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Retro Hospitality adds three hotels to portfolio
Richmond-based boutique hotel advisory and management firm Retro Hospitality has added three Virginia hotels to its portfolio, the firm announced Wednesday. The company now operates The Bee and The Holbrook Hotel in Danville and The Lofts at Downtown Salem in Salem. Other hotels in its portfolio include the Blackburn Inn and Conference Center in Staunton, […]
Hampton Roads home sales steady, inventory rises in May
Hampton Roads home sales in May remained steady year-over-year, but inventory climbed, breaching 4,000 homes for sale, according to Real Estate Information Network (REIN) data released Monday. Last month, 2,498 homes sold in Hampton Roads, up from 2,189 in April and equal to homes sold in May 2023. Pending sales totaled 2,546, down from 2,569 […]
Hard Rock Bristol delays permanent casino opening
The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol’s development team has pushed back the opening of the permanent casino, previously expected in July, and will instead open its approximately $515 million permanent casino resort in late fall. The team — a joint venture between Hard Rock, Par Ventures President Clyde Stacy and The United Co. Chairman […]
Inova raises $83M to match Schars’ $75M gift
Inova Health System has raised $83 million over the past year, surpassing the “Schar Challenge” issued by donors Dwight and Martha Schar when they made a $75 million matching gift to Inova in May 2023. The Schars’ most recent gift to support Inova’s heart and vascular services and the gifts to match it made by […]
Clark Nexsen contributes to SEALs D-Day monument
Eighty years after the June 6, 1944, Allied invasion of Normandy, France, a Virginia company and other contractors gathered there to unveil a monument honoring the World War II predecessors of the Navy SEALs and special boat crews. The Navy SEAL Museum San Diego, a museum opening late this year and a sister institution to […]
Fed’s Fifth District shows modest economic growth
The economy in the Federal Reserve’s Fifth District (a multistate region including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland) grew modestly in recent weeks, according to the latest edition of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, released May 29. Published eight times per year, the Beige Book is based on anecdotal information about economic conditions […]
Norfolk property management firm promotes president, principal broker
John Chandler has been promoted to president and principal broker of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices RW Towne Property Management, the Norfolk-based real estate firm announced Wednesday. Chandler was previously director of facilities and compliance for Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices RW Towne Realty and chief operating officer of the property management division, according to his LinkedIn profile.[...]
40 acres in Spotsylvania sell for $6.36M
Close to 40 acres in Spotsylvania County sold for $6.36 million, according to a May 29 news release from Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer. WorkSpace Property Group purchased 39.8 acres at 0 Northeast Drive from Cosner Industrial Park for future industrial development. WorkSpace Property Group is registered to an address in Great Falls. According to […]
Weidmuller USA hires president and CEO
Randy Sadler is the new president and CEO of Chesterfield County-based industrial connectivity and automation company Weidmuller USA, German parent company Weidmüller Group announced Thursday. Sadler succeeds Bernd Schröder, who died unexpectedly in late 2023. Weidmüller Group creates smart industrial connectivity products and solutions to connect and automate electrical power and signaling [...]
George Mason receives $5M donation from Peterson Cos. family
The Peterson Family Foundation, the family behind the Peterson Cos. real estate development firm, donated $5 million to the George Mason University’s Center for the Arts improvement project, the university announced Tuesday. The gift to the university’s College of Visual and Performing Arts will support modernization of the Concert Hall auditorium, part of George Mason’s Center [&hellip[...]
