Business in brief - Oct. 4, 2021

Keiter, a certified public accounting firm, recently announced that Zachary Blanco and Asif Charania have been promoted to partner as of Oct. 1. Blanco joined Keiter as an audit senior associate in 2012 with prior public accounting experience at Reznick Group. During his tenure, he has worked in the emerging business and technology space as well as healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, and retail. Most recently, he launched work in the crowd-funding space. He participates on the Healthcare and Medical Services team and Emerging & Growth Business team, is a member of the Startup Virginia Advisory Council and is a mentor at Startup Virginia and various other accelerator and incubator programs where he supports the emerging businesses in Virginia. Charania started his career with Keiter as an associate in the Valuation & Forensics Services Group in 2008. He has attained the following specialty credentials: Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified in Financial Forensics issued by the AICPA, and Accredited Senior Appraiser issued by the American Society of Appraisers. In 2019, he was awarded the VSCPA’s Top 5 under 35 Award. He previously served on the AICPA’s National Business Valuation Committee and was a recipient of the “Standing Ovation” award issued by the AICPA. He is active with the VSCPA and AICPA and serves on the Finance Committee and Board of Directors for Board of Health Brigade.

Commonwealth Commercial Partners, LLC recently announced the following lease transactions in Henrico County: Parkstone Management, LLC – leased 1,517 SF at 1129 Gaskins Road (Tucker Dowdy, Jamie Galanti and Ben Boykin represented the landlord); Blanchard Strategy, LLC – leased 528 SF at 4915 Radford Avenue (Tucker Warren and Eliza Izard represented the landlord); D&L Parts Company – leased 6,250 SF at 5805 School Avenue (Ben Bruni represented the landlord); Amazing Dental, LLC – leased 803 SF at 5700 Old Richmond Avenue (Tucker Dowdy and Michael Good represented the landlord).

David L. Carlson Revocable Trust recently sold a property at 10132 West Broad Street in Glen Allen to T. Long Properties for $587,500. John Jay Schwartz with Have Site Will Travel and The Man With Square Feet represented the seller.

Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer recently announced the following lease transactions in Henrico County: TMS NeuroHealth Centers Richmond, LLC – expanded its lease to 3,080 SF of office space at East Shore I, 100 Eastshore Drive (Amy J. Broderick and Mark E. Douglas represented the landlord); Tropical Smoothie – renewed its lease of 1,302 SF of retail space at Parc Place, 11736 West Broad Street (James Ashby IV represented the tenant); Pinnacle Cabinetry & Design, LLC – leased 1,250 SF of industrial space at 2079-2099 Dabney Road (Graham Stoneburner and R. Scott Douglas represented the landlord); Kung Fu Tea – leased 1,400 SF of retail space at Short Pump Corner, 11577 West Broad Street (Richard L. Thalhimer represented the tenant); Carl Jones – leased 1,025 SF of office space at Parham East, 2201-2221 East Parham Road (Amy J. Broderick represented the landlord).