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Glen Allen’s Snagajob is acquired by Boston’s JobGet
JobGet, a Boston-based hourly jobs listings platform, last week announced that it has acquired rival Snagajob in Glen Allen. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, according to Tony Liu, cofounder and CEO of JobGet. Snagajob will operate as a standalone entity within JobGet, creating the United States’ largest hourly workforce job platform. […]
ODEC announces next president and CEO
Chris Cosby will become president and CEO of Glen Allen‘s Old Dominion Electric Cooperative on Feb. 1, 2025. Cosby succeeds John C. Lee, who has been ODEC’s president and CEO since Sept. 8, 2023, initially serving in an interim capacity. ODEC announced Lee’s retirement, effective Feb. 1, on Monday. He will serve as a senior […]
Glen Allen’s Dynex Capital names co-CEO
Glen Allen‘s Dynex Capital has named Smriti Laxman Popenoe its co-CEO, the real estate investment trust announced in July. With more than three decades of experience in capital markets and investing, Popenoe will lead with Byron Boston, who remains chairman and co-CEO. Popenoe also will remain president and chief investment officer, as well as a […]
StartVirginia: Heard Around Virginia July 2024
Auterion, a software maker for computing platforms that support drones and autonomous robotics systems, has relocated its headquarters to Arlington County from Moorpark, California, as it seeks to be closer to its defense-related customers. The company already had some of its 112 employees based in the Washington, D.C., metro area for several years, but Auterion’s […]
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 […]
ODEC names two C-suite execs
Glen Allen-based Old Dominion Electric Cooperative has named Jack Robb as its chief legal officer and senior vice president, and Chris Cosby as chief operations officer, the not-for-profit cooperative announced Monday. Robb joined ODEC as deputy chief legal officer last year, but before that, spent a decade serving as outside counsel while working for Miles […]
Thalhimer hires exec to lead multifamily biz
Drew Harbrecht has joined Thalhimer as senior vice president and will lead Thalhimer Multifamily, the firm’s residential property services division. He joins from Charleston, South Carolina-based Greystar Worldwide, where he led a management portfolio of nearly 10,000 units in Central Virginia and the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia corridor. He will be based in Thalhimer’s [&h[...]
Capital Square moves Glen Allen HQ
Glen Allen-based real estate company Capital Square has relocated to a new, expanded corporate headquarters in Henrico County’s Innsbrook area, not far from its original headquarters. Capital Square has subleased the space at 4851 Lake Brook Drive in the Innsbrook Corporate Center until March 2028. The new office, which is 44,867 square feet, is more […]
Primis Bank names new president
Rick A. Fulk has been promoted to president of Glen Allen-based Primis Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of McLean-based Primis Financial, the bank announced Wednesday. “Rick’s promotion to president of our most important division is an exciting moment for our company and demonstrates our commitment to have the bank be the primary driver of our […]
Glen Allen shopping center sells for $9.5M
A shopping center anchored by a Michaels craft store in Glen Allen sold for $9.5 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced. Airport Hotel LLC, of Ellicott City, Maryland, bought Broad Street Plaza, located at 9856-9864 W. Broad St. in Henrico County, on Sept. 12. The four-tenant retail center is 100% leased and includes a […]
Real Estate 2023: LOUIS J. ROGERS
Since Rogers founded Capital Square in 2012, the real estate investment company has completed more than $7.5 billion in transaction volume and grew from handling mainly Delaware Statutory Trust 1031 Exchange offerings to launching a real estate investment trust and developing and operating multifamily properties across the nation. In September 2022, Rogers’ son-in-law, Whitson Huffman, [&hel[...]
Real Estate 2023: TERRIE L. SUIT
When Suit started her career, she worked for a builder, then became a Realtor and later a mortgage loan officer. Today, after serving as the state’s first secretary of Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, as well as a Republican state delegate for eight years, Suit now leads Virginia’s largest trade association. She advocates for 38,000 […]
