Mike Platania is a Reporter at Richmond BizSense and WTVR-TV. He covers a diverse range of topics including construction and real estate, with a focus on commercial and residential real estate, housing markets, and real estate development. Additionally, Mike explores the intersections of urban art and street art, contributing to his well-rounded reporting on the local arts and entertainment scene.
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By: Mike Platania
BWW unveiled its Go concept in 2020. (Courtesy Inspire Brands)
By: Mike Platania
The 5-acre site is being cleared to make way for a sizable mixed-use development from New York-based Allen Investment Partners. Once completed, the phased development could have over 650 apartments, making it one of the densest new projects in the Scott’s Addition area.
By: Mike Platania
The complex was originally constructed in the 1910s as the headquarters for Dominion Energy, then known as the Virginia Electric and Power Co. In 2014 it was converted into apartments by AH Realty and local firm Genesis Properties.
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“There's this bad feeling as you experience burnout, like, ‘Am I dragging this thing that I love down?’ founder Will Correll said. "Realizing you may be in the way as a founder is emotional. (Buskey) is all I've ever done."
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The phased development would replace a grassy area and surface parking lot in Innsbrook. (Google Earth)
By: Mike Platania
The deal adds to the intrigue at the corner of West Main Street and South Stafford Avenue, as another vacant restaurant space across the street was recently taken over by the owners of Carytown cocktail bar The Jasper.
The region's busiest mall currently has a split ownership group made up of local real estate firm Pruitt Associates, Australian investment firm QIC, and Brookfield Properties, a major real estate investor based in New York.
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Joyfield would be Standard Communities’ first local development. (Images courtesy Standard Communities LinkedIn)
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“It has theater seating, so it has a fairly significant slope from front to back, so the idea is to level those floors,” said the new owner. “It’d be a cool place for a restaurant, like an upscale restaurant and bar.”
By: Mike Platania
“The market’s shrinking. When you have a particular (business) model, it's sometimes hard to adjust your model downward to fit the way the market's reacting. We used to have every single product we make in stores. Now we have three or four,” said Legend's Dave Gott.
