decade-long stints with Riverstone Properties and East West, Chris Corrada has launched Double C Real Estate, the name a nod to a family nickname. (Jonathan Spiers photos) Bill Goodwin’s right-hand real estate man is relinquishing his post and striking out on his own. Chris Corrada, who has led Goodwin’s Riverstone Properties for over a decade, has parted ways with the company to start his own consulting firm, Double C Real Estate. He’s also joining up with One South Commercial, where he’s moved his brokerage license and will represent buyers and sellers as an associate broker. For Cor ..read more

The Ye Olde Car Wash at 10200 Hull Street Road in Chesterfield. A 7 Brew drive-thru coffee shop is planned for the site. (Jack Jacobs photo) The site of a long-running car wash near the intersection of Courthouse and Hull Street roads is slated to be wiped clean to make way for a coffee franchise that’s in the midst of a multi-unit push into the region. New-to-market concept 7 Brew is planning to build a 500-square-foot coffee shop with two drive-thrus at 10200 Hull Street Road near Rockwood Park, according to plans received by the county last week. The property is currently home to Ye Olde ..read more

Denver-based developer Tract recently acquired a 1,200-acre site outside Ashland with plans to prepare the site for the construction of data centers. The company rezoned the area shown in red earlier this year ahead of the sale. (BizSense file) A massive data center project is another step closer to powering up in Hanover County. Development company Tract recently closed on the acquisition of a 1,200-acre assemblage near Ashland, where the Colorado firm intends to set the stage for dozens of data center facilities on multiple campuses. Tract spent $32.7 million to buy the land along Hickory ..read more

Chesterfield Circuit Court Nichole Wright, administrator of the estate of Darrius Marcell Wright, deceased v. EIDP, Inc. f/n/a E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company; DuPont Specialty Products USA, LLC; Dawn Smith; and Shannon Woods Plaintiff says Darrius, while working for MPW Industrial Services, Inc., on the premises of the DuPont plant in Chesterfield on May 26, 2022, was instructed to use a water-blaster-and-vac system to remove solidified and hardened polymer from the Polymer Control Room instead of using a jackhammer to break it up as in the past, and during 4 hours water-blasting he absorb ..read more