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Rockbridge tent manufacturer to expand, add 60 jobs
Natural Bridge-based fabric shelter systems manufacturer XFactor Solutions Global has leased 34,000 square feet to expand in Rockbridge County, with plans to create 60 jobs, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Thursday. The company, which acquired the assets of Creative Tent International in October, will use the industrial space at 70 Douglas Way in Natural […]
Former Lynchburg Chapstick factory sells for $1.9M
A 218,818-square-foot industrial property in Lynchburg where Chapstick was once manufactured has sold for $1.9 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer said. Valley Properties purchased the industrial/manufacturing building, located at 1000 Robins Road, from KDC/One as an investment. KDC/One, a global contract manufacturer of personal beauty and home care items based in Canada, announced in [&[...]
Williamsburg medical office sells for $1.75M
A medical office in Williamsburg has sold for $1.75 million. 320 Monticello LLC sold the 9,000-square-foot office building at 320 Monticello Ave. to Stellar Ventures LLC as an investment. The building is 100% leased and located directly across the street from William and Mary’s School of Education and Midtown Row apartments. Current tenants include a […]
Thalhimer hires exec to lead multifamily biz
Drew Harbrecht has joined Thalhimer as senior vice president and will lead Thalhimer Multifamily, the firm’s residential property services division. He joins from Charleston, South Carolina-based Greystar Worldwide, where he led a management portfolio of nearly 10,000 units in Central Virginia and the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia corridor. He will be based in Thalhimer’s [&h[...]
Capital Square moves Glen Allen HQ
Glen Allen-based real estate company Capital Square has relocated to a new, expanded corporate headquarters in Henrico County’s Innsbrook area, not far from its original headquarters. Capital Square has subleased the space at 4851 Lake Brook Drive in the Innsbrook Corporate Center until March 2028. The new office, which is 44,867 square feet, is more […]
Norfolk warehouse sells for $1.3M
A 10,044-square-foot office and warehouse building in Norfolk sold Tuesday for $1.3 million. The building, on 1.71 acres at 1301 Marsh St., was previously owned by Daughters Trust 3557. Piedmont Land Development bought the property, which is fully leased, as an investment. It is currently leased to Hepaco, an environmental cleanup company. William C. Throne […]
20-unit Daleville apartment complex sells for $2M
A 20-unit apartment community in Botetourt County sold Tuesday for more than $2 million. Located at 151 College Drive in Daleville, the property’s first buildings were built in the early 1900s as a school, which was later affiliated with Bridgewater College before closing in 1933, according to Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer. The Daleville College […]
Fed’s Fifth District economy shrinks slightly
The economy in the Federal Reserve’s Fifth District (a multistate region including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland) contracted slightly in recent weeks, according to the latest edition of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, released Wednesday. Published eight times per year, the Beige Book is based on anecdotal information about economic conditions g[...]
Va. construction exec announces retirement
Bill Goggins, senior vice president and Virginia division manager of Raleigh, North Carolina-based Clancy & Theys Construction, will retire at the end of the year, the company announced Tuesday. Based out of the company’s Virginia office in Newport News, Goggins has been with Clancy & Theys for nearly 30 years. Chad Cowger, vice president and […]
Construction starts on $80M apartments in Chesterfield
The developer of an estimated $80 million apartment building in Chesterfield County’s Springline at District 60 mixed-use development broke ground at the site on Sept. 28. The James at Springline will have 298 apartments and 28,000 square feet of ground-level retail space. Connecticut-based Collins Capital Partners is the lead developer. The project is scheduled for […]
A rising tide
The Port of Virginia continues to drive commercial real estate activity in Hampton Roads as shipping and logistics companies seek footholds. The region’s office vacancy rate rose this year — from 8.1% at the end of the first quarter to 8.4% at the end of the second quarter — but is “relatively healthy compared to […]
Space race
Leaders of a regional engineering firm figured finding office space in the Town Center of Virginia Beach would be a breeze. Newspapers were reporting that demand for offices was down nationally. But that isn’t the case in the Hampton Roads area, where the office vacancy rate was 8.1% for the first quarter of 2023, according […]
