Uber co-founder’s ghost kitchen startup buys into Scott’s Addition

Posted on 6/29/2021 by Mike Platania at Richmond BizSense

A ghost kitchen startup from an Uber co-founder has taken a bite out of Scott’s Addition.

Earlier this month an entity tied to City Storage Systems bought the building at 2812 W. Broad St. for $750,000. The one-story, 6,100-square-foot building is just east of the Hofheimer Building.

City Storage Systems is the parent company of Cloud Kitchens, a ghost kitchen startup from Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick.

Kalanick resigned from the ride-sharing company, under pressure from investors, in 2017 as it faced controversies surrounding allegations of sexual harassment and sexism in the workplace.

He then started Cloud Kitchens, which through the ghost kitchen model offers rentable kitchens to restaurateurs for delivery-only business.

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