Elephant Insurance held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday at its new office in the Concourse at Wyndham office park on Nuckols Road. The company, which is a division of UK-based Admiral Group, sold its first car insurance policy at the start of the month and sells only in Virginia for now. Aaron Kremer Aaron Kremer is Editor [...]

A new online program which was started recently in the West End is aiming to give back to our local heroes. America’s 1st Responders, a program offering discounts to local and national stores, hotels and services, is exclusively for first responders and their spouses. The idea came to Pam Brown early this year and the [...]

No, that’s not another earthquake (like the one back in July) that you hear rumbling through Short Pump. Contractors working on a new water project along Three Chopt Road are blasting rock to make way for utility pipes near the intersection of Gaskins and Three Chopt Roads.

Streambank will again be coming to Richmond to sell off the intellectual properties of a now defunct Short Pump-based retailer, S&K Menswear. The Massachusetts-based advisory firm helped another former Short Pump-based chain, Circuit City, sell it’s intellectual property, including trademarks and customer data. Aaron Kremer Aaron Kremer is Editor of Richmond BizSense, a Downtown Short [...]

On Saturday afternoon, Republican Whip and Short Pump resident Eric Cantor hosted the 2009 Republican Round-Up, an annual rally at the Innsbrook SnagAJob Pavilion. Outside the gates, several hundred members of the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL), protested the event’s venue choice.

When Twin Hickory resident Andrea Sovich was a senior executive at a local Fortune 500 company, she was sometimes working 70-hour workweeks. As a mother of two young children, she had little time to get her everyday tasks accomplished. When she left in January, she got the idea to start a company that helped others [...]

A local bridal boutique is lending a hand to help with a big event to promote breast cancer research. Bella Rosa Bridal, Richmond’s leading bridal salon, located here in Short Pump, is sponsoring the Pink Tie Gala and helping out with various aspects of the event. The dinner and dance helps to raise money for [...]

While some hotel operators have lost footing in the past 12 months, Chester-based Shamin Hotels has gained ground by adding 10 hotels to its portfolio. The company, founded more than 25 years ago by brothers-in-law P.C. Amin and B.N. Shah, is putting the finishing touches on its crown jewel, a 254-room Hilton west of Short [...]

While many Short Pump shopping centers have lost tenants due to the recession and many businesses have closed their doors, one center is completely leased out. Thalhimer Commercial Real Estate leasing representative Jim Ashby says The Shoppes At Westgate at Broad and Lauderdale is welcoming a host of new tenants.