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2021 CONSTRUCTION LAW Q&A
Joshua C. “Josh” Johnson MichieHamlett Attorneys at Law, Roanoke Title: Partner Birthplace: Augusta, Georgia Education: Bachelor’s degree, University of Virginia; law degree, U.Va. School of Law Spouse: Kristin B. Johnson Children: 3 boys: Alex, Patch and Teddy First job as a lawyer: Johnson, Ayers & Matthews, Roanoke Fan of: George Strait Recently read book: “Greenlights,” [&hel[...]
Amazon has hired 3,500 HQ2 workers
Amazon.com Inc. has hired 3,500 of its 25,000 planned workers for HQ2, the tech behemoth’s $2.5 billion East Coast headquarters in Arlington. Meanwhile, construction on the two office towers for HQ2’s first phase, Metropolitan Park, is more than halfway complete, company representatives said during a site tour Wednesday. Amazon has added about 500 […]
New luxury apartments coming to downtown Norfolk
With $56.2 million in financing in place, Marathon Development Group’s Frank “Buddy” Gadams is ready to start work on “Gravity 400 Apartments,” in downtown Norfolk, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC and Breeden Construction announced. Located at 400 Waterside Drive, the 273-unit high-rise apartment tower will be have studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom floor plans, in a [&he[...]
Va. Tech complex to house biz programs
Fall visitors to Virginia Tech are likely to spot laborers hard at work on the university’s Data and Decision Sciences building, the first of four buildings that will make up the university’s Global Business and Analytics Complex (GBAC) — classroom and living spaces centered around using data to address problems facing businesses and society. “We’ve […]
Norfolk cruise terminal begins work on $2.6M cruise ship gangway
Nauticus began construction on its $2.6 million cruise ship gangway in Norfolk this week, it announced Wednesday. The new boarding system will accommodate larger cruise ships, like the Carnival Magic, which is set to sail from Norfolk in 2022. Nauticus expects to have more than 180,000 cruise ship passengers in 2022. Swedish company Seawing PBB […]
The Branch Group names Wilber Chen head of unit
Roanoke-based construction firm The Branch Group has named Wilber W. Chen as president of its G.J. Hopkins | Lacy MEP (manufacturing, electrical and plumbing) business unit, the company announced Friday. Chen comes to Branch with more than three decades of experience in the MEP transportation and heavy civil markets. He will be part of the […]
Arlington joint venture secures $100M Army Corps of Engineers contract
An Arlington-based joint venture between Dallas-based Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. and Kansas-based Black & Veatch Holding Co. won a $100 million contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for work in Fort Meade, Maryland, the Department of Defense reported Wednesday. Under the firm-fixed-price contract, Jacobs/B&V will provide design and construction services for the completion [&hel[...]
Home sales, price growth to slow in 2022 after rapid 2021 rises
Virginia home sales in 2022 will be down by about a tenth of a percent compared to 2021 sales, according to a forecast report released Friday by Virginia Realtors. In 2021, the report projects a total of about 148,600 home sales in Virginia, up 6.2% from 2020. “While home sales activity in 2021 will surpass […]
Pamunkey Tribe names W.M. Jordan, Suffolk as Norfolk casino builders
Newport News-based construction company W.M. Jordan Co. will team up with a national firm, Suffolk, to build Norfolk‘s $500 million HeadWaters Resort & Casino project on the Elizabeth River, according to a Friday announcement from the Pamunkey Indian Tribe, the casino’s operator. Suffolk, which earns $4 billion in annual revenue and employs 2,500 people in […]
Branch Group HQ in Roanoke sells for $2.9M
The Branch Group Inc. has sold its Roanoke headquarters building for $2.9 million, Poe & Cronk Real Estate Group announced this week. The 39,016-square-foot building at 442 Rutherford Ave. will remain as the company’s headquarters in a sale-leaseback transaction that allows the construction company to be a tenant. The buyer, represented by Matt Huff and […]
Tech Innovation Campus sets groundbreaking for Sept. 14
Virginia Tech is set to break ground Sept. 14 on the first building for its $1 billion Innovation Campus in Alexandria. National Geographic Society Chairman Jean Case, wife of American Online co-founder Steve Case, will be the keynote speaker at the groundbreaking ceremony. A graduate school for computer science and computer engineering students, the Innovation […]
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J. SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL PRESIDENT, VIRGINIA AND RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC., NORFOLK Asked to name one thing he’d change about Virginia, Adams says he’d like to see more collaboration between the commonwealth and North Carolina. Chances are that has at least a little to do with the fact that in fall 2020, […]
