Jonathan Spiers

Set to launch next semester, the program will provide students with free access to the brokerage's proprietary pre-licensing platform, and aims to increase entry to and representation in the industry.

The build-to-suit facility will be developed by Sauer Properties and consolidate Eaton’s three existing facilities in the area. It also will kick off the next phase of the massive industrial park taking shape south of RIC.

The name change coincides with the firm’s 40th year in business and is meant as a breakaway from what founder Chris Small described as old-school brokerages stuck in old ways.

Active on projects such as Diamond District and CarMax Park, KEI Architects is preparing a move from Franklin Street to the recently renovated Tilt Creative + Production building in the Slip.

“I was a customer and loved the product so much, we just started looking into it and decided to create a business around it,” said Doug Nunn, who launched the firm with local homebuilder Ben Wright.

“Just knowing what probably was prayed for and hoped for in these walls for so many years, it’s just an honor to be able to be here and to be using it for what we call kingdom purposes,” Urban Hope's Sarah Hale said of the building.

The $8 million project to repair the stretch of road between Church Hill and Fulton was put back out for bids Friday after an initial solicitation over the summer received no response from contractors.

In a statement the day after the petition was filed, Henrico's county manager said of operator Churchill Downs: "... they chose a cynical path that shows they're not interested in being a good neighbor or a valued corporate citizen."

Currently a deputy county manager and Henrico’s chief of staff, Tretina will succeed current EDA director Anthony Romanello, who submitted his resignation in August and will step down from the post in mid-January.

The hotelier will develop its third Home2 Suites by Hilton in the Richmond region as the first of two commercial components of Cloverleigh, the 105-acre, 400-home project under development beside the 288-Hull Street Road interchange.