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Lego breaks ground on $1B Chesterfield facility
The Lego Group broke ground Thursday on its $1 billion Chesterfield County manufacturing facility — launching the Danish toymaker’s first U.S. manufacturing plant and one of Virginia’s biggest economic development projects. The Billund, Denmark-based toy company known for its brightly colored plastic toy bricks and construction sets plans to hire 1,761 people to work at […]
Paymerang acquires Aussie AI data platform
Chesterfield County-based payment and invoice automation company Paymerang LLC has acquired Australian-based artificial intelligence data extraction and analysis platform Sypht and the assets of KwikTag, an invoice automation company, Paymerang announced Tuesday. Paymerang acquired both from Tempe, Arizona-based tech firm enChoice Inc. Terms of the deals were not disclosed and the acquisitions wer[...]
German manufacturer to add 100+ jobs in Chesterfield
Germany-based Weidmüller Group will invest $16.4 million to expand its operations in Chesterfield County, creating more than 100 full-time jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday. Weidmüller Group provides smart industrial connectivity products and solutions that connect and automate electrical power and signaling for components, machines and installations worldwide. It will increase its eng[...]
Chesterfield distribution center sells for $37.5M
A distribution center in Chesterfield County’s Meadowville Technology Park sold for $37.5 million in mid-March, according to county property records. Located at 1400 Digital Drive in Chester, the 353,044-square-foot distribution center is fully leased to one tenant — CCBCC Operations LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. — according to a Cushman & […]
Chesterfield County kicks off $210M mixed-use project
Chesterfield County officials began demolition Tuesday of the former Best Products Co. Inc. building in the Spring Rock Green shopping center to clear the way for the $210 million first phase of the Springline at District 60 mixed-use development. The 42-acre first phase of the project, located on Midlothian Turnpike off Chippenham Parkway, includes a […]
Four Richmond-area distribution centers sell for $105.6M
A joint venture between Glen Allen-based Lingerfelt and Swiss private investment firm Partners Group bought three Chesterfield County distribution centers and one Hanover County facility for $105.6 million, Lingerfelt announced Friday. The four multi-tenant facilities are 100% leased to 18 tenants and total 1.16 million square feet. The properties were developed between 2000 and 2003. […]
Lingerfelt buys Chesterfield land to build luxury apartments
Glen Allen-based Lingerfelt Development LLC, a real estate investment management firm, has purchased about 4.5 acres of land in Chesterfield County from Hospitality VII Inc. with plans to build a luxury apartment community. The land is located at 2407 W. Hundred Road in Chesterfield, between U.S. 1 and Interstate 95. The $1.9 million sale comes […]
Construction starts on 288 Lofts in Midlothian
Norfolk-based S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. has started construction on 288 Lofts, a $28 million, 160-unit apartment community in Chesterfield County’s Midlothian area. The first apartments are expected to be completed in fall 2023. Located at 400 Katrina Court on about 11 acres at the northeast corner of State Route 288 and Midlothian Turnpike, 288 Lofts […]
Building blocks
If you ask economic development officials in Central Virginia about 2022, they might respond with a familiar slogan: “Everything is awesome.” With almost 5,000 announced jobs and $1.6 billion in capital investment, the Richmond region had one of its best years in the last two decades. By October 2022, the region recovered 100% of jobs […]
Midlothian luxury apartment complex begins construction
Bainbridge Cos. has started construction in Chesterfield County on the 310-unit Bainbridge Midlothian luxury apartment complex, the Florida-based multifamily real estate company announced in mid-February. Bainbridge estimates the approximately 26.3-acre project at 12400 Dutton Road will be complete next summer. Units will range from 700 to 1,560 square feet, with one-, two- and three-bedroom optio[...]
Lego to hire 500 Chesterfield employees by year’s end
The Lego Group plans to hire approximately 500 people for its $1 billion Chesterfield County manufacturing facility by the end of this year, according to the Danish toymaker’s head of talent operations in the Americas, Karra McCormack. Lego expects to create more than 1,760 jobs over 10 years. The company and Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced […]
21 Va. industrial sites awarded $90M for development
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced $90 million in grants for the development of 21 industrial sites across the state Monday, helping localities get shovel-ready for big economic development projects. The two biggest winners are Chesterfield and Henry counties, which received $25 million and $22.2 million respectively from the Virginia Business Ready Sites Program (VBRSP), which […]
