Recent Articles from Beth JoJack
Bowman announces executive promotions
Michael Bruen has been named Bowman Consulting Group’s president, the Reston-based engineering services firm announced last week. Gary Bowman, who formerly was president, retains his roles as CEO and chairman. Dan Swayze, who served as executive vice president and division manager, will fill Bruen’s former role as chief operating officer and will become an executive […]
Owens & Minor leases new HQ in Henrico
Henrico County is getting a fifth Fortune 500 company. Global health care logistics and supply company Owens & Minor is moving from Hanover County to a new headquarters in Henrico’s Innsbrook Corporate Center. The company is leasing the fourth floor of the Highwoods One building at 10900 Nuckols Road, according to Will Bradley, an executive […]
Construction begins on Hampton Logistics Center
New York’s Turnbridge Equities and Maryland’s Manekin, both real estate development and investment firms, have begun construction on two Class A industrial warehouse buildings in Hampton off Interstate 64, located less than 20 minutes from the Port of Virginia, according to an announcement this week. The two companies, which raised about $70 million for the […]
Dominion Energy to buy N.C. offshore wind lease for $160M
A Dominion Energy subsidiary has agreed to acquire a 40,000-acre offshore wind lease off North Carolina’s Outer Banks for $160 million, the Fortune 500 utility announced Monday. Virginia Electric and Power Company, which does business as Dominion Energy Virginia, will purchase the Kitty Hawk North Wind lease from Avangrid, a Connecticut-based sustainable energy company, and […]
Hitachi Energy plans $26M expansion in Halifax County
Hitachi Energy plans to invest $26 million into expanding its South Boston facility, that manufactures transformers, a move expected to create about 100 jobs, according to a news release the company shared with a few stakeholders in the Southern Virginia region in June. In April, Hitachi announced plans to invest over $1.5 billion to increase […]
Dewberry wins $810M FEMA contract
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Dewberry, an engineering, architecture and construction firm in Fairfax County, an $810 million contract to deliver logistics planning and construction services to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to a System for Award Management (SAM) notice published Friday. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract will support FEMA�[...]
Maryland and Virginia bankers associations merge
The Maryland Bankers Association and the Virginia Bankers Association have merged, creating the Mid-Atlantic Bankers Association holding company, according to an announcement Monday. The Mid-Atlantic Bankers Association will serve as a holding company headquartered in Glen Allen, and MBA and VBA will operate as subsidiaries. According to VBA, the holding company will have its own […]
Work begins on Stafford County industrial park
NorthPoint Development, a real estate operating company based in Kansas City, Missouri, broke ground in Stafford County on Tuesday on what’s being touted as the largest industrial park project along Interstate 95 from Washington, D.C., to Richmond. The Austin Ridge Logistics Center on Austin Ridge Drive in Stafford will include five to seven buildings, for […]
Arlington’s CareJourney acquired
Arlington County’s CareJourney, a health care data and analytics company co-founded by former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra, has been acquired by Arcadia, a health care data platform headquartered in Boston, according to a June 27 announcement. A spokesperson for Arcadia declined to provide financial terms of the deal. The merged company will have […]
Va. housing market gave mixed signals in May
Virginia’s housing market gave off mixed signals in May. Closings were higher than last year, but pending sales were flat, according to Virginia Realtors data released June 25. In May, 10,715 homes sold in Virginia, up 423 sales or just over 4% from the same month last year. “While sales activity has outpaced last year […]