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Mango Salon branches out with new West End location

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HENRICO, Va. –Amidst a sea of salons, a local company is adding another West End location.

Pat and Bobbi Heaney plan to open a third Mango Salon later this year. They’ve leased space in the Gayton Crossing Shopping Center, and the new shop will join existing salons on Libbie Avenue and in Short Pump.

“It was attractive because it’s halfway between Libbie-Grove and Short Pump,” Pat Heaney said. “It’s also right on Gaskins, and Gaskins is the only connector road for 64 and River Road. A lot of our clients live along the river and River Road.”

The Heaneys opened the first Mango Salon in 2003 in the Libbie-Grove corridor and moved into 123 Libbie Ave. in 2006. The Short Pump Mango opened at 11118 W. Broad St. in 2010.

Pat Heaney said the Gayton Crossing space used to be home to a Blockbuster. They’ve signed a 10-year lease on the 2,880-square-foot space that they’ll look to have open in late summer or early fall.

Heaney said he expects it to cost about $500,000 to get the Gayton Crossing Mango Salon open. The company is financing part of the venture with Wells Fargo.

“We target an upscale, high-end market, so we invest a lot into our locations,” he said.

Other Richmond area salons with multiple locations include Bombshell and Salon del Sol. Local salon startup Smoke & Mirrors opened its first location last year at 929 Myers St. near Scott’s Addition.

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