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Bon Secours taps Mary Immaculate Hospital president
Alan George, a former health care executive from Georgia, started as president of Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News this week, the health care system announced Tuesday. George comes from ScionHealth, where he served as the chief operating officer for St. Francis – Emory Healthcare in Columbus, Georgia. He previously was CEO of […]
Navy awards $1.1B more for sub construction
General Dynamics Corp.’s Groton, Connecticut-based Electric Boat Corp. has received nearly $1.1 billion more from the Navy to continue building Virginia-class submarines, and its teammate, Newport News Shipbuilding, has received a $305 million chunk of that award to procure long-lead time material and components for the next two hulls. The contract modification, announced by the […]
HII’s Mission Technologies receives $995M contract
Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.’s Mission Technologies division has received a $995 million contract to advise and assist the U.S Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa, the company announced Wednesday. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity, multiple-award contract has a one-year base and four one-year option periods. Under the contract, HII’s McLean-based [...]
HII announces more than $1.8B in contracts
Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. on Tuesday announced more than $1.8 billion in contracts awarded to its mission technologies and shipbuilding divisions. The company’s McLean-based Mission Technologies was awarded a $1.3 billion U.S. African Command Personnel Recovery Enterprise Services and Solutions (PRESS) task order, which has a one-year base period with up to six [&[...]
$35.8M Newport News affordable housing redevelopment begins
The BLVD Group has acquired and started renovations on the Aqua Vista Apartments in Newport News, the Los Angeles- and Dallas-based company announced Tuesday. BLVD expects development costs, including the property purchase and “soft costs” like engineering and design, to total more than $35.8 million. A BLVD-affiliated limited partnership, Aqua Vista LP, bought the property […]
Coffee biz buys Newport News building for $1.1M
A coffee company purchased a 2,400-square-foot retail building in Newport News for $1.1 million with plans to turn it into a coffee shop. Seven Cities Coffee LLC, doing business as 7 Brew, purchased the building located at 398 Denbigh Blvd. from JMP Properties LLC, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced. The coffee company, 7 Brew, […]
ITA International names new CEO
Newport News-based government contractor ITA International LLC has promoted Mark Honecker from chief operating officer to CEO, effective April 3, the federal contractor announced Monday. Honecker succeeds outgoing CEO Mike Melo, who will transition to chairing ITA’s advisory board and will also take on the new position of chief visionary officer, a role in which […]
Hickory Point Townhomes sells for $25M in Newport News
Arlington-based Ritz Banc Group, a real estate, private equity and alternative asset management firm, bought Hickory Point Townhomes, a 175-unit apartment complex at 399 Hickory Point Blvd. in Newport News, from New York-based AION Partners for $25 million, Cushman & Wakefield announced Monday. The new owner pland to continue a comprehensive renovation program implemented by […]
Newport News office building sells for $2.87M
A Newport News office building has sold for $2.875 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced in February. Sashe LLC purchased the 24,526-square-foot office building at 11839 Rock Landing Drive in Oyster Point Park. Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer declined to disclose the seller. The building is currently occupied by Engineering Development Laboratory Inc., an […]
Building momentum
From olive oil to space rockets, 2022 saw a variety of companies seeking to invest — or reinvest — in the Hampton Roads region and Eastern Virginia. That kind of diversity of industries augurs well for the region’s economy, says Vinod Agarwal, professor of economics at Old Dominion University’s Strome College of Business. “In the […]
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. […]
Newport News warehouse sells for $2.65M
A warehouse in Newport News sold for $2.65 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Wednesday. Located at 1011 and 1031 44th St., the 30,000-square-foot industrial building sits on 3.55 acres. The land is currently being used for a wholesale distribution facility, according to Newport News property records. Three tenants split the facility: Hampton Roads […]
