The Ukrop's location on West Grace Street closed almost a year ago, and since then has sat vacant in the midst of the bustling VCU community. Plans are finally underway for making use of the space since the acquisition by...
Topics: redevelopment, Retail, Richmond, Ukrop's, VCU, Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University

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There are always questions that come up when dealing with commercial real estate, whether it is about leasing a space (from the tenant's or landlord's perspective), how NNN expenses work, what an LOI should look like, etc... For so many...
Topics: commercial real estate, Loopnet

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It's a question that I hear all of the time, and there are all sorts of answers and variations of answers that I give. A lot of it depends on how the last phone call went, or how the week...
Topics: commercial real estate, General, market conditions, Richmond, VA

{"title":"How is the market?","post_url":"http:\/\/rvabusiness.typepad.com\/rvabusiness\/2009\/04\/how-is-the-market.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/RVABusiness","author":"nvhughes","date":"2009-04-13 12:01:15","summary":"It's a question that I hear all of the time, and there are all sorts of answers and variations of answers that I give. A lot of it depends on how the last phone call went, or how the week..."}

This is a sad story about people taking advantage of trust given to them by the general public. No, it's not about the government or big-business (this time), but about the trust that we put in the waitstaff at our...
Topics: credit card fraud, Legal, National News, Restaurants, Retail

{"title":"Waitstaff in DC accused of stealing credit card numbers","post_url":"http:\/\/rvabusiness.typepad.com\/rvabusiness\/2009\/04\/waitstaff-in-dc-accused-of-stealing-credit-card-numbers.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/RVABusiness","author":"nvhughes","date":"2009-03-31 19:12:06","summary":"This is a sad story about people taking advantage of trust given to them by the general public. No, it's not about the government or big-business (this time), but about the trust that we put in the waitstaff at our..."}

For any of you that have been interested in getting involved with a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), you may have had a similar experience as I have had -- I got put on a waiting list. Now this is not...
Topics: CSA, General, local produce

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