Two shuttered downtown buildings will soon breathe new life thanks in part to a combined $1 million in funding for the two projects in Lynchburg and Martinsville.

The Mixed Use on Main Street Grant funds will help transform the former A&P grocery store in Lynchburg and the former Woolworth’s building in Martinsville into commercial and residential spaces.

“Downtowns are the heart and soul of so many communities across the Commonwealth, and through these investments, we will transform derelict structures into vibrant businesses and create new housing opportunities,” said Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin. “Strong infrastructure is key to any successful economic strategy, and this program is designed to keep those downtown districts thriving and catalyze both economic development and community pride.”

Lynchburg

The Lynchburg Economic Development Authority, through a private developer, will renovate the former A&P Grocery store at 400 12th St. from a single-story structure into a four-story building for mixed use. The project will create a commercial space on the ground floor with 10,000 square feet of retail space, as well as 28 apartment units. The $500,000 in funding will go toward renovating and remodeling the ground floor for a committed food and beverage operator. The residential space will include studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units.

Martinsville

The city of Martinsville, through a private developer, will renovate the former Woolworth’s building, which was built in the 1920s and has been vacant since 1996. The East Church St. building is now being renovated to provide additional housing units and retail spaces to the Uptown Martinsville district. The project will include six apartments, as well as 4,000 square feet of retail space and 600 square feet of office space.

About MUMS

MUMS is a pilot program created as a joint effort with the Industrial Revitalization Fund and Virginia Main Street programs, both administered through the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development to support the revitalization of vacant or underutilized downtown spaces to create opportunities for commercial development and housing units in communities that are active participants in VMS.

Awards are available up to $500,000 for the rehabilitation of mixed-use buildings that must include the creation or preservation of housing units and can be provided as either grants or loans.

“This unique program allows us to make targeted investments back into our communities, giving them the resources and flexibility needed to generate sustainable economic growth,” said Secretary of Commerce and Trade Caren Merrick. “These two remarkable projects will create 15 new jobs and build 34 new housing units in downtown commercial districts, and I look forward to seeing the continued positive change that this revitalization will enable.”

For more information on MUMS, visit dhcd.virginia.gov/irf.

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A building boom during the COVID-19 pandemic brought 1.2 million apartments to the rental market in the United States in three years, the highest level since the 1970s.

The trend is not slowing down, thankfully, as rental costs are on the rise, supply is attempting to meet demand with another million projected for construction through 2025, according to RentCafe’s Apartment Construction Report.

Economic challenges are expected to affect the pace of construction, but 2023 is shaping up as a new peak year for construction as developers are expected to open 460,860 rentals by the end of December.

The pace of construction is expected to slow in 2025 because of economic conditions after the construction of 484,000 units in 2024. The industry predicts a significant drop of 15 percent in 2025, when only 408,000 apartments are projected for construction.

The No. 1 builder of rental homes is New York with no less than 33,000 new units scheduled by the end of 2023. Nearly 1/3 will be in Brooklyn, while Queens will have an additional 4,430 new rentals completed, significantly more than the 3,770 new apartments expected in Manhattan.

Dallas is the No. 2 builder with 23,659 new rentals anticipated by the end of 2023, nearly 10,000 apartments less than New York. Developers are scheduled to open 23,434 rentals in Austin by the end of the year.

Supply is anticipated to slow after this year’s projects because of economic conditions.

“Tightening of bank lending standards — combined with rising costs of construction materials, labor and land — has made new projects harder to pencil,” Doug Ressler, manager of business intelligence at Yardi Matrix, said.

Looking back on the rental market in America, only 60 percent of new units built between 2020 and 2022 were accessible to only 41 percent of the country’s renter population. During the pandemic, apartments were built in just 20 high-growth metro areas, and approximately 89 percent of apartments built since 2020 are high-end.

Households grew at a rapid rate after the pandemic as job growth boomed and young adults moved out of their parents’ homes. At the same time, “work-from-home prompted renters to form their own households to gain more living space for offices, children and pets,” Ressler said.

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Automatic Coating Ltd. is coming to America and setting up operations in the city of Suffolk, Va.

Headquartered in Toronto, the international technologically advanced custom powder, liquid and corrosion coating company will invest $22.8 million to support an existing contract with the U.S. Navy and expand with new industrial and commercial customers in the United States.

Virginia competed with Florida for the project, which will create 50 new jobs, and use the company’s patented process for corrosion coating on a wide variety of components including water tight doors, louvers, hatches and scuttles.

“Automatic Coating Limited is pleased to announce the expansion of our company with the opening of Automatic Coating Limited U.S.A. This is the next step in the evolution of our company and will deliver a local and made-in-America presence to our patented Tidal Coat system. This will assist the U.S. Navy in their North Star 75 project and will save the Navy millions of dollars in cost avoidance and extended life cycle of parts,” Jocelyn Bamford, CEO of Automatic Coating Limited U.S.A, said. “We could not have found a better support in the Hampton Roads Alliance, the City of Suffolk, and the State of Virginia. We look forward to being an integral part of community and contributing to job growth and prosperity in the region.”

Founded in 1954, Automatic Coating is a leader in field corrosion coating, and offers mobile field coating services, coating removal, mobile blasting, pipe rehabilitation, and other services. Automatic Coating has a patented process for corrosion coating, which makes it unique in the industry.

“We are looking forward to furthering the incredible partnership with the U.S. Navy which has been fostered over the past 25 years and developing new partnerships with general industrial companies as well as the pipeline industry in the United States,” President of Automatic Coating Limited Brad Bamford said.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin said he is proud the international company chose the Commonwealth.

“Hampton Roads boasts a robust workforce that includes a high veteran and exiting military population to supply Automatic Coating with a pipeline of talent to serve its contracts with the U.S. Navy, strengthening the region’s reputation as a hub for innovation in defense,” Youngkin said.

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership, the city of Suffolk and the Hampton Roads Alliance worked together to secure the project for Virginia. Governor Youngkin approved a $200,000 grant from the Commonwealth’s Opportunity Fund to assist the city with the project. Funding and services to support the company’s employee training activities will be provided through the Virginia Jobs Investment Program.

“Establishing Automatic Coating’s U.S. operation in a region known for building the nation’s Naval ships is the perfect combination, and we are thrilled to welcome the company to Virginia,” Secretary of Commerce and Trade Caren Merrick said. “The services Automatic Coating provides for the U.S. Navy will strengthen our country’s defense and ensure job opportunities for Virginians for years to come.”

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The City of Harrisonburg just got a boost to reconnect the Northeast Neighborhood to the downtown area. The city was one of 15 selected by Smart Growth America to participate in a Community Connectors program which aims to repair the damage of divisive infrastructure in small and mid-sized cities.

In this case, the construction of North Mason Street and additional urban renewal activities resulted in the displacement and the loss of many Black-owned homes and businesses.

“We are committed to creating a ‘City For All’ here in Harrisonburg – a community where all people have access to city services, and where all feel safe and valued while having abundant opportunity,” said Harrisonburg City Manager Ande Banks. “We know barriers to reaching that goal still exist in our community.

“While our Community Connectors effort is about physically improving the connection between our diverse Northeast Neighborhood and Downtown Harrisonburg, it is just as much about establishing and improving partnerships, trust and bonds that have been eroded by negative actions throughout our community’s past,” Banks said.

The city will work with the Northeast Neighborhood Association, Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance, the Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project and the broader community to develop a plan to reestablish a safe, vibrant corridor.

“The Community Connectors program will help provide the city resources needed to have in-depth, vital conversations with community members in order to gain the information we need to potentially drive a future project in the Mason Street/Northeast Neighborhood area, among other benefits,” said Michael Parks, Director of Communications for the City of Harrisonburg.

The project will receive a grant of up to $130,000 to build local capacity to co-design projects alongside impacted communities to advance new transportation infrastructure projects that repair damage from divisive infrastructure.

The Community Connectors program will take place over the next two years and features a learning exchange this November in Atlanta, Ga., and links local leaders to experts and other cities attempting to accomplish similar objectives in reconnecting communities.

“These locally-led projects aim to remove divisive transportation infrastructure that has too long created barriers to access and economic opportunity,” said Beth Osborne, Vice President of Transportation and Thriving Communities at Smart Growth America. “The Community Connectors program will accelerate these communities’ efforts by supporting strong community-based partnerships, providing capacity building grants, and offering technical assistance from national transportation leaders through workshops and direct support to advance their projects’ goals.”

The Community Connectors program is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and conducted in partnership with Equitable Cities, the New Urban Mobility Alliance and America Walks.

“We are thrilled to welcome 15 exceptional teams to the Community Connectors program, a transformative initiative that stands as a beacon of hope for small and mid-sized communities nationwide,” stated Charles T. Brown, CEO of Equitable Cities. “Together, we will harness the power of collaboration, tapping into the wisdom and resources of public entities and nonprofit organizations, to heal the wounds of divisive infrastructure and forge a more united, accessible, and equitable future for these communities.”

For a presentation on the program made to City Council, click here.

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A multistate investigation into a leasing company’s advertising and leasing to consumers through retailers in the United States has resulted in a $35 million settlement.

Tempoe LLC was found to have misled consumers in 41 states and Washington, D.C. to believe they were signing up for an installment plan or credit sale. Consumers were actually entering a lease agreement. The lack of required disclosures and the lease agreements’ complicated structure created confusion and encouraged consumers to pay two to three times more than the purchase price of the product or service.

“It’s unacceptable that this company misled consumers and trapped them into lease agreements by making them believe they were signing up for an installment plan or credit sale,” Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said. “Consumers expect and deserve transparency from companies when making important financial decisions. Holding bad actors like Tempoe accountable sends a message that taking advantage of Virginians will not be tolerated.”

The settlement includes permanently banning Tempoe from engaging in future consumer leasing activities. All existing leases are canceled, and consumers may retain the leased merchandise in their possession without any further financial obligation. Tempoe will not provide negative information regarding lessees to any consumer reporting agency.

Approximately $33 million of “in-kind” financial relief will be provided to consumers nationwide. Consumers with existing leases do not need to take any action as Tempoe has automatically canceled their account(s).

Tempoe must also pay $2 million: $1 million to the states and jurisdictions participating in this settlement and $1 million to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has agreed to a parallel settlement resolving the same alleged misconduct.

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Hermes Abrasives USA, the U.S. subsidiary of German-based Hermes Abrasives, will invest $5.6 million to expand in Virginia Beach.

Hermes, a global leader in supplying industrial abrasive materials to support production finish, will integrate new product lines to increase capabilities and create 30 new jobs.

The company moved its narrow belt production line from Virginia Beach to Mexico in 2019, but will return to the Virginia Beach facility.

“Hermes Abrasives has proudly called Southeastern Virginia home for over 40 years. Though we have grown and changed with the times, we are excited about the potential expansion and development that we have planned over the next five years,” President of North American Operations Brad Sorgen said. “With nearly $6 million in planned capital investment, Hermes is looking to increase its overall manufacturing footprint to better service its hundreds of customers throughout North America.”

Hermes is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, and manufactures a variety of Coated and Bonded Abrasives and grinding tools. The company has a manufacturing or sales presence worldwide with major offices in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Singapore, China, Mexico and the U.S. (Virginia). The Virginia Beach facility was established in 1981 and manufactures 60 percent of Hermes’ full product portfolio. It serves as the flagship facility for the company’s industrial-scale sandpaper product, primarily used in the automotive and woodworking industries.

“Hermes Abrasives has demonstrated a 40+ year commitment to Virginia, and the return of its belt production line from Mexico to Virginia Beach sends a clear message that the Commonwealth has the right combination of assets for manufacturers to locate and grow,” Gov. Glenn Youngkin said. “Hampton Roads offers the skilled workforce, logistics advantage, and business climate that international leaders like Hermes need to thrive, and we look forward to their continued success in the Commonwealth.”

The Virginia Economic Development Partnership, the City of Virginia Beach and the Hampton Roads Alliance worked together to secure the project for Virginia and will support job creation through the Virginia Jobs Investment Program (VJIP), which provides consultative services and funding to companies creating new jobs in order to support employee recruitment and training activities.

“The expansion of Hermes Abrasives’ flagship facility in Virginia Beach further demonstrates the increasing role Virginia is playing in reshoring manufacturing,” Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Caren Merrick said. “We thank Hermes Abrasives for recognizing Virginia’s advantages and reinvesting in its operation as a long-term corporate partner in the Commonwealth.”

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Virginia has been awarded $17,259,239 in federal funding to improve airport infrastructure.

Awarded by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration’s 2023 Airport Improvement Program (AIP) Grant Program, funding will improve runways, taxiways, airport signage, airport lighting and airport markings.

Virginia’s regional airports already received $56,828,185 through the AIP. U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced the additional funding yesterday.

“Our regional airports are critical for economic development in our communities,” the senators said. “We’re glad this federal funding will help improve safety and reliability by upgrading infrastructure at airports across the Commonwealth.”

The funding is distributed as follows:

• $4,875,000 for the Winchester Regional Airport to reconstruct its apron.
• $4,018,500 for the Leesburg Executive Airport to rehabilitate its apron.
• $3,401,884for the Danville Regional Airport to rehabilitate its apron.
• $3,348,877for the Manassas Regional Airport to reconstruct the taxiway.
• $951,500for the Accomack County Airport in Melfa to construct a taxiway and light, mark, or remove non-hazardous obstructions like nearby buildings and towers in its airspace.
• $600,748for the Lee County Airport in Jonesville to improve safety at the airport by installing navigational aids (NAVAIDS) and a runway vertical/visual guidance system, reconstructing airfield guidance signs, and rehabilitating lighting on the runway.
• $62,730for the Mountain Empire Airport in Smyth County to reconstruct or replace the airport’s lighting vault, which houses the regulators, controls, and other equipment necessary to power and control airfield lighting systems.

In early 2023, Warner and Kaine announced federal grants of more than $44 million and $6 million to enhance airport safety and capacity. Kaine has also introduced legislation to address aviation workforce shortages by supporting the education, recruitment and development of pilots, aviation maintenance workers, and aerospace manufacturing workers.

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Staunton’s new Juvenile & Domestic Relations Court facility will be built in the former Chestnut Hills Shopping Center.

The hope is that the court’s presence in the West End will revitalize the area.

But a fence erected for community safety before construction begins is hurting business at a local restaurant.

“The fence has definitely affected us,” Maritza Leiva, owner of Stella Mia Pizzeria, said.

She noticed less customers coming the day after the city erected the fence in the parking lot. The day was Friday and she noticed Friday sales were cut in half, which made it feel more like a Tuesday.

She said customers have asked if her restaurant is closing or relocating.

Leiva, who was born in El Salvador and came to the United States when she was 18, grew up one of six children, and her family always owned and operated a restaurant. She came to the U.S. with the dream of owning her own restaurant.

Leiva bought the restaurant from her uncle Tony, who now operates Tony’s Pizza in Fishersville, in 2013. She changed the name to Stella Mia Pizzeria in 2016.

“This is what I always dreamed for,” Leiva said of the name, which means “my star” in Italian.

Stella Mia offers Italian food as dine-in, carryout and delivery.

Leiva said the city gave her signs to put up that read: “Still open for business” and the city has shared on Facebook that the restaurant remains open despite upcoming construction at the other end of the parking lot.

The restaurant struggled more during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the first couple months of lockdown in 2020. Business improved after the pandemic, then the fence was put up in the parking lot.

But it remains open six days a week and Leiva said she hopes customers will “give us a chance” to stay open. The restaurant is at one end of the parking lot opposite from where the court building will be constructed.

Leiva said if the situation does not improve, she will ask the city to move the fence back on the parking lot, which will hopefully encourage customers to return.

Terry Holmes has owned and operated Mill Street Grill in downtown Staunton since the early 1990s. He is serving a short term on Staunton City Council until Election Day to fill a vacancy left by Mayor Andrea Oakes in January 2023.

“It is so hard to keep restaurants open. Food cost & labor cost are causing a lot of small businesses to close up. Stella Mia is a good restaurant,” Holmes said.

Holmes said he has listed the restaurant on his personal and Mill Street Facebook pages letting the community know that Stella Mia is open, and he will continue to repost.

“I will do what I can to help them. It is not just restaurants feeling this pain, almost everyone I know are having some problems with help and people cutting back,” he said.

Stella Mia is open at 2040 W. Beverly Street, Staunton. Hours are Tuesdays-Thursdays 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., and Sundays 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Closed Mondays.

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Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton announced Friday that more than $7 million in new grant funding will improve airports in Virginia’s District 10.

Funding comes from the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) in the amount of $4,018,500 for apron rehabilitation at Leesburg Executive Airport and $3,348,877 for taxiway reconstruction at Manassas Regional Airport. AIP grant funding comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law which provided $15 billion for airport-related projects.

“The major boost in funding delivered through our Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is making more long-awaited projects like these possible across Virginia and the country. I look forward to continuing to help our communities make the most of this once-in-a-generation federal infrastructure investment,” Wexton said.

The AIP provides grants for the planning and development of public-use airports for planning and capital projects such as runways, taxiways, airport signage, airport lighting and airport markings. Improvements related to enhancing airport include for safety, capacity, security and civil rights compliance.

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Seven years of business on the East End of Waynesboro made Basic City Beer Company president Bart Lanman do something he thought he’d never do again: open a full-service restaurant.

Lanman, who has been in the restaurant business his entire life, told those around him he would never do it again, opting for more simple choices at the brewery that didn’t require waitstaff.

Never say never.

Enter Patina Italian Inspired, Waynesboro’s latest culinary option with from-scratch techniques and high-integrity ingredients. The 60-person eatery with an upscale industrial feel features tables made from heart pine reclaimed wood from the ceiling next door and old sprinkler pipes making up the table legs. The chandelier over the bar nearby is made from an electrical conduit that was literally pulled from a trash pile and transformed into a contemporary 20-foot chandelier.

“For us to go from a pizza concept, which is casual, laid-back, pick up your pizza without service, to finally move into a food concept that we have full service is a big step for us after seven years,” said Lanman in an interview with AFP last week.

The name of the restaurant, Patina, originated from Virginia Metalcrafters history – bringing a contemporary update, like a nice patina, to a building steeped in history. Virginia Metalcrafters worked closely with Colonial Williamsburg for decades to create high-quality metal goods including trivets, candlesticks, irons and trays in the building that Basic City Beer Co. and now Patina call home.

“We are situated here in a brass, bronze foundry, so we know that the shiny brass and bronze would become patina and that creates something more beautiful,” Lanman said. “We are taking this idea of building on our reputation (from Basic City Beer Co.) and moving into something more beautiful – which is an historical, traditional approach to Italian cuisine.”

Patina is the latest edition to the Basic City campus which houses Basic City Beer Co. and its taproom; The Showroom, offering specialty cocktails and cider; and The Foundry, a music and events venue with an arcade built into the corner. The concept allows you to set up a tab at one spot and you can move through the whole establishment on one bill.

Patina is a full-service restaurant complete with appetizers, desserts, full menu options, a growing wine list, and yes, waitstaff. It is situated in the heart of the 35,000 square-foot campus between the Basic City taproom and the Foundry. Patina Italian Inspired is open Tuesday-Saturday.

The recipes for Patina, Lanman said, derive from authentic recipes that are traditional, created hundreds of years ago, and passed down from generation to generation – and then using a contemporary technique or approach to enhance it. Again, much like Virginia Metalcrafters, who had an historical approach to metal working, creating pieces that looked like they were centuries old but using equipment that was perhaps a bit more contemporary.

“That is our approach, and in the kitchen here, we take a classic dish that uses high integrity products and food items and approach it the way that they would have in the kitchen in Italy, with the grandmas and whatnot, and then use some equipment that make it so that it it’s a little better than the way that the approach was back in the day or it comes out looking a little prettier,” Lanman said.

For example, Lanman said, Patina offers paninis, which they call rectangles, or ferro rettangalo, on the menu.

For the reuben, Lanman said, they cook the meat for 10 hours in a water bath, and then they pull it and put it on a sandwich. They mix up a German coleslaw with a fresh, contemporary, funky Thousand Island dressing and then add a five-cheese blend on an Albemarle Baking Company baguette.

“This sandwich is not like your deli meat with processed preservatives,” Lanman said.

What also sets them apart is a brick fire dome oven that heats to 760 degrees creating an experience that you can’t get at home or at most restaurants.

Enter pasta and risotto circles, or cerchio. A dish where a springform pan is used in the brick-fire oven to caramelize the cheese and get a nice browning effect to the dish around the edges.

The menu is truly a language of love for Lanman, as he shares the intricate details of all the dishes on the menu – everything from appetizers, or balls, to freeform pasta like pappardelle with pork and beef ragu.

The menu was designed, Lanman said, to have his waitstaff and customers engage in the process, asking questions. He didn’t want Patina to feel too upscale or too stuffy.

A lot of thought, Lanman said, was put into how to create high-integrity cuisine that is affordable for the community.

“Our menu prices are not that of a fine dining menu,” he said. “You can get in and out of here at $35 a person, and that’s including a drink. Or it could be $150 if you want to do all the courses and drink the whole time. Or it could be a tapas experience where you just eat appetizers and share a dish.”

All the food for Basic City Beer Co. and Patina come from the same kitchen so keeping up with the pace on busier days has been a learning process for everyone involved. Lanman admits it can be challenging when the brewery side is dishing out 300 pizzas in a day – and they are serving full, plated meals at the same time on the restaurant side. They are also working to figure out a solution so they can have consistent hours at Patina even when they have major events booked at The Foundry.

It has been a lot to juggle related to noise and hours, but Lanman said, he’s “been in the restaurant business all my life” and feels sure they will find a solution soon to the minor challenges that have popped up.

In fact, he said, they have a design concept in now waiting for city approval that could solve some of the issues to date – creating a separate dining room – that wouldn’t be affected by events at The Foundry. He’s also hoping to create a dinner and a show ticket for a meal before or during a show happening at the venue.

“We’re working on it,” Lanman said. “We know that we are what we call it, a little wonky right now. I’ve just asked people to hang with us because when we opened the tap room seven years ago, it was the same way. Some people don’t remember that. But we found a solution, and we’ll find a creative solution here too.

“There has been such a great response to Patina so far,” Lanman said. “It feels really good to be where we are right now, where we have inspired a lot of entrepreneurs to join us on the East Side of town.”

In recent months, Happ Coffee Roasters and Common Wealth Crush have opened their doors to the public in the once shuttered Metalcrafters building.

“It’s an awesome thing to see like 20 people walking down the sidewalk to get to Basic City or vice versa,” said Lanman, who calls himself the Mayor of Basic City. “You used to see a few people walking out here every once in a while, but to see the movement of people across the complex, that has been really awesome.”

More information

Basic City Beer Co. is located at 1010 E. Main St. in Waynesboro. A second location is open in Richmond.

Hours for each venue at the Waynesboro address may be found here.

Basic City Beer Company and taproom

Patina Italian Inspired restaurant

The Showroom

The Foundry

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