Business in brief: May 25, 2026
Bambu RVA, a Vietnamese chè and coffee shop located at 4040 Cox Road in Glen Allen, will close May 31 after nearly three years in business, according to a social media post. No reason was given for the closure other than stating it was a “difficult decision.”
Travel insurance app Faye has relocated from a coworking space in Richmond to a 6,000-square-foot office in the Premier Tech Center building at 2810 Parham Road in Henrico, Richmond BizSense recently reported. Elad Schaffer and Daniel Green founded Faye in 2019 and officially launched the app in 2022. It helps users with buying policies, reimbursements and settling claims. Faye employs approximately 160 people in total; a team of 60 will work in the Henrico headquarters.
EXIT First Realty in Glen Allen recently announced that Carolyn Wright, Maguire Ziegler and Victoria Gustafson have joined its team.
Colliers International Richmond recently announced the following commercial lease transaction in Henrico County: Sunshine Nail – renewed its lease of 1,973 SF at 8131 Brook Road (Peter Vick and Harrison Hall represented the landlord).
QSR 2, LC recently purchased approximately 2.2 acres of land at 7500 Staples Mill Road in Henrico from Staples Mill Road Partners LLC for $1,075,000 and plans to develop a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen at the site. Alex T. Wotring and Annie O’Connor of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the sale negotiations on behalf of the seller; Connie Jordan Nielsen and Alicia Brown, also with Thalhimer, represented the purchaser.
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer recently announced the following commercial lease transactions in Henrico County: Hogshead LLC – renewed its lease of 5,624 SF of retail space at Gold’s Gym Plaza, 8900 West Broad Street (Danielle Beckstoffer and James Ashby IV represented the landlord); Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc. – renewed its lease of 3,195 SF of retail space at 7601 West Broad Street (Alex T. Wotring and Bruce Bigger represented the landlord); The Dance Studio – renewed its lease of 1,574 SF of retail space at Hub Shopping Center, 6913-6945 Lakeside Avenue (Annie O’Connor and Richard L. Thalhimer represented the landlord); Belle Enterprises V, Inc. – leased 1,100 SF of retail space at Short Pump Village, 11400 West Broad Street (James Ashby IV and Richard L. Thalhimer represented the landlord, and Alex T. Wotring and David Crawford represented the tenant); West End Dermatology Associates – renewed its lease of 5,713 SF of office space at Gaskins Centre, Building 1, 3823 Gaskins Road (Evan Magrill represented the landlord); Cimtec Automation, LLC – renewed its lease of 3,000 SF of office space at Shrader Commons, 7818 Shrader Road (Evan Magrill represented the landlord); Quickway Hibachi – leased 2,300 SF of retail space in an outparcel at Westpark Shopping Center, 9645 West Broad Street (Annie O’Connor and James Ashby IV represented the landlord); Sky Three, LLC – renewed its lease of 3,600 SF of industrial space at Dabney III, 2112-2122 Tomlynn Street (Evan Magrill represented the landlord, and Craig Douglas represented the tenant); Consumer Cellular, Inc. – leased 2,800 SF of retail space at Westpark Shopping Center, 9645 West Broad Street (Annie O’Connor and James Ashby IV represented the landlord); JuJu Bee’s, LLC – leased 2,500 SF of retail space at Lakeside Towne Center, 6110-6920 Lakeside Avenue (Richard L. Thalhimer represented the landlord); and Re+Forme LLC – leased 1,633 SF of retail space at The Village Shopping Center, 7001-7035 Three Chopt Road (James Ashby IV represented the landlord, and Annie O’Connor and Katie Siegel represented the tenant).
