Business in brief

A private investor recently purchased the 4,210-square-foot site of a Jiffy Lube at 5710 West Broad Street from Howard J. Varinsky & Leslie W. Gould Revocable Trust for $2.2 million as an investment. Jiffy Lube will remain in operation there. James Ashby IV of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the sale negotiations on behalf of the purchaser.

Draper Aden Associates, a Mid-Atlantic engineering, surveying and environmental services firm, recently announced that Ernest “Ernie” Hoch joined the firm as environmental team leader in the Richmond office. With a vast array of executive experience in the private and public sector, Hoch has held a variety of senior manager roles for over 30 years, including as a county administrator. His extensive background in facilities, sales and marketing, finance and budgeting, economic development, and executive management will help Hoch lead and continue to expand the firm’s Environmental Division in the Richmond region and throughout Virginia and North Carolina.

Bryan Tubbs, Chris Alexandropoulos, Danielle Arrington and Lea Ann Schmeer recently joined EXIT First Realty (Richmond/Glen Allen) as real estate sales team members. The company's office is located at 11207 Nuckols Road, Suite E, in Glen Allen.

HCA Virginia’s Parham Doctors’ Hospital is the first in Virginia to offer a new approach that provides relief for patients suffering from chronic low back pain (CLBP). Performed by Dr. Daniel Martin, spine interventionist who practices at Parham Doctors’ Hospital, the Intracept procedure is a minimally invasive, outpatient procedure which targets a nerve located in the spine. It is indicated for patients who have experienced chronic low back pain for at least six months and have not responded to at least six months of conservative care. The procedure takes approximately 60-90 minutes and does not involve an implant nor change the structure of the spine. The Intracept procedure is supported by two randomized control trials with over 350 patients enrolling in the trials.

Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer recently reported the following real estate transactions in Henrico County: Chase Bank – leased 2,942 SF at 8727 Staples Mill Road; Pigtails & Crewcuts – renewed its lease of 1,856 SF in Gayton Crossing Shopping Center at 9726 Gayton Road; Tropical Smoothie Café – leased 1,513 SF in Ridge Shopping Center at 1505-1567 N. Parham Road; Grit Coffee – leased 1,350 SF at 407 Libbie Avenue; The Keeney Group – renewed its lease of 1,296 SF in Cox Court at 4461 Cox Road; Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, Inc. – renewed its lease of 8,500 SF in Gayton Crossing Shopping Center at 1302 Gayton Road; Chopt Salad – leased 3,500 SF in Short Pump Station at 11301 W. Broad Street; Fighting Fish, LLC – leased 2,000 SF at 910-916 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard; PBMares, LLP – leased an additional 1,792 SF in Westerre II at 3957 Westerre Parkway; Afghan Naan Factory, LLC – leased 1,575 SF in Starling Plaza at 1412 Starling Drive; Skye Bruce Properties, LLC – renewed its lease of 1,296 SF in West Shore Office Park at 100 Concourse Boulevard; Jiya Stores, LLC – leased 1,200 SF in Dunn Shopping Center at 3712 Mechanicsville Turnpike; and Supermarket el Amana – leased 1,200 SF in Gleneagles Shopping Center at 10448 Ridgefield Parkway.