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Mike Platania

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
47
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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Mike Platania

    Local developer Historic Housing wins RFP to build $40M apartment project on city-owned lot in Shockoe Bottom - Richmond BizSense (opens the original)

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    A rendering of Seabrook, Historic Housing’s proposed building. (Courtesy Historic Housing) A prominent local developer has bested two out-of-towners for a chance to redevelop a piece of city-owned land in Shockoe Bottom. Richmond’s Department of Housing and Community Development has selected Historic Housing’s plan for an eight-story mixed-income apartment building as the top proposal to a request for proposals to transform the 1-acre parking lot at 212 N. 18th St., according to an announcement

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Mike Platania

    D.C.-based restaurant Milk & Honey to open in new-construction space in western Henrico - Richmond BizSense (opens the original)

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    The Westpark Shopping Center’s owner is building a new retail space on part of its parking lot. (Mike Platania photo) Just weeks after inking a lease in the Diamond District, a major D.C. restaurant group is going back for seconds in the Richmond market. Thompson Restaurants confirmed this week it has signed on to open a location of its Milk & Honey Southern Inspired Kitchen concept at the Westpark Shopping Center in western Henrico. Milk & Honey will open in part of a new, 8,400-square-foot str

  3. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Mike Platania

    Starbucks shutters Fan, Short Pump locations as part of mass closure - Richmond BizSense (opens the original)

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    The Fan Starbucks had been open for about 20 years. (Mike Platania photo) For the second time in as many years, a wave of national Starbucks closures has hit Richmond, this time taking a decades-old spot in the Fan and one in Short Pump. The coffee shop chain’s location at 400 N. Robinson St. poured its last cup of coffee on Sept. 26, after 20 years in business. Also on the chopping block was the Starbucks at the Thalhimer-owned Shoppes at Westgate, located at 11735 W. Broad St. across from Shor

  4. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Mike Platania

    Owners of Chesterfield Towne Center sell off neighboring shopping center less than a year after buying it - Richmond BizSense (opens the original)

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    The shopping center sits on over 6 acres across Mall Drive from the mall. (Courtesy Ross Realty Investments) Less than a year after buying Chesterfield Towne Center, the mall’s owners have off-loaded a neighboring property. Earlier this week the Chesterfield Towne Center Plaza shopping center at 11304 Midlothian Turnpike, just east of the mall, sold for $11.5 million. The buyer was Ross Realty Investments, a Florida-based firm that specializes in acquiring retail centers. The seller was a joint

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Mike Platania

    Owners of former Westhampton Pastry property on Patterson shift gears, list site for sale - Richmond BizSense (opens the original)

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    Westhampton Pastry Shop vacated the building earlier this year. (Mike Platania photo) Months after its owners had it teed up for redevelopment, a prime piece of the Libbie-Patterson corridor is up for grabs. The former Westhampton Pastry Shop building at 5728 Patterson Ave. was listed for sale this week. The offering includes an approved special-use permit that would allow a buyer to redevelop the site into a new four-story office and retail building at the corner of Libbie and Patterson avenues

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