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Virginia Beach medical building sells for $21M
A medical office building in Virginia Beach sold for $21 million, Nashville, Tennessee-based buyer Montecito Medical Real Estate announced Thursday. Located at 1717 Will O’ Wisp Drive, the two-story Beach Medical Pavilion has 52,000 square feet. Its tenants are Gastroenterology Ltd. of Virginia Beach and OrthoVirginia. The property is across the street from Sentara Virginia […]
Arlington’s The Millennium apartment building sells for $200.5M
An affiliate of Washington, D.C.-based The UIP Companies Inc., in partnership with New Jersey-based furnished housing company Churchill Living, purchased The Millennium apartment building in Arlington for $200.5 million on Jan. 20, Arlington property records show. Located at 1130 S. Fair St., near Metropolitan Park — the first phase of Amazon.com Inc.’s HQ2 — the […]
Peraton lands $2.69B Homeland Security contract
Federal contractor Peraton Inc.’s subsidiary, Perspecta Engineering Inc., landed a potential 10-year, almost $2.69 billion contract to assist the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the company announced Wednesday. Under the indefinite quantity, indefinite quantity contract, Peraton will assist with Data Center and Cloud Optimization Support Services, providing information technology and o[...]
Reston HR firm acquired by New York insurance broker
New York-based insurance broker and consultant NFP Corp. announced Thursday it had acquired Reston-based Helios HR LLC. Financial terms of the transaction, which closed in January, were not disclosed. “I’m excited to welcome the Helios HR team to NFP,” Ethan Foxman, NFP’s Atlantic region president, said in a statement. “We’re adding depth to our capabilities, […]
Washington Gas gifts Virginia Tech $430,000 for STEM education
Washington Gas gifted Virginia Tech $430,000 to help increase pathways into higher education in STEM disciplines, the university announced Monday. “Washington Gas is honored to partner with Virginia Tech and promote STEM education across the commonwealth of Virginia. Together, our program will help shape future generations of students and workers exploring energy in school studies […]
VCU receives $104M gift for liver research
Dr. Richard Todd Stravitz and his family’s Barbara Brunckhorst Foundation gave an unprecedented $104 million donation to Virginia Commonwealth University to support liver research, VCU President Michael Rao announced Tuesday during his State of the University address. The largest gift in VCU’s history, it‘s also believed to be the largest publicly shared gift to support […[...]
GMU establishes health workforce center
George Mason University has established the Mason Center for the Health Workforce, the university announced Monday. The new center, directed by PJ Maddox and Caroline Sutter, will address the shortage and immediate need for health care workers in Virginia. It will serve as a technical assistance center for health workforce research, program evaluation, planning and […]
PAE stockholders approve $1.9B acquisition by Amentum
Falls Church-based government contractor PAE Inc. (Pacific Architects and Engineers) announced Thursday its stockholders voted to approve and adopt the company’s previously announced agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Germantown, Maryland-based aerospace defense contractor Amentum Services Inc. in a $1.9 billion all-cash deal. The transaction is expected to close on or around Feb. [[...]
Dominion Energy to sell W.Va. utility for $690M
Dominion Energy Inc. announced Friday it had signed a definitive agreement to sell its West Virginia natural gas utility to Washington, D.C.-based financial services company Ullico Inc.’s infrastructure business for $690 million. The sale of Hope Gas Inc., also known as Dominion Energy West Virginia (DEWV), is expected to close later this year. “For nearly […]
Volkswagen to debut electric Microbus at SXSW
Herndon-based Volkswagen Group of America announced Wednesday that it would debut its electric bus during this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, which will be held March 11-20 in Austin, Texas. Designed to recall the iconic Type 2 Microbus introduced in 1967, the ID. Buzz is Volkswagen’s second noncommercial electric vehicle. The vehicle’s modern incarnation […]
