New customs screening facility at RIC to open in April • Innsbrook shopping center sold for $17.35 million

Henrico Newsflash – Feb. 16, 2024

Feb 16, 2024

New customs screening facility at RIC to open in April

A new customs screening facility at Richmond International Airport to allow for direct international commercial passenger flights is expected to open in April.

The years-long revamp was required after airport officials were told in 2019 that the nearly 20-year-old customs screening area in Terminal B did not meet federal standards. Click here to read more

BUSINESS COVERAGE

Innsbrook shopping center sold for $17.35 million

Parkside Marketplace, a 52,948-square-foot shopping center on West Broad Street across from Innsbrook, has been sold by Washington, D.C.-based Stavins & Axelrod to Northpond Partners for $17.35 million. It is the first acquisition made by the new $200 million evergreen investment vehicle focused on retail centers in the Southeast and select Sunbelt markets. Click here to read more

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GOVERNMENT COVERAGE

Tuckahoe Supervisor Rogish to host inaugural Tuckahoe Talk meeting Feb. 20

TRANSPORTATION COVERAGE

Virginia gas prices up 19 cents per gallon in a week

GENERAL ASSEMBLY COVERAGE

Bills to create Virginia Prescription Drug Affordability Board advance

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