October 2023, Richmond, VA
New HomeGoods opens at Willow Place in Henrico County
HomeGoods, the popular home furnishing chain has opened its latest location at Willow Place in Henrico County.
October 23, 2023, Richmond, VA
HomeGoods opening in remodeled western Henrico shopping center
Home décor retailer HomeGoods is opening a new location this week near West Broad Street and Libbie Avenue in Henrico County. It will be the latest store to open in the remodeled Willow Place shopping center.
September 18, 2023, Midlothian, VA
A brand new neighborhood is coming to Richmond’s Pulse bus rapid transit corridor
Rarely do 37 acres of prime urban land along a top-notch transit route become available for revitalization all at once, but the planned Sauer Center development represents just such a once-in-a-generation opportunity.
August 24, 2023, Midlothian, VA
Sauer gets green light to add apartments to Midlothian shopping center
The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to approve a rezoning request by the Richmond-based landlord and developer to add several hundred apartments to the shopping center formerly known as Stein Mart Festival on Midlothian Turnpike near Robious Road.
August 8, 2023, Richmond, VA
Sauer Center developers look to create new neighborhood in Richmond
Developers behind a massive project in Richmond are aiming to build a new neighborhood off Broad Street where people could live, shop, work and enjoy events.
July 31, 2023, Richmond, VA
‘This place has to be unique’: Master plan unveiled for next 37 acres of Sauer Center
Developers behind a massive project in Richmond are aiming to build a new neighborhood off Broad Street where people could live, shop, work and enjoy events.
July 12, 2023, Richmond, VA
Former Carytown Bicycle Co. owner presses play on new Carytown Sound audio shop
After selling his stake in the local bike shop chain he co-founded well over a decade ago, Tim Mullins is tapping into another of his passions for his next professional move.
July 6, 2023, Richmond, VA
Sauer Properties planning to add apartments to Midlothian shopping center
After losing the namesake retailer at one of its local shopping centers, is turning to residential redevelopment as a means to inject new life into the property.
June 6, 2023, Richmond, VA
Update: Richmond area’s first Shake Shack delays opening to Monday
Richmond’s first Shake Shack will now be opening Monday, June 12 instead of this Friday, June 9. The New York-based chain has experienced some unforeseen delivery delays that will impact the opening date.
March 22, 2023, Henrico, VA
Zoning approved for 90-acre Henrico community near Virginia Center Commons
A mixed-use community with housing, retail and two spots for large job centers is headed to a location near the Virginia Center Commons mall redevelopment.
September 26, 2022, Richmond, VA
Mystery grocer, homegoods to join Shake Shack at revamped willow place
Two large retailers are set to join Richmond’s first Shake Shack on West Broad Street, but the identity of only one of them has been made public thus far.
February 18, 2022, Richmond, VA
Shake Shack coming to Richmond as part of Willow Place shopping center redevelopment
Shake Shack, the rapidly expanding restaurant chain known for its burgers, fries and milkshakes, has lined up its first Richmond-area location as one of the anchors of a soon-to-be-redeveloped West End shopping center.
October 6, 2021, Richmond, VA
Sauer Center’s first phase fills out
All of the office space in The Sauer Center’s first phase has now been spoken for, with a firm that’s closely familiar with the project snapping up its last bit.
August 25, 2021, Richmond, VA
$4M land deal signals start of Sauer Industrial Center
A massive new industrial park near Richmond International Airport is a step closer to moving forward with the closing of a seven-figure land deal.
July 26, 2021, Richmond, VA
Hard Hat Happy Hour Virtual Tour: Sauer Center
Our latest Hard Hat Happy Hour Virtual Tour, presented by Sands Anderson, takes you to Sauer Center, where the first phase of office space at the Whole Foods-anchored development continues to take shape off West Broad Street.
April 20, 2021, Richmond, VA
Sauer Center & Great Minds to Feature New Exhibit Space
New Sauer Center space will host a museum-quality replica of Stan the Tyrannosaurus Rex’s skeleton in Great Mind’s “House of Learning” exhibit.
February 26, 2021, Richmond, VA
Plans submitted for first phase of 450-acre Sauer Industrial Center
Development plans have been submitted for Phase 1 of Sauer Industrial Center, a 450-acre site just south of RIC that local developer Sauer Properties plans to ultimately fill with 3.3 million square feet of Class A industrial building space.
February 17, 2021, Richmond, VA
Former CineBistro chef takes over Padow’s Hams & Deli shop in Bon Air
There’s a new boss behind the counter at Padow’s Hams & Deli in North Chesterfield.
February 8, 2021, Richmond, VA
4-story office building to be next phase of Whole Foods-anchored Sauer Center
Despite the office market being shaken up by pandemic-induced work-from-home routines, Sauer Properties is setting its sights on a new office development in the city.
January 27, 2021, Richmond, VA
Shorty’s Diner taking over former Metro Diner space near Willow Lawn
Shorty’s Diner plans to open a new location in mid-February at 5625 W. Broad St., a space formerly occupied by Metro Diner in the Libbie Place shopping center near Willow Lawn.
November 5, 2020, Richmond, VA
Dominion Energy’s new office tower and Whole Foods store are among projects honored by commercial real estate group
The Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate honored the new Whole Foods Market in The Sauer Center development off West Broad Street near the Fan District by bestowing its Project of the Year award.
January 7, 2020, Richmond, VA
Whole Foods Finally Announces Opening Date for Store in The Sauer Center in Richmond
Whole Foods Market has finally announced the opening date for its store in The Sauer Center development off West Broad Street near the Fan District. The new 47,000-square-foot store at 2024 W. Broad St. is slated to open on Jan. 30 at 9 a.m., the company announced Tuesday.
January 7, 2020, Richmond, VA
Whole Foods Market Richmond Announces Grand Opening
Whole Foods Market will open its long-anticipated Richmond store at 9 a.m. on Jan. 30, the Amazon.com Inc.-owned supermarket chain announced Tuesday. Construction on the 47,000-square-foot store built on the location of the former Pleasants Hardware store at 2024 W. Broad St. in Richmond’s Fan District began in spring 2018.
January 7, 2020, Richmond, VA
Whole Foods Finally Announces Opening Date for Store in The Sauer Center in Richmond
Whole Foods Market has finally announced the opening date for its store in The Sauer Center development off West Broad Street near the Fan District. The new 47,000-square-foot store at 2024 W. Broad St. is slated to open on Jan. 30 at 9 a.m., the company announced Tuesday.
December 19, 2019, Richmond, VA
D. C. Firm to Relocate HQ to Richmond; Take Entire Building in Sauer Center
The Sauer Center development continues to fill out, this time luring a D.C.-based nonprofit to relocate its headquarters to Richmond. Great Minds, an organization that works with teachers and scholars to develop school curricula for pre-kindergarten through grade 12, is finalizing a lease to take all of 840 Hermitage Road in the Whole Foods-anchored project led by Sauer Properties.
December 15, 2019, Richmond, VA
Sauer Properties’ New Leadership Looks to Develop its Holdings Including The Sauer Center and Nearly 500 Acres in Henrico
Bradford B. Sauer began leading his family’s Sauer Properties real estate division in 1985. The small unit within the C.F. Sauer Co., the Richmond-based company global food manufacturer, was tasked with overseeing the company’s undeveloped real estate holdings and developing those properties while also acquiring new ones.
December 9, 2019, Richmond, VA
Hard Hat Happy Hour XVI: Spicing Things Up at The Sauer Center
Closing out 2019 on a high note, BizSense packed the house last week at The Sauer Center development for our final Hard Hat Happy Hour of the year, presented by Sands Anderson. A festive crowd showed up in force to get a glimpse at the guts of the old Putney Shoe Co. factory at 2220 W. Broad St., the front side of which is being taken over by local used car giant CarMax.
December 5, 2019, Richmond, VA
Sauer Center Development Lands Another Tenant
With CarMax and Whole Foods already on board, Sauer Properties has landed another new tenant for its new high-profile project in the city. Local IT firm SingleStone is moving its headquarters from Innsbrook to 2000 W. Marshall St. in The Sauer Center development.
September 26, 2019, Richmond, VA
Whole Foods Store at The Sauer Center Slated to Open Early Next Year
Whole Foods Market at The Sauer Center development off West Broad Street near the Fan District should open in 2020, the project’s developer said Thursday. The 40,700-square-foot store is slated to open sometime during the first quarter, Bradford B. Sauer, executive vice president of Sauer Properties Inc., told more than 100 people attending a tour Thursday afternoon sponsored by the Greater Richmond Association for Commercial Real Estate.
September 12, 2019, Richmond, VA
CarMax Pulling Into Sauer Center Space
A local Fortune 500 company is shifting its Richmond growth plans into a new gear as it prepares to roll into one of the city’s newest mixed-use developments. Used car giant CarMax has signed a lease to take over 78,000 square feet of the original Putney Building at 2220 W. Broad St. in the Whole Foods-anchored Sauer Center development, according to an internal email obtained by BizSense.

Sauer Properties, Inc.
P. O. Box 4853
Richmond, VA 23220
2000 W Marshall Street
Suite 100
Richmond, VA 23220
(804) 361-3530
info@sauerpropertiesinc.com