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Va. Beach’s Pembroke Mall to add apartments, senior living and hotel
Pembroke Mall in Virginia Beach is getting a $200 million makeover. The aging mall’s developers, Pembroke Square Associates, announced plans Monday for a series of updates to the 54-acre mall near the city’s Town Center area. “The mall industry is changing,” said Ramsay Smith, president of Pembroke Realty Group, asset manager for Pembroke Mall. “We […]
Canadian frozen food company to create 67 jobs in Warren County
Montreal-based Nature’s Touch Frozen Foods LLC will spend $40.3 million to expand in Warren County, creating 67 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. Harrisonburg-based InterChange Group Inc. will build a 126,000-square-foot facility for Nature’s Touch. The company will import raw materials directly to the new facility for processing and distribution. In 2014, Nature’s Touc[...]
Performance Food Group to build $80M facility in Hanover
Performance Food Group Co., the Goochland-based Fortune 500 food distribution corporation, plans to invest $80.2 million on a new facility in Hanover County, creating 125 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. The regional sales and distribution center will be housed in a 325,000-square-foot building in Ashland. “This new facility will be instrumental in advancing Virginia’s [&hellip[...]
Metal fabricator to add 22 jobs in Buchanan
Buchanan County-based metal fabrication company Skyline Fabricating Inc. will spend more than $675,000 to build a 25,000-square-foot production facility in the county’s Southern Gap area, creating 22 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. The facility will help Skyline Fabricating meet increased demand for steel and aluminum fabricated products and its expanded customer base outside Vir[...]
Stephen Moret to leave VEDP
Virginia Economic Development Partnership President and CEO Stephen Moret will leave VEDP to become president and CEO of Indianapolis-based Strada Education Network in January, Strada and VEDP announced Wednesday. Moret expects that VEDP’s board will appoint Executive Vice President Jason El Koubi to serve as interim CEO and a nationwide search will be conducted for […]
The color of money
A dusty floor, lumber piles and strewn tools mark the signs of active construction in the future showroom of Pure Shenandoah LLC. CEO Tanner Johnson stands in the front room of the historic, renovated Casey Jones building in Elkton and describes the experience of a future customer. “You’ll come in right here to a cool […]
Getting off the road
For years, residents in the Fredericksburg region looked north for opportunity and higher-paying jobs. But more homegrown jobs and remote work are signs of change for the area, says Curry Roberts, president of the Fredericksburg Regional Alliance, which includes Fredericksburg and the counties of Caroline, King George, Spotsylvania and Stafford. “We’re developing a distinct economy [&helli[...]
New IDA director is no stranger
When Kristy Johnson moved to Halifax County from Georgia in 2008, the community welcomed her family with open arms, she says. Now she has the opportunity to return the favor as the new executive director of the county’s Industrial Development Authority. Johnson’s no stranger to the organization. She’s worked for the IDA since 2009 in […]
Damascus sees hike in trail tourism
On a September afternoon, Stuart Wright was trying to persuade a tourist to bring her son back to visit the town of Damascus in Washington County. “Bring that little boy down here and he can play in the river, he can hike, he can bike the trail,” Wright coaxed. “Bring him where he’s got something […]
VF Corp. to create 82 jobs in Henry County
Denver-based apparel and footwear company VF Corp. will create 82 jobs with a $10.2 million expansion within Henry County, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. The company will make upgrades within its 500,000-square-foot facility in Martinsville to increase distribution capacity and speed. “VF Corp. has thrived in Henry County for nearly 20 years, and we are […]
Siemens Gamesa to build first U.S. offshore wind blade factory in Portsmouth
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A., a Spanish wind turbine company, will invest $200 million to build the first U.S. offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing facility in Portsmouth, creating 310 jobs, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday from the Port of Virginia’s Portsmouth Marine Terminal. Siemens Gamesa is a partner in Dominion Energy‘s 2.6-gigawatt, $7.8 billion [&helli[...]
Henrico green-lights $2.3B GreenCity project
The Henrico County Board of Supervisors this week unanimously approved rezoning the 204-acre former Best Products headquarters campus into the $2.3 billion GreenCity project, a major mixed-used development that will feature a 17,000-seat arena. GreenCity, which was proposed in December 2020, is also expected to include two hotels with 600 rooms, about 2.2 million square […]
