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The Miracle on Mosby (and 25th?)
Dean Alshami’s Mosby Market & Deli at T and Mosby Street is a successful corner store that doesn’t sell any alcohol and has created jobs for nearby residents. What’s next? Alshami has acquired the old Sunny Market and has a plan for it…
In a brief conversation Saturday, Alshami said that he is working towards splitting the larger grocery store into 6 retail spaces. He wants to attract business back to the main commercial corridor of the neighborhood, and he wants the business to reflect the needs and desires of the neighborhood.
Alshami’s brother Ed (above in blue) was glad to give me a tour of the Mosby Market & Deli. He detailed the over $100,000 in improvements that were recently made to the building and shared plans to begin delivery in the nearish future.
That’s both exciting and encouraging.
Mashallah! That’s fantastic!
Are these the same guys who ran the pizza place in that location at T and Mosby or new management?
thay new people.
i like to see other stores do the same, and some stores need to stop selling beer and tobacco to minors you,ll know ocean market!!!!!!!
That is great. We hope to see more people like Dean Alshami who honestly care about the face of the city and providing the community with their needs
The city should help serious developers improve the face of Richmond.The Alshamis own many succesful stores in VA and their care for the community and the peoples needs is eflected in their success
Richmond city should do something to help Dean Alshami in redeveloping the old sunny market, just before he bought it the people were fed up with it, the place was a swamp. In 2008 old sunny market represented a drowning neighborhood and a city in distress and the city did nothing about it, now we have a serious developer who wants to make a change.The least this city can do for him is help him pave the road for a better richmond
You mean T and Mechanicsville?
It shows up on maps as being Mosby up to T Street and then becoming Mechanicsville.
This is fantastic news!
I think it’d be great to see another level added to the old Sunny Market that could function as apartments over the retail below. I definitely plan to attend whatever meeting Mr. Alshami hosts.
everytime i walked down 25th st and saw thismarket–i thought “someone needs to re-open this store–hopefully, that will happen soon. But let it be a market that doesn’t over charge it’s customers juust because they are ‘captive’ to the area. keep prices DOWN for the customers who need lower prices.
Every time I pass by that market, I think why hasn’t anyone reopened it yet????? I have always wanted it badly. Now we see some ambitious young business men like those people trying to improve the city and I honestly think they need support and help by the city. I also encourage citizens to support this business in the near future. I can’t wait to make a trip and be inside of it, to feel the warmth and the pleasure of coming in and out of that full of our history area. I T H L Y S S S M B. Marc
yeah i agree with Marc,the citizens and the city should help and encourage the redevelopment of that area.I too cant wait to feel the comfort of only having to walk a few blocks to get everything i need,i would love to see the six new retail sores open in the near future.and marc im too want to feel the warmth and pleasure and joy of this very large buisness idea.I know its going to be a very hard and very rough but i would love to see the outcome of it. i hope these people get the help and support they deserve I L Y S S M B.
thats fantastic.congrats and to saleh maksher al-asaed and his sons for their growing success.
fantastic
Living just a few blocks from there, I’m so happy to hear it’s being redeveloped. I tried to think of some ideas for that retail space, things that might appeal to everyone. What does everyone think of a nail salon? It’s a service that all women enjoy, it comes at different price points (as cheap as $10) and it would have a large return clientele. Willow Lawn’s Red Nails is a perfect example of a Nail Salon with a diverse clientele (age and race as well as gender and wealth) and I think it would do well in that space. Thanks again for buying it. Good luck!
Has this place closed down?
Really? Don’t believe all that you think that you see. There was no room for a walkin cooler at this site. That is only reason that he did not sell ETOH. All of his other stores in the lower socio-economic areas sell alcohol. He had to close because the competition bought the building.These people started with the “bad money- tobacco and alcohol money.” Don’t believe the hipe. Even money that came from this store is considered “bad”, because of the start. Islam does not look with favor upon those that Go to Mecca on “bad money.”