Upon acquiring its first property in Richmond earlier this year, North Carolina-based real estate development firm Hem + Spire said it had more deals in mind in the city.

It made good on that statement this week by purchasing 1300 Semmes Ave. in Manchester for $3.7 million, city property records show. The deal closed Wednesday.

The roughly 20,000-square-foot office property joins the Branch Building at 1015 E. Main St. downtown in Hem + Spire’s Richmond portfolio. It paid $1.4 million for that first property in January.