Recent Articles from Rich Griset
Chesapeake senior community acquired for $57.75M
Chesapeake Crossing, a 597-unit mixed-income senior housing community in Chesapeake, has been purchased by Los Angeles-based Standard Communities, the affordable housing division of Standard Companies. According to Wink Ewing, managing director of investment sales for NorthMarq, Chesapeake Crossing sold for $57.75 million. The total capitalization of the transaction was approximately $68 million. [...]
Construction to start in May on $66M Pinnacle apartments in Va. Beach
Virginia Beach-based Breeden Co. has scheduled a May 7 groundbreaking date for The Pinnacle, its upcoming $66 million luxury apartment complex at the Oceanfront. Located at 521 31st St., The Pinnacle will offer 240 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments on the site of a former Farm Fresh grocery store that closed in 2018. Construction is […]
Henrico industrial facility purchased for $7.8M
On April 7, Richmond-based commercial real estate investment firm Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners LLC announced it had acquired an industrial facility in Henrico County for $7.8 million. Located at 4300 Carolina Ave., the 223,479-square-foot industrial facility is located in the Richmond Distribution Center complex near Richmond International Raceway. Lingerfelt CommonWealth announced that the pr[...]
Rustburg shopping center sells for $4.7M
Rustburg Marketplace, a 46,700-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center at 1051 Village Highway in Rustburg, has sold for $4.7 million. Anchored by a Food Lion, the shopping center’s other major tenants include Family Dollar and Virginia ABC. The Kent Mall LLC purchased the strip mall, which sits on 8.55 acres, from Rustburg Ventures LLC. S. L. Nusbaum […]
Chesapeake industrial building sells for $2.4M
Memphis, Tennessee-based heavy lifting and hauling company Barnhart Crane and Rigging Co. has purchased a 34,312-square-foot industrial building on 4.79 acres in Chesapeake for $2.4 million. The property is located at 835 Wilson Road. S. L. Nusbaum Realty Co.’s Ben Leon and Sam Rapoport represented the seller, Chesapeake-based Burton Lumber Corp. Subscribe to Virginia Business. […]
German auto parts maker to build $38M Wythe County factory
German auto parts manufacturer STS Group AG will invest $39 million to establish its first U.S. manufacturing operation in Wythe County’s Progress Park industrial park, creating 120 jobs, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. Located near Wytheville, the new facility, operating as a subsidiary of STS Group North America, will supply Volvo Trucks in Pulaski […]
Virginia sees major housing inventory shortage
Across Virginia and the nation, real estate experts are singing the same tune: We’re facing a major housing inventory shortage that shows no signs of letting up soon. “Inventory is down about 44% compared to a year ago and it’s about a third of what it was five years ago,” says Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist […]
CarMax to acquire remaining stake in Edmunds
Goochland County-based used car giant CarMax Inc. announced Thursday that it had signed an agreement for full ownership of vehicle research website Edmunds.com Inc. in a cash and stock deal. In January 2020, CarMax invested $50 million to acquire a minority stake in Santa Monica, California-based Edmunds. CarMax, a Fortune 500 company, will acquire the […]
Saving the day
Running from police, an unremarkable bad guy with sandy hair suddenly grabs a little girl and dangles the young hostage from the third floor of a mall atrium. As a gaggle of nonplused bad guys decked out in ’80s pastels and John Oates mustaches look on, the skylight above shatters. It’s Wonder Woman, swooping into […]
Commercial real estate leasing roundup
Central Virginia Environmental Quality Resources LLC renewed its lease of 32,670 square feet of industrial space at 11131 Progress Road in Ashland. Gregg W. Beck of Thalhimer handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the landlord. Surplus Freight has leased 16,361 square feet of retail space at Park South Shopping Center, 798 Southpark Blvd. in […]