Tag Archives: Michael Schwartz

  • News The property at 214 S. Wilton Road sold last month for $3.76 million. (Photos via MLS)

    Richmond’s mansion market heats up

    By all accounts and according to market data, the sale last month of a West End riverfront property fetched the highest price for a single-family home in Richmond in at least 18 months.

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    SportsQuest founder Steve Burton files for bankruptcy

    Burton’s 45-page filing lists $579,000 in assets and $2.06 million in liabilities.

  • News Shawn_Boyers_Snagajob

    Snagajob CEO steps down

    Shawn Boyer, who founded the online hourly job board in 1999, announced his departure at a meeting Wednesday.

  • News Mary Ferguson supports her husband, Allen Mead Ferguson, as they enter the courthouse. (PHOTO: RichmondBizSense)

    Allen Ferguson sentenced to 14 months

    Richmond socialite and former investment banker Allen Mead Ferguson was sentenced Friday to 14 months in federal prison for crimes of mail fraud and money laundering.

  • News The combination Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin-Robbins store at 11 S. Nansemond St. in Carytown. (PHOTO: RichmondBizSense.com)

    Food fight over franchise fees

    Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins on Feb. 7 sued a dozen LLCs that own the franchises.

  • News Allen Ferguson pleaded guilty Wednesday at the federal courthouse.

    Ferguson’s friends plead for leniency

    The letters – written by a who’s who of the local business community – implore his attorneys to push the judge to consider Allen Mead Ferguson’s philanthropy.

  • News The Cornett-owned Hooters at 7912 W. Broad St. (Photo by Michael Schwartz)

    Hooters sues Richmond restaurateur

    A Richmond restaurateur has lost two more of its locations and is facing a lawsuit over its use of the Hooters brand.

  • News The Topeka’s Steakhouse at 1776 Parham Road is closed. (Photos by Michael Schwartz)

    Restaurant owner evicted

    A local restaurant group working its way through bankruptcy reorganization has been evicted from three of its restaurants.

  • News The area at Jordan Point where carts are kept — minus 10 that were taken. (Photos by Michael Schwartz)

    Golf courses report spike in golf cart theft

    Golf carts have been mysteriously disappearing, in bulk, across Central Virginia.

  • News The Short Pump storefront for Old River Cabinets. (Photo by Michael Schwartz)

    Cabinet maker files for bankruptcy

    A local cabinetmaker with stores in Short Pump and Midlothian has filed for bankruptcy.

  • News The Cornett-owned Hooters at 7912 W. Broad St. (Photo by Michael Schwartz)

    Hooters owner files for bankruptcy

    The company owns nine Hooters restaurants and three Topeka’s locations in Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

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    AMF Bowling files for bankruptcy

    The company, headquartered just off I-295 in Hanover County, listed in its initial bankruptcy filing between 1,000 and 5,000 creditors.