Sauer Center’s first phase fills out

Posted on 10/06/2021 by Mike Platania at Richmond BizSense

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.

L.F. Jennings has signed a lease to move its local headquarters to The Sauer Center, the Whole Foods-anchored development from Sauer Properties across Broad Street from the Fan.

The general contracting firm is taking 4,300 square feet of office space at 2000 W. Marshall St., joining tenants like IT firm SingleStone and fellow general contractor Barton Malow. Sauer Properties’ own office is also based out of the trapezoidal building near the intersection of West Marshall Street and Hermitage Road.

Though its company headquarters are in Northern Virginia, L.F. Jennings’ local home base has been in the Glen Forest Office Park in the West End for over a decade.

The company already knows The Sauer Center well, as it’s been the project’s general contractor since it kicked off in 2017. Frank Martino, L.F. Jennings’ Central Virginia director, said they’re excited to make Sauer Properties a neighbor and landlord, in addition to a client.

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Beehives on downtown office buildings sweet for corporate teambuilding

Posted on 7/6/2021 by Noah Daboul at Richmond BizSense

Downtown office buildings have been far quieter than normal over the last 18 months. But since November, the SunTrust Center has remained abuzz with worker bees of a different sort.

Raleigh-based Bee Downtown, which installs and maintains beehives on corporate campuses, expanded into Richmond from North Carolina with its first hives in Virginia atop the 26-story building at 919 E. Main St.

Bee Downtown CEO Leigh-Kathryn Bonner said the result is two hives containing about 30,000 bees each, aimed in part at helping Mother Nature and in part at corporate teambuilding.

“While we are putting the hives on the campuses — and it is very much a sustainability initiative — what we do throughout the year is we have employees going through interactive experiences,” said Bonner.

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