With four neighborhood markets up and running elsewhere in the city, three cousins are now looking to bring their concept to the Southside to help quell Manchester’s grocery needs.
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Mixed-use development in Scott’s Addition fills commercial space
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The commercial space at a new Scott’s Addition project has been gobbled up and one of the spots could go to a taco joint familiar to local Hokies.
The Summit, a new mixed-use development with 166 apartments by SNP Properties at 3022 W. Broad St., recently leased both of its retail storefronts.
One of the leases was signed by Cory Harris, a Richmond local who helped open Cabo Fish Taco in Blacksburg in 2005.
Harris said he’s “99.9 percent certain it’ll be a Cabo,” opening at The Summit, but that he’s still finalizing the details. He added that he should have assurances in a few weeks.
Richmond retail roundup for 2020: A rocky year due to the pandemic
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The coronavirus pandemic ran roughshod over the retail sector in 2020.
A year defined by COVID’s economic disruptions spurred a slew of retailers large and small to declare bankruptcy or go out of business.
But there were signs of light despite the pandemic. Several out-of-town retail outfits made the jump into the Richmond area and a handful of neighborhood markets popped up during the year.
Here’s a roundup of the most notable Richmond retail news from the last 12 months:
Bankruptcies and closings
Richmond continued to be a popular choice for national retailers in search of a federal courthouse to file for bankruptcy protection. Here are the big out-of-town-based chains that filed locally in 2020: