Business
Blue Ridge Cyclery rolls into Libbie Mill development
Bike shop expands regional footprint, adding to growing retail service offerings at Libbie Mill.
Libbie Mill – Midtown, owned and operated by Henrico-based Gumenick Properties, announced last week that Blue Ridge Cyclery has leased approximately 4,208 square feet in retail suite 100 of the Penstock Quarter building located at 5001 Libbie Mill East Boulevard.
Blue Ridge Cyclery’s expansion into the local market illustrates continued demand for high-quality commercial real estate at Libbie Mill and adds a unique and invaluable retail service experience to the growing community. The bicycle shop plans to begin work on this space in the near future.
While their new, permanent space is being built, Blue Ridge Cyclery will open in a temporary location in the 2,717 square foot Suite 165 of the Penstock Quarter Building, adjacent to [solidcore] and Capital Eye Care. Opening their Libbie Mill store location in this temporary space will allow Blue Ridge Cyclery to officially join the community in a limited capacity much sooner.
Harrison Hall and Peter Vick of Colliers International represented Libbie Mill – Midtown and Blue Ridge Cyclery in the transaction.
Blue Ridge Cyclery is an independently owned bicycle shop founded in 2010, and currently operates store locations in Charlottesville and northern Virginia.
“We are excited to join the Richmond cycling scene with our new location at Libbie Mill. The combination of retail and residential in a single community setting fits the BRC model well,” states Shawn Tevendale, owner and founder of Blue Ridge Cyclery. The company’s newest store in Libbie Mill – Midtown will be its fourth location in the state.
Blue Ridge Cyclery is an official Trek dealer, specializing in the sale of Trek and Electra bicycles, among other makes and models regularly stocked in its stores. The shops also provide bicycle repair and maintenance services, cycling gear, as well as coordinate community bicycle rides and other events.
“We are very excited to welcome Blue Ridge Cyclery as the latest business in our growing list of retail services at Libbie Mill – Midtown,” states Diane Tidwell, Gumenick Properties’ director of property management for Virginia. “Demand for commercial space in the community remains robust, and we are looking forward to identifying the right businesses to fill the approximately 8,000 square feet of retail remaining.”
This newest lease comes on the heels of a strong year for Libbie Mill – Midtown, in which it welcomed All-Star Orthodontics, Athletico Physical Therapy, and River Run Dental. Restaurants ACACIA midtown and Brass Tap Craft Beer Bar also found their new homes at Libbie Mill and are both poised to open in the coming weeks.
There also continues to be strong demand for new-construction townhomes and condominiums at The Neighborhood at Libbie Mill, with the pre-sale and construction of a new phase to begin soon.
Business
New full-service commercial kitchen, fast casual food hall opens Wednesday
The new facility consists of 16 kitchen suites, each operating unique dining concepts. For the initial launch, ChefSuite has announced three restaurant concepts available for pick-up or delivery through their website, order.chefsuite.com, or through DoorDash, UberEats, GrubHub, and other delivery apps.
ChefSuite, a full-service commercial cooking facility and fast-casual food hall, will open its flagship location in midtown at 4711 W. Broad Street this Wednesday. The brainchild of co-founders Jay Modi and Jarnail Tucker, and Chairman Andrew Kadish, ChefSuite provides ghost kitchens for both new restaurateurs and seasoned chefs, allowing them to open or expand their restaurant business at a fraction of the cost of a traditional brick-and-mortar restaurant.
“ChefSuite’s mission is to provide a seamless experience for restaurateurs to focus on their dream,” Kadish said in a news release. “ChefSuite features a fool-proof system that supports our chef tenants with every opportunity to succeed.”
The new facility consists of 16 kitchen suites, each operating unique dining concepts. For the initial launch, ChefSuite has announced three restaurant concepts available for pick-up or delivery through their website, order.chefsuite.com, or through DoorDash, UberEats, GrubHub, and other delivery apps.
Restaurants at launch include On A Roll Italian Subs; Latin Quarter Kitchen, specializing in smashed plantain sandwiches; and A Pinch of Sugar, offering comfort food. Additional restaurant concepts will be added to ChefSuite’s offerings in the coming months, owners say.
For chef tenants, each suite is equipped with a CaptiveAire exhaust hood, commercial use sinks, gas/fire safety systems, grease traps, hot/cold water lines, industrial water heater, shelving, tablet, and order printer. ChefSuite also provides cold storage, a cooking oil removal system, third party app onboarding, consulting services, financial reporting, and substantial vendor discounts. ChefSuite offers tenants flexible lease terms with options to include cooking equipment.
Business
Richmond Flying Squirrels hosting series of job fairs ahead of 2023 season
Positions are available in food & beverage, ticketing and operations for the team’s home games from April through September.
The Richmond Flying Squirrels are looking to hire part-time, game-day positions for the upcoming baseball season. The team has three upcoming job fairs for interested candidates to fill out applications and find out information about available positions.
Positions are available in food & beverage, ticketing and operations for the team’s home games from April through September. Information on the Flying Squirrels’ upcoming job fairs can be found here. The 2023 game schedule can be found here.
The job fairs will take place at The Diamond (3001 N Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23230) on the following dates:
- Wednesday, March 8, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Saturday, March 25, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Thursday, March 30, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Available positions include:
FOOD & BEVERAGE
TICKETING
OPERATIONS
Questions regarding game-day positions with the Flying Squirrels can be directed to [email protected].
The Flying Squirrels open the 2023 on Friday, April 7 against the Reading Fightin Phils. Individual-game tickets, including tickets for Opening Night, are available now online at SquirrelsBaseball.com/Tickets, by phone at 804-359-FUNN (3866) or in person at the Flying Squirrels ticket office.
Business
Feed More relocating food bank and other operations to new $40 million facility north of city
The local nonprofit confirmed to BizSense that it’s behind Project Nourish, the development plan recently filed with Henrico County for a wooded site at 8020 Villa Park Drive.
From Richmond BizSense:
A code-named industrial project in the works near St. Joseph’s Villa has turned out to be the planned new home for regional food bank Feed More, setting the stage for a move that would free up some prime real estate near Richmond’s Diamond District.
The local nonprofit confirmed to BizSense that it’s behind Project Nourish, the development plan recently filed with Henrico County for a wooded site at 8020 Villa Park Drive.
The project name is a reference to Feed More’s slogan of “nourishing communities and empowering lives.”
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