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JLL: NoVa is still nation’s top data center market
Northern Virginia remains the country’s largest data center market, according to a report released Monday by real estate company JLL. The 581 megawatts of capacity leased by energized — or built-out — data centers in Northern Virginia for 2023 represented a new record, according to the JLL report. Data centers leased 184 MW in capacity […]
Real Estate and Construction: Hot properties
It was a rough year for prospective homebuyers, especially those seeking houses in Northern Virginia and the Richmond area. Home sales in Virginia were the lowest the market has seen since 2014, dropping 20% from 2022 to 2023, according to data released in January by Virginia Realtors. Hampton Roads and Shenandoah Valley home sales also […]
Armada Hoffler to name Shawn Tibbetts as next CEO
Virginia Beach real estate investment trust Armada Hoffler expects to name Chief Operating Officer Shawn Tibbetts as its CEO next spring, when current CEO Louis Haddad plans to retire. Tibbetts has been promoted to president and will remain COO, Armada Hoffler announced Thursday. Tibbetts has been COO since he joined the company in 2019 after […]
CoStar Group moving global HQ to Arlington
UPDATED: Feb. 16, 10 a.m. CoStar Group, which already has a major presence in Richmond, will invest $20 million to move its global corporate headquarters from Washington, D.C., to Arlington County’s Rosslyn area, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday. Known for its online real estate marketplaces Apartments.com and Homes.com, the real estate analytics and data […]
Va. Beach apartment complex sells for $36M
Dove Landing, a 318-unit apartment complex in Virginia Beach, has changed hands, Berkadia announced Jan. 31. Chesapeake-based Community Investment Group bought the property for $36 million from Enterprise Community Development, a nonprofit affordable housing provider in the mid-Atlantic, according to a news release from Berkadia. Dove Landing, at 5301 Justin Court, was built in 1982, renovated [&[...]
Former Concorde Holdings CEO joins Capital Square
Drew Jackson, former president and CEO of Michigan-based Concorde Holdings, has joined Glen Allen-based real estate company Capital Square as senior managing director of private wealth solutions, the firm announced Tuesday. Jackson also joined the executive management team. A Radford University graduate, Jackson has more than 25 years of experience in supporting wealth advisers and […]
Historic Richmond apartment building sells for $5.25M
A 32-unit apartment building in Richmond sold for more than $5.52 million on Jan. 16, according to city property records. Located at 3003 Parkwood Ave., The Parkwood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. Built in 1941 and designed by well-known Richmond architects J. Binford Walford and O. Pendleton Wright, the […]
Franklin apartments sell for $18M
A 244-unit apartment community in Franklin sold for $18 million on Dec. 28, 2023, according to a news release from S.L. Nusbaum Realty. Located at 201 Forest Pine Road, the Forest Pine Apartments have traditional and garden-style one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The 23.27-acre property has a community swimming pool and playground area. Forest Pine […]
$550 million development planned for Pittsylvania’s Axton area
Plans for a $550 million mixed-use development in Pittsylvania County’s Axton area include a five-story, 150-room hotel and a 180,000-square-foot shopping center anchored by a grocery store, but it’s the project’s housing component that most interests the county’s economic development director, Matthew Rowe. “First and foremost,” he says, “it is addressing a major nee[...]
Apartments in Orange sell for $1.9M
A 48-unit apartment community in the Town of Orange has changed hands, according to One South Commercial. Belleview Apartments LLC purchased a 40,111-square-foot property with 48 units for $1.9 million from Belleview LLP. The apartments are located at 222-224 Bellevue Ave. in Orange. According to town property records, the property was built in 1911. Ryan […]
Norfolk apartment complex sells for $38.5M
Enterprise Community Development, a nonprofit affordable housing provider, has purchased Woodmere Trace, a 300-unit Norfolk community, from Raleigh, North Carolina-based Fulton Peak Capital. Enterprise closed the $38.5 million sale on Dec. 20, 2023. Woodmere Trace is located at 6741 Tanners Creek Drive. The 300 garden-style apartments, comprised of one- and two-bedroom units, were built in [&helli[...]
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer promotes two SVPs
Two Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer commercial brokerage first vice presidents have been promoted, the Glen Allen-based real estate firm announced Friday. Wick Smith and Jenny Stoner are now senior vice presidents. Smith joined Thalhimer’s Virginia Beach office in July 2015 and specializes in retail sales and tenant representation. He works with operators of regional shopping […]
