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ODU hires director for cybersecurity school
Old Dominion University has named Daniel Takabi to direct its School of Cybersecurity. Takabi joins the school from Georgia State University, where he worked for four years and served as an associate professor of computer science, according to his LinkedIn account. Takabi started in his new role July 25; the university announced his new role […]
HII’s Mission Technologies names new chief growth officer
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ McLean-based Mission Technologies division has hired Ahmed Ayad to serve as chief growth officer. Ayad joins the organization from Herndon-based ManTech, where he served as vice president and growth lead for the defense sector since 2019. In his new role, Ayad will be responsible for shaping and developing Mission Technologies’ growth strategy […]
The Breeden Co. adds new multifamily regional director
The Breeden Co. has named Sydney Balmer to its multifamily property management’s regional director team. The Virginia Beach-based real estate developer announced Balmer’s hire Aug. 8. She will oversee a portfolio of multifamily assets in the South Hampton Roads market. “Sydney brings her passion for problem solving and elevated resident experiences to the multifamily operations [&hel[...]
$27.5M apartment community in Chesterfield now complete
Construction of a $27.5 million luxury apartment community in Chesterfield County is now complete. The Station at Chester includes 65 one-bedroom, 126 two-bedroom and 10 three-bedroom apartments with floor plans ranging from 650 square feet to 1,300 square feet. In addition to the community’s five apartment buildings, the complex includes a 4,000-square-foot clubhouse, a pool […]
8 Va. companies make 2023 Fortune Global 500
Eight Virginia-based companies made Fortune magazine’s 34th Global 500 list, released Tuesday, notably including the newly renamed RTX and Boeing Co. as Virginia’s second and third highest-ranking companies, both of which are also newcomers to the state, having moved their headquarters to Arlington County last year. Freddie Mac remained Virginia’s top-ranked company, at No. 133,[...]
ManTech to acquire Definitive Logic
ManTech International Corp. on Tuesday signed an agreement to acquire Arlington County-based Definitive Logic in a deal that will add 330 employees to the Herndon-based federal contractor’s workforce. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Definitive Logic provides digital transformation consulting services and technology to defense, Homeland Security and federal civilian agencies. [...]
Bon Secours names new leader for Hanover, Rappahannock hospitals
Bon Secours has named John Emery to lead Memorial Regional Medical Center in Mechanicsville and Rappahannock General Hospital in Kilmarnock, effective Monday. Emery previously served as president of the hospital system’s Southside Medical Center in Petersburg and Southern Virginia Medical Center in Emporia. In his new role, Emery will be responsible for the operational success […]
Money machine
In 2009, Donald Hart found himself in an enviable position. Leading up to his graduation from Ocean Lakes High School in Virginia Beach, Hart had been accepted to a slew of the state’s public, four-year universities: Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, Old Dominion University, George Mason University and James Madison University. Attracted by the […]
Global coworking franchise coming to Chesapeake
Venture X, a global coworking office space franchise, is entering the Hampton Roads market, with its first location coming to Summit Pointe in Chesapeake, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Tuesday. HMP Properties LLC, a Venture X franchisee, has leased 18,543 square feet of space in the 555 Belaire office tower, which is part of […]
$77.8M apartments break ground outside C-ville
Charlottesville-based GW Real Estate Partners, a vertically integrated multifamily construction and development firm, and Austin, Texas-based Virtus Real Estate Capital, have broken ground on a new, $77.8 million apartment community at the entrance to North Pointe, a 224-acre mixed-use community near Rivanna Station in Albemarle County. The Ridge at North Pointe is located across from […]
