Project Snapshot: Construction starts on Carvana ‘car vending machine’ tower
Jonathan Spiers photos)
Site work is underway for what effectively will be the newest and perhaps flashiest billboard along Interstate 195.
Crews have started work on the “car vending machine” tower that online auto seller Carvana is erecting at 2201 Westwood Ave. The 1.6-acre site is at Westwood and Hamilton Street, across the expressway from TopGolf.
The $4 million facility is replacing the former ERNI Electronics building, which was demolished last year. The electronics manufacturer, which had based its U.S. sales headquarters there since 2008, has relocated to a new office near Brandermill.
Best Buy puts two Richmond-area stores on the chopping block
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Best Buy plans to close its store at 7297 Battle Hill Drive in Mechanicsville, shown here, as well as its location in Brandermill in the coming weeks. (
Jack Jacobs photo)
There will soon be two fewer Best Buy stores in the Richmond area.
The electronics retail giant plans to close its stores at 4931 Commonweath Centre Parkway in Brandermill and 7297 Battle Hill Drive in Mechanicsville, according to a company spokeswoman on Thursday.
“The decision to close a store is never an easy one, and we are grateful for our customers who have shopped with us over the years at our Brandermill and Mechanicsville locations,” the spokeswoman said in an email.
2 Best Buy stores closing in Central Virginia FILE In this Aug. 27, 2019 file photo, the Best Buy logo is shown on a store in Richfield, Minn. (Source: Jim Mone/AP Photo/Jim Mone) By NBC12 Newsroom | January 21, 2021 at 3:29 PM EST - Updated January 21 at 3:32 PM
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Two Best Buy stores in Central Virginia will be closing doors for good in the near future.
The last day of business for the Brandermill location along Commonwealth Centre Parkway in Chesterfield will be on Feb. 27.
The last day of business for the Mechanicsville store along Battle Hill Drive will be March 6.