Va. localities win $126M in grants for industrial sites
Gov. Glenn Youngkin this week announced $126 million in Virginia Business Ready Sites Program development grants to fund work on 23 industrial sites in the commonwealth. Virginia’s growing inventory of project-ready sites was a factor in CNBC naming the commonwealth America’s Top State for Business in July, Gov. Youngkin noted in a Thursday news release. […]
QTS acquires rezoned Henrico tech park land
Henrico County’s Sandston area could soon see more data center facilities after the county’s board of supervisors voted in May to rezone a 622-acre site for the planned White Oak Technology Park II. Developer Hourigan shepherded the land, now owned by Kansas-based QTS Data Centers, through its rezoning to light industrial. “It is a fabulous […]
Amazing race
Virginia is reaping thousands of jobs and huge tax revenues as Amazon.com revamps its U.S. delivery network. The e-commerce giant is opening major distribution centers and sorting facilities across the commonwealth as part of its nationwide strategy to get goods to consumers faster and stay one step ahead of competitors like Walmart and Target that […]
2024 Virginia CFO Awards: Small Business: Joel Flax, Cohen Investment Group
Joel Flax hadn’t planned on serving as a chief financial officer after retiring from a full-fledged career as an accountant and tax advisor. But it also wasn’t the first time he made an unexpected career shift. In college, he had wanted to be a sportswriter. But shortly after graduating from William & Mary with a […]
DataBank to add leased data center to Ashburn campus
DataBank, a Texas provider of data center, cloud, and interconnection services, has signed a lease on a data center currently under construction on Red Rum Drive in Ashburn by GI Partners, the California investment firm announced Thursday. Two other data center buildings are already located on Red Rum Drive. One is owned by DataBank and […]
QTS finishes $137M purchase of rezoned Henrico tech park land
QTS Data Centers has secured ownership of all 622 acres of the recently rezoned site for the White Oak Technology Park II project in Henrico County’s Sandston area for approximately $137 million. On June 28, a limited liability company belonging to QTS bought the remaining portion of the site that it hadn’t yet acquired — […]
Reports: Novo Nordisk in talks to buy Petersburg Ampac plant
Two South Korean media outlets have reported that the South Korean owner of Ampac Fine Chemicals may sell its manufacturing plant in Petersburg to Novo Nordisk, the Danish global pharmaceutical company. Sources told The Korea Economic Daily that the Seoul-based manufacturing conglomerate SK Group, which purchased Ampac in 2018 for a reported $576 million, is […]
Chesterfield County facility sells for $9.3M
An entity associated with Barefoot Spas, a hot tub and swim spa manufacturer, sold a five-acre property in Chesterfield County to an entity associated with Maguire Hayden Real Estate Company, a Pennsylvania commercial real estate investment firm, on July 1 for $9.3 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer Capital Markets Group and Industrial Services announced […]
Bowman announces executive promotions
Michael Bruen has been named Bowman Consulting Group’s president, the Reston-based engineering services firm announced last week. Gary Bowman, who formerly was president, retains his roles as CEO and chairman. Dan Swayze, who served as executive vice president and division manager, will fill Bruen’s former role as chief operating officer and will become an executive […]
Owens & Minor leases new HQ in Henrico
Henrico County is getting a fifth Fortune 500 company. Global health care logistics and supply company Owens & Minor is moving from Hanover County to a new headquarters in Henrico’s Innsbrook Corporate Center. The company is leasing the fourth floor of the Highwoods One building at 10900 Nuckols Road, according to Will Bradley, an executive […]
Breeden promotes multifamily Richmond region director
The Breeden Co. has promoted Lindsay McMurrough to multifamily regional director of the Richmond market within the Virginia Beach-based real estate company’s residential property management division. McMurrough was previously a community manager. In her new role, she will oversee strategic direction of Breeden’s multifamily assets in the Richmond market. “Lindsay’s promotion is[...]
Chesapeake shopping center sells for $20.05M
A community shopping center in Chesapeake sold for $20.05 million in early June, property records show. Located at 4300 Portsmouth Blvd., adjacent to the Chesapeake Square mall, the roughly 180,000-square-foot shopping center sold for $18.847 million, and an associated 1.32-acre outparcel sold for $1.203 million. The shopping center is 90% leased. Its tenants include Value […]