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Mar 7, 2025

Defense optics manufacturer to open Virginia Beach facility

Vidarr, which makes night vision goggles and other defense optical equipment, will invest $2.69 million over the next three years to open a manufacturing facility in Virginia Beach, a project estimated to create 40 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday. The New Hampshire company’s manufacturing facility is moving into a 16,410-square-foot building located at 2656 […]

Oct 30, 2024

Powhatan approves $2.7B data center campus

Powhatan County has approved an estimated $2.7 billion data center campus on 119.9 acres partly bordering Chesterfield County. The county’s board of supervisors voted 3-2 during its Oct. 28 meeting for a rezoning and a conditional use permit allowing the proposed development to move forward. The developer, Newport Beach, California–based Province Group, estimates that its […]

Sep 29, 2024

Dropping anchor

LS GreenLink USA spent two years on site selection, scouring much of the East Coast for the right location to build a 750,000-square-foot factory to manufacture subsea cables for offshore wind farms. Then it landed on Chesapeake. Patrick Shim, LS GreenLink’s managing director, cited several reasons for the company’s decision: access to the Port of […]

Atlantic Constructors Inc. is opening a second headquarters building (R) beside its original headquarters in Chesterfield County.
Sep 6, 2024

ACI doubles its Chesterfield HQ

Commercial and industrial contractor Atlantic Constructors Inc. (ACI) is doubling its headquarters in Chesterfield County, a roughly $25 million project. The contractor, which provides mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection products and services, plans to open a second 170,000-square-foot building on 18 acres beside its existing building, which sits on 25 acres, in early November. [&[...]

QTS Data Centers has purchased all of the White Oak Technology Park II property in Henrico. Rendering of a potential data center at the site courtesy Hourigan
Jul 19, 2024

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 — […]

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Nov 10, 2023

Rockbridge tent manufacturer to expand, add 60 jobs

Natural Bridge-based fabric shelter systems manufacturer XFactor Solutions Global has leased 34,000 square feet to expand in Rockbridge County, with plans to create 60 jobs, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Thursday. The company, which acquired the assets of Creative Tent International in October, will use the industrial space at 70 Douglas Way in Natural […]

Brian Felton. Image courtesy Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer
Sep 5, 2023

Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer hire Richmond VP

Brian Felton has joined Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Richmond office as a first vice president focused on industrial sales and leasing, the real estate firm announced Tuesday. Felton was previously a senior leasing manager with San Francisco-based Prologis, where he oversaw a 3.6 million-square-foot portfolio of industrial buildings in Richmond, Norfolk and Fredericksburg. According[...]

Jun 7, 2023

Hampton Roads warehouses sell for $8.4M

A portfolio of three warehouses in Hampton Roads sold for $8.4 million in mid-May. Tidewater Fleet Supply, an independent distributor of fleet, truck, trailer and heavy equipment parts, leases the properties. Located at 3666 Progress Road, the Norfolk warehouse sold for $6.03 million, according to city property records. The parcel is approximately 4.82 acres. At […]

Apr 6, 2023

Chesterfield distribution center sells for $37.5M

A distribution center in Chesterfield County’s Meadowville Technology Park sold for $37.5 million in mid-March, according to county property records. Located at 1400 Digital Drive in Chester, the 353,044-square-foot distribution center is fully leased to one tenant — CCBCC Operations LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. — according to a Cushman & […]

Music star Pharrell Williams is developing the $350 million Atlantic Park surf park in Virginia Beach with Venture Realty Group. Rendering courtesy Venture Realty Group
Feb 27, 2023

Ups and downs

Compared with the previous two years, 2022 was less of a roller coaster for the housing market in Virginia, but it still presented challenges for many would-be first-time homebuyers. As inflation rates grew, peaking at a 40-year high of 9.1% in June 2022, the Federal Reserve increased interest rates rapidly. Inflation fell to 6.5% in […]

Feb 27, 2023

Warehouse portfolio with two Va. properties sells for $21.86M

Seven warehouses leased to Lansing Building Products, including two in Virginia, sold for $21.86 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Friday. The portfolio of warehouses totals 209,883 square feet, and the properties range from 20,000 to almost 50,000 square feet each. On average, 89% of each property is warehouse, and 11% is office space. […]

The pandemic-fueled e-commerce surge has accelerated the need for distribution centers, says Taylor Chess, president of development for Fairfax-based Peterson Cos., standing at the construction site for a major Amazon fulfillment center in Stafford County. Photo by Will Schermerhorn
Dec 31, 2021

Need for speed

Geoff Poston likens the current market for building, buying and leasing warehouses and distribution centers to the mid-1800s California Gold Rush: Everybody wants in. Poston, vice president of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Hampton Roads industrial group, says demand has never been greater for industrial real estate, creating a tight market with low vacancy. “The […]

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