Business in brief - March 20, 2023

Robert K. Nelson, director of the Digital Scholarship Lab (DSL) at the University of Richmond, has been awarded nearly $250,000 from the National Institutes of Health to study the impact of redlining — racially-motivated lending discrimination — on health inequalities. This sub-award is part of a five-year project at the University of Michigan. The DSL team, led by Nelson, will create spatial data for industrial, commercial, and residential sites using area descriptions pulled from the Home Owners' Loan Corporation and Sanborn maps, which are detailed maps of U.S. cities and towns in the 19th and 20th centuries. Nelson, head of digital engagement in University of Richmond’s Boatwright Memorial Library, is the editor of American Panorama: An Atlas of United States History. Nelson teaches courses on digital humanities and slavery. He was awarded the 2019 Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Innovation in Digital History from the American Historical Association and recently received a grant to support the development of an expanded, third version of the award-winning Mapping Inequality: Redlining in New Deal America project, which is frequently used by journalists and scholars studying and investigating redlining.

The University of Richmond has appointed Melissa Falk associate vice president and dean of admission, effective July 3. Falk currently serves as dean of admission and financial aid at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., which is her alma mater. She has more than 30 years of experience in admissions and financial aid.

Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer recently announced the following lease transactions in Henrico County: Fulton Bank – leased 4,940 SF of mixed-use space at The Icon, 3200 West Broad Street (Amy J. Broderick and Birck Turnbull represented the landlord); Marquez Foods Virginia, LLC – leased 4,870 SF of industrial space at Interair Business Center, 5371-5393 Glen Alden Drive and 2400-2410 Charles City Road (Graham Stoneburner, Isaac DeRegibus and Chrissy Thexton represented the landlord).

Rockler Woodworking and Hardware is set to open a store this month at 11639 West Broad Street in Short Pump. Rockler sells lumber and woodworking tools and supplies and will offer woodworking classes. The 7,800-square-foot space was previously occupied by Plow & Hearth.

Henrico County will host a sale of surplus property Tuesday, April 4 at the Henrico Surplus Property Warehouse, 4323 Carolina Avenue, Building D. The sale will be open initially to county taxpayers and residents from 8 a.m. to noon and then to the public from noon to 4 p.m. The sale offers an opportunity to purchase used office furniture, computer equipment and more. Morning shoppers will need to provide identification to verify they are Henrico residents or taxpayers. For details, visit https://henrico.us/finance/divisions/purchasing/surplus-sales/.