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HHHunt Corp. invests $247M in Southeast U.S. projects
Richmond-based real estate developer and builder HHHunt Corp. announced last week it has invested $247 million in residential communities in Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina, as well as plans to expand in the South Carolina, Nashville and Atlanta markets. With the expansion of the company’s investment in the Southeastern United States, it has announced changes […]
S.L. Nusbaum hires vice president of human resources
S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. announced last week that Jennifer Leigh has been hired as the Norfolk firm’s vice president of human resources. She joins Nusbaum from CBRE (later acquired by Colliers) as chief human resources officer, with oversight over their offices in Virginia and North Carolina. Leigh previously worked in human resources at Sentara Healthcare, […]
Va. April unemployment rate at 4.7%, drops nearly half point
Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was at 4.7% in April, dropping 0.4 percentage points below March’s jobless rate. April’s statewide unemployment rate was 5.9 percentage points below April 2020’s rate of 10.6%, the first full month of pandemic-related job losses. Virginia contends to trend lower than the nation, however. The U.S. unemployment rate for April [[...]
Breeze Airways setting up base in Norfolk
Breeze Airways, a new low-cost airline, will invest $5.2 million to build an operations center in Norfolk, producing 116 jobs, the governor’s office announced Friday. The airline also will offer nonstop flights out of Richmond International Airport and Norfolk International Airport. The Salt Lake City, Utah-based startup company, which offers service to mid-size U.S. markets, […]
Va. sees second week of slightly lower initial jobless claims
Virginia saw another week of little change in initial unemployment claims, with 10,642 new claims filed during the week ending May 15, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. This was a decrease of 628 claimants from the previous week. Continued claims last week rose by 2,569 from the previous week, reaching 60,413 total claims. This […]
Richmond panel recommends $600M Urban One casino proposal
The city of Richmond’s casino advisory panel has recommended Silver Spring, Maryland-based Urban One Inc.’s $600 million ONE Casino + Resort proposal to move forward for consideration by City Council and citizens, Mayor Levar Stoney’s office announced Thursday. If Council approves the recommendation and voters support it in a November referendum, the resort will be […]
Smithfield company announces $40M Fort Monroe redevelopment
Smithfield-based Pack Brothers Hospitality LLC on Wednesday announced plans for a conference center, hotel, 500-seat restaurant and an overhauled 300-slip marina on part of Fort Monroe in Hampton. The company plans to invest $40 million in the redevelopment project and has been granted a 40-year ground lease by the Fort Monroe Authority, the governor’s office […]
Richmond-based GPM Investments closes on ExpressStop purchase
Richmond-based GPM Investments LLC became the nation’s sixth-largest convenience store chain Wednesday, after closing on its acquisition of the ExpressStop chain, including 60 gas station convenience stores in Michigan and Ohio. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition, which was announced in March, adds to GPM’s existing 165 stores in Michigan and nine in Ohio. […]
Northam orders VEC to hire 300 more claim processors
Gov. Ralph Northam on Tuesday ordered the Virginia Employment Commission to invest $20 million in upgrading its claims system and hire 300 more staffers to process complicated unemployment insurance claims, which have dogged the agency during the COVID-19 pandemic and led to a civil lawsuit. In an executive directive signed Tuesday, Northam directed the agency […]
Modular housing manufacturer setting up Newport News plant
A modular housing manufacturer plans to establish its first East Coast facility in Newport News, investing $2 million and producing 220 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. A Public Benefit Corporation and Certified B Corporation founded in 2018, indieDwell turns recycled shipping containers into small homes with one to four bedrooms to help solve the […]
