Sign In
Free Newsletter
Investment group acquires self-storage complex in Va. Beach
Norfolk-based Cohen Investment Group, a commercial real estate investment company, has acquired Castleton Commerce Center, a 390,380-square-foot self-storage complex in Virginia Beach, from Prime Storage. The complex, at 2424 Castleton Commerce Way, is one of 11 storage properties Cohen Investment Group acquired through five acquisitions this year, according to Eastern Union, which secured $58.15 [...]
11-building office portfolio in Henrico sells for $87M
An 11-building office portfolio in Henrico County sold for $87 million, according to Henrico County property records. A partnership between New York-based Jack Sitt Real Estate LLC and Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based Gulf Islamic Investments LLC bought the portfolio on Dec. 1. Thalhimer did not disclose the seller. The properties are owned by various limited […]
What will Amazon HQ2 look like? Arlington planners weigh in.
Arlington County Planning Division’s Site Plan Review Committee will review the layout and architectural design for PenPlace, the proposed second phase of Amazon.com Inc.’s East Coast headquarters, as well as the proposed public space, in its Monday night meeting. Meeting documents show the proposed layout of the Pentagon City site, which puts the would-be 354-feet […]
Commercial real estate sales roundup
Central Virginia A Starbucks at 2627 Emmet St. North in Charlottesville has been sold for $3.85 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Dec. 3. Riverbend Development sold the 2,317-square-foot freestanding building, which includes a Wells Fargo ATM. The transaction was completed by Catherine Spangler of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group. Landmark [&hellip[...]
VCU pays $7.25M for industrial site for planned athletics village
Virginia Commonwealth University has made another buy as it plans out its future athletics village. VCU bought the 5.83-acre industrial site at 1609 Sherwood Ave. in Richmond from Bourne Enterprises LC for $7.25 million, Porter Realty announced Friday. The site contains a 173,580-square-foot existing industrial facility, partially occupied by West End Printing, which will relocate […]
Divaris hires RVA industrial CRE division head
Virginia Beach-based Divaris Real Estate Inc. has hired Dawn Calabrese as the senior vice president to spearhead its Richmond office’s industrial commercial real estate division, the real estate firm announced Thursday. “We are very fortunate and excited to have this opportunity to welcome Dawn Calabrese as senior vice president to the Richmond office. She brings […]
Sterling warehouse sells for $20.8M
Washington, D.C.-based financial technology company Fundrise has purchased a 76,500-square-foot warehouse located at 22480 Randolph Drive in Sterling for $20.8 million, Edge Capital Markets announced Thursday. Edge Capital Markets declined to name the seller. The warehouse is in Broad Run Business Park near the intersection of Randolph Drive and Moran Road, north of Dulles International […]
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer name SVP, commercial property services
Amy Marsden has joined the Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer Richmond office as senior vice president of commercial property services, the real estate firm announced Wednesday. The firm’s Commercial Property Services sector manages more than 30 million square feet. Marsden was most recently a senior area director with The RMR Group, a role in which […]
Super-regional shopping center in Richmond sells for $18.25M
The Eastgate Town Center in Richmond sold for more than $18.25 million, Colliers Capital Markets announced Wednesday. Located at 4905-4995 Nine Mile Road, the 117,773-square-foot super-regional shopping center is shadow anchored by a Walmart Supercenter and was 97% occupied at the time of sale. Its tenants include Conn’s Inc., Planet Fitness, Hibbett Sports, Virginia ABC, […]
Shenandoah Valley races to develop industrial sites
A flurry of recent industrial investment in the Shenandoah Valley has regional economic development officials eager to make new sites shovel-ready as companies put a premium on locations that will enable them to stand up operations as fast as possible. Fast-casual restaurant chain Cava’s September announcement that it will build a $30 million, 57,000-square-foot processing […]
Hot property
Richmond real estate developer Andrew Basham’s company, Spy Rock Real Estate, owns so many properties within Scott’s Addition that local business owners jokingly refer to the neighborhood as “Andrew’s Addition.” As the area has become Richmond’s hottest neighborhood — literally and figuratively — Basham and his business partners at Spy Rock appear to have been […]
Yorktown, Newport News apartments sell for $45M, $36.7M
Two apartment properties in Hampton Roads have been sold by Philadelphia-based Resource REIT Inc., Colliers announced last week. Pines of York, a 248-unit apartment complex built in 1974 and located at 3100 Hampton Highway in Yorktown, sold for $45 million. New Jersey-based Riverpass Holdings LLC purchased the property from Resource REIT. Tech Center Square, an […]
