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The Meridian Group buys 277 acres in Winchester for industrial park
Bethesda, Maryland-based real estate investment firm The Meridian Group has purchased 277 acres of land in Winchester along Insterstate 81 and has plans to develop an industrial park on it. The purchase price of the land was not disclosed and is not yet available from public land records. The Meridian Group acquired the property this week […]
Chesterfield’s Meadowbrook Plaza sells for $16M
Chesterfield’s Meadowbrook Plaza shopping center on Hopkins Road has been sold for $16 million, Colliers International announced Thursday. The 16.77-acre strip mall was sold by Premier RE FUND V LLC to UG Necessity Retail Fund 2 LP, also known as Unite Growth. The shopping center has 45,129 square feet and recently underwent a renovation. Some […]
CoStar Group to open $460M campus in Richmond
Washington, D.C.-based CoStar Group Inc., a commercial real estate data and analytics provider, will build a $460 million corporate campus in Richmond, creating 2,000 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday. The new campus will include a 26-story, 510-foot, LEED-platinum-certified skyscraper that will be the tallest building in Virginia, rising two feet taller than the Westin […]
Northam proposes $150M for site readiness
When Mazda Toyota was looking to build a plant that would have brought 4,000 jobs and 1.6 billion in investment, Virginia was ruled out. Why? Because Virginia didn’t have a competitive project-ready site available. Huntsville, Alabama, landed the deal instead. Since 2016, Virginia has lost out on 42,000 direct jobs and over $75 billion in capital […]
Winchester industrial property sells for $12.2M
A 244,500-square-foot industrial property in Winchester sold for $12.2 million, Marcus & Milichap announced Wednesday. The property is located at 310 Tyson Drive and was sold by Harrisonburg-based InterChange Group Inc. to Washington, D.C.-based Ritz Banc Group. Christopher C. Dale, Robert Filley and Randall Heilig, with Marcus & Milichap’s Washington, D.C., office, worked for the [&[...]
Amazon provides $21M to create real estate developers of color program
Amazon.com Inc. announced Wednesday a $21 million grant to create a professional training, mentorship and capital funding program for real estate developers of color focused on affordable housing. “With this accelerator program, we are laser focused on lifting up emerging real estate developers of color. We want to foster their professional growth through education and […]
Commercial real estate leasing roundup
Hampton Roads Daliza’s Dominican Beauty Salon leased 1,200 square feet of retail space at 980 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. in Newport News. Bob Saunders of Harvey Lindsay Commercial Real Estate handled this transaction. Audio Pros Inc. renewed its lease of 3,47 square feet of retail space at 894 East Little Creek Road in Norfolk. Kimberly […]
Colonial Heights shopping center sells for $26.25M
Colonial Square, a Publix-anchored shopping center in Colonial Heights, sold for $26.25 million, JLL announced Thursday. Colonial Square Associates – A Berman Kappler Property sold the shopping center to United Hampshire US REIT. The shopping center is 168,326 square feet and is 99% leased. It was constructed in 1967 and underwent renovations in 2017, when […]
KBS sells Fairfax office park for $106M
KBS has sold Willow Oaks Corporate Center in Fairfax County’s Merrifield area to Utah-based Bridge Investment Group for $106 million, Newport Beach, California-based KBS announced Thursday. The 584,147-square-foot Class A office park was built in three phases in 1986, 1989 and 2003. It includes three buildings located near the intersection of Route 50 and Interstate […]
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 […]
