Jack Jacobs
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Business reporter covering restaurants, startups, cannabis, economic development, retail, etc. for @rvabizsense. Send me a tip: [email protected]
Richmond, VA
Joined July 2015
It didn’t take long for a new tenant to claim the recently vacated Richmond Camera shop in Carytown.
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The chain is taking over the recently shuttered Richmond Camera location. It'll be Warby Parker's second store in the region.
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A combo coffee-and-books store has taken over storefront near VCU formerly occupied by an outpost of Kulture.
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Abi’s Books & Brews will have seating for 42, a figure that it's owner said is a nod to the answer given as the meaning of life in the sci-fi novel “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.”
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Markel | Eagle and Ed Nunnally are in the early stages of planning a mixed-use development on 200 acres at the corner of Otterdale and Hull Street Road in Chesterfield.
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Nunnally Village would take a page from Markel | Eagle’s GreenGate center in Short Pump, and is expected to feature multiple grocery stores, other retailers, locally owned restaurants, office space...
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Marijuana retail market bills advance after votes in General Assembly https://t.co/S4mV89p4fH
@VASenate @VaHouse @AaronRouseVaBch @Virginia_CCA @KrizekForVA
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The next step for the bills is for the Senate and House to consider the versions passed by their counterparts in the other chamber.
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In late 2022, food delivery service Chop Chop agreed to be acquired by a budding takeout platform called FoodUp. But the deal has since soured, leaving Chop Chop defunct and the two local companies' founders now at odds over who's to blame. https://t.co/lLIoxaewjs
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A bid to create a more formidable local competitor to national restaurant delivery apps like DoorDash has left a five-year-old local startup defunct and its founder considering legal action.
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Greyhound station across from The Diamond could be razed for 650-unit development https://t.co/RwzZWwq8zs
@GreyhoundBus @CityRichmondVA @timmonsgroup
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Saxon Shoes sold by founding family after 70 years https://t.co/6WbPrwk3qC
@SaxonShoes @ComfortOneShoes @ShortPumpMall
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���Yesterday was like graduating from college, or like having another child. It was such a happy occasion," Gary Weiner said of the sale. "You work hard for a long time and you want to see that...
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New business park planned for Pole Green Road in Hanover https://t.co/hI7kAOUp01
@HanoverVa
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Dubbed Pole Green Business Center, the park would house more than 200,000 square feet across 14 one-story buildings on a 30-acre site.
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‘Wait till they really hear the deal’: Despite efforts, doomed VCU Health development couldn’t be saved https://t.co/mJDDAGEgzO
@VCUHealth @VCU @CityRichmondVA @LevarStoney @BlueOwlCapital @MesirowFin @umbban
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Emails show that the exit payment offer was at one point as high as $142 million, before the health system and its landlord settled on $72.9 million.
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BizSense is growing and looking for a new reporter to join the team
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Local shops hit with fines for CBD products after new law takes effect https://t.co/CVu9a1dIkw
@VaAgriculture
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Inspectors from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services have issued $1.5 million in fines to about 20 stores statewide thus far.
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Goochland supervisors vote down contentious Centerville land-use plan https://t.co/5LrghxqF9e
@GoochlandGovtVA @timmonsgroup
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The vote to reject the plan, which had been close to two years in the making, followed a period this summer in which the county solicited input from residents and received hundreds of responses.
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KavaClub founder discusses regulatory limbo, defends safety of kava drinks https://t.co/SIUrQdGJzH
@VDHgov @US_FDA @CityRichmondVA @urichmond @GovernorVA
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“If the commonwealth feels so strongly, they should be slamming shut every vape shop and every gas station (that’s selling kava and kratom),” Bryant said. “If it’s really a public health issue,...
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‘The lease that will go down in history’: Documents reveal details of ill-fated VCU Health development deal https://t.co/Xc4rYoWyEK
@VCUHealth @VCU @GovernorVA @CityRichmondVA @HuntonAK @BlueOwlCapital @Kirkland_Ellis @thedoorwaysRVA @RMHCRichmond @LevarStoney
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A risk analysis of the deal, which last week drew added scrutiny from Gov. Glenn Youngkin, said the lease “was horribly one-sided, and certainly not what any of us would have recommended as a...
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Chesterfield seeks new operator to reopen shuttered Southside Speedway https://t.co/jwrxzbpbGI
@ChesterfieldVa @ChesterfieldBiz @RVASportsplex
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Marking a change of course, the county’s goals for the racetrack property are to “return auto racing to Southside Speedway with sustainable business operations.”
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New architectural design guidelines in the works for downtown Ashland https://t.co/TVlXfvpDoZ
@TownofAshland @VADHCD @GovernorVA
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The Downtown Ashland Association is kicking off its Downtown Ashland Revitalization project, which will be powered by state-provided grant funds and done in coordination with town officials.
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Food truck park The Glades rolling into former Innsbrook After Hours site https://t.co/VbOc37Uchb
@Innsbrook @HighwoodsProp
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The 4-acre food truck park from local entrepreneur Phu Nguyen is aiming to open next month as a new amenity for the office park and making use of unused land that's planned for eventual development.
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Moving firm WayForth laying off hundreds as it ends operations outside Richmond area https://t.co/KvYGNYadS6
@WayForth_
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Left scrambling after a failed merger, the once fast-growing company is moving rapidly to restructure by shrinking from nearly 500 employees to 50, leaving only its Richmond operations intact.
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BREAKING NEWS: Review of VCU Health development deal released https://t.co/E4ZJgHGJNL
@VCUHealth @VCU @SaulEwing
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