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Amazon opens career center, two distribution facilities in Hampton Roads
Amazon.com Inc. has launched a career center and two delivery stations in Hampton Roads, it announced Wednesday. The Amazon Career Center opened last week at 1989 S. Military Highway in Chesapeake and will serve as a hiring and orientation hub for Amazon’s facilities in Chesapeake, Suffolk, Norfolk, Hampton and Virginia Beach. One delivery station opened […]
Manifest destiny
Taking on a new job during a pandemic could spell rough waters, particularly if the job relies on global commerce. But the past eight months largely have been smooth sailing for Stephen Edwards, the new CEO and executive director of the Virginia Port Authority, which oversees the Port of Virginia. Edwards came onboard in January, […]
Prism Maritime LLC to build two Chesapeake facilities
Chesapeake-based government contractor Prism Maritime LLC will invest $4 million to construct two 12,000-square-foot facilities in Chesapeake, creating 166 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday. The facilities will be used for manufacturing, lab and storage space and will be located in the Greenbrier North Commerce Park. Founded in 2006, Prism Maritime provides engineering, research, developme[...]
Hampton Roads universities ink deal to establish public health school
The presidents of Old Dominion University, Norfolk State University and Eastern Virginia Medical School signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday to establish Virginia’s first school of public health. The MOU solidifies the plan announced in January to develop a regional school of public health and address health inequities. The universities will now apply for accreditation […]
Jean Yokum, longtime president and CEO of Langley Federal Credit Union, dies at 90
Jean Yokum, the longtime president and CEO of Langley Federal Credit Union, died Thursday, the credit union announced. She was 90. She served as the president and CEO for 33 years, first joining the credit union as a teller in 1953 and working her way up. She served in the top spot from 1979 until 2012, […]
Hampton Roads reports continued seller’s market for homes
The Hampton Roads area was still seeing a tight market for homebuyers in July, according to the Real Estate Information Network Inc.’s latest report on the region. Compared to July 2020, there was a 17.13% decrease in active listings last month, along with higher prices. REIN, using the region’s Multiple Listing Service data, reported there […]
Two Hampton Roads car washes sell for $1.6M
Two Solar Wash Inc. car wash locations in Hampton Roads sold for $1.6 million, S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. announced Wednesday. Located at 910 W. Washington St., the Suffolk property has five self-service bays, seven vacuum bays and a fully automatic, soft touch station. The Franklin location, found at 1021 Armory Drive, has seven vacuum bays, […]
Old Point National Bank appoints VP operations
Hampton-based Old Point National Bank has appointed Christopher Hobbs as its vice president of operations, the bank announced Wednesday. “We are so pleased to have Chris Hobbs join the Old Point family,” said Susan R. Ralston, executive vice president and chief operating officer for Old Point, in a statement. “His expertise will be instrumental as […]
F-22 fighter jet training unit will relocate to Joint Base Langley-Eustis
The U.S. Air Force is relocating the branch’s only advanced training unit for F-22 Raptor fighter jets from Florida to Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, bringing some 2,300 people to the region, the Air Force confirmed to the Air Force Times newspaper on Wednesday, June 23. “We are thrilled to welcome the F-22 Raptor formal […]
Hampton Roads sees small increase in active home listings
The Hampton Roads area saw growth in new home listings, pending sales and settled sales in May 2021 compared to May 2020, the Real Estate Information Network Inc. reported in its monthly update on the region. All new listings (listed three days or less) were up 24.74% year-over-year in May, and settled sales saw a […]
Rolling out the red carpet
With high-speed subsea internet cables landing on Virginia Beach’s shores and massive wind turbines propelling off its coast, the state’s largest city is primed to welcome new businesses and industries generating high-end jobs. “Virginia Beach is going to be the epicenter of economic development on the East Coast,” says Mayor Bobby Dyer. “I am convinced […]
Business bank opens in Virginia Beach
Integrity Bank for Business opened for business May 3 in Virginia Beach, led by former Heritage Bank President and CEO Michael S. Ives. The first new community bank established in Hampton Roads since 1998, it received regulatory approval last month. In January it announced that it raised more than $20 million in stock purchase commitments. […]
