RICHMOND, Va. — A local staffing company and a real estate firm are bringing more business to Richmond’s sudsiest neighborhood.
Daybreak IT Solutions, a seven-year-old IT staffing company, and real estate team The RVA Group signed leases this month for two of the units in the forthcoming 26,000-square-foot Gather building at 2930 W. Broad St.
The companies won’t be tenants in Gather’s coworking space, which will take up about two-thirds of the property. Rather, they are taking over two of the building’s remaining three separate commercial storefronts.
Sonny Gupta, who owns Daybreak along with founder Vinnie Wright, said the move from the company’s current Westhampton office at 5707 Grove Ave. was prompted by Daybreak’s need for space to offer IT certification training classes and its building coming under new ownership last year.
“There was some uncertainty about the future in that space,” Gupta said, adding the company was looking for a long-term home. “We took that as an opportunity. The idea of being in Scott’s Addition was really appealing.”
Gupta, 40, said four people from Daybreak will use the company’s new 1,200-square-foot office along Altamont Avenue. Daybreak currently has about 36 IT consultants on its payroll. It specializes in connecting web specialists with companies needing extra help.
Daybreak is an approved vendor for companies such as Genworth, as well as the Commonwealth of Virginia. Gupta said in 2015 the company worked with 18 different firms and placed 39 people. In addition providing workers to help with projects in progress, Daybreak is looking to make inroads doing project consulting, which entails building entire web applications.
“We know the Richmond market,” Gupta said, adding that the company is still honing its focus. “We’re only seven years old. We still have a lot to learn.”
Gupta said being on the ground in Richmond gives Daybreak an advantage over the company’s bigger competitors like Aerotek and Computer Resource Team. And Daybreak has plenty of local competitors including Fahrenheit IT, Apex Systems and Techead.
Another reason Daybreak wanted to be at 2930 W. Broad St. is the property’s access to a 75-space parking lot – a rare amenity in Scott’s Addition.
In addition to Gather and the coworking tenants it will attract, Daybreak’s other neighbors in its new building include Three Notch’d Brewing Co. and The Dog Wagon hot dog shop, both of which signed leases earlier this year.
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