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Auto component supplier announces $4.6M Strasburg expansion
Automotive components and systems supplier International Automotive Components Group (IAC Group) will invest $4.6 million to expand its Strasburg operations and add auto component lines and products to its existing facility, creating 47 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday. Headquartered in Luxembourg, IAC Group is a supplier of instrument panels, console systems, door panels, headliners [&he[...]
Chesterfield industrial building sells for $2.77M
An industrial building in Chesterfield County sold for $2.77 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced last week. Located at 8801-8899 Whitepine Road, the 28,600-square-foot Adbel Business Village sits on 4.1 acres. SMW Warehouses LLC purchased the property from Harrison & Hine LLC as an investment. Constructed in 1998, the building (most recently assessed at […]
Virginia Realtors installs 2021 president
Virginia Realtors announced last week it has installed Beth Dalton as the association’s 2021 president. Dalton earned her sales license in 2003 and her associate broker’s license in 2010. She has served as Long & Foster’s managing broker for the Tuckahoe and Centerpointe offices in the Richmond area since 2019, and previously held the same […]
Roanoke medical office building sells for $1.3M
A medical office building in Roanoke sold for $1.3 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced last week. The 27,363-square-foot, three-story Fountain Square building sold to Fountain Square Partners LLC from Johnson Family Investments Corp. The building is located at 1315 2nd Street SW and was constructed in 1973, according to Roanoke property records. It […]
Rose & Womble president/CEO to retire in June 2021
Virginia Beach-based real estate company Rose & Womble Realty Co. announced last week that its president and CEO, Art Zachary, will retire in June 2021. Zachary started with the company in June 1970. It became Rose & Womble in June 1998. He will continue to serve as chairman of the board and work with the […]
Tysons IT company acquires Fla.-based tech training company
Tysons-based information technology company By Light Professional IT Services LLC announced Friday it has acquired Port Orange, Florida-based technology training company Raydon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2002, By Light provides engineering, cyber, modeling and simulation services to defense and government agencies, employing more than 2,000 people. Raydon, w[...]
Navy awards Bechtel $1.14B in contract modifications
The U.S. Navy awarded Reston-based Bechtel Corp.’s plant machinery company two contract modifications with a combined $1.14 billion in value to provide propulsion components for the branch’s nuclear-powered ships, the Department of Defense announced Thursday. The goal is to provide the military with effective nuclear propulsion plants and ensure that they are safe and reliable, […]
Va. employment may not fully recover until 2023 to 2025
Virginia may not get back to full, pre-pandemic employment until 2023 to 2025, according to Moody’s Analytics employment forecasting, but Stephen Moret, president and CEO of Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) thinks that the commonwealth can recover sooner. “We not only want to accelerate the path back to full, pre-pandemic employment and even growing beyond, […]
NuWave Solutions acquires San Diego-based analytics company
McLean-based federal technology contractor NuWave Solutions LLC announced Thursday it has acquired BigBear Inc., a cloud-based big data analytics firm in San Diego. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This marks NuWave’s first acquisition since it was acquired by Boca Raton, Florida-based private equity firm AE Industrial Partners LP in June. Founded in […]
ManTech wins $273M Homeland Security contract
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded Herndon-based ManTech, a technology contractor for U.S. defense, intelligence and federal civilian agencies, a five-year, $273 million contract to provide business intelligence support services for Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the company announced Thursday. Under the contract, ManTech will perform services that prevent crime and terrorism, [...]