Executive to retire after three decades at S.L. Nusbaum
Frank H. Cowling, Jr. a partner and senior vice president of private asset management at S.L. Nusbaum Realty, plans to retire at the end of March after four decades working in commercial real estate, according to a Tuesday announcement by the Norfolk-based real estate development company. Cowling joined S.L. Nusbaum in 1994 as vice president […]
Construction begins on Hampton Logistics Center
New York’s Turnbridge Equities and Maryland’s Manekin, both real estate development and investment firms, have begun construction on two Class A industrial warehouse buildings in Hampton off Interstate 64, located less than 20 minutes from the Port of Virginia, according to an announcement this week. The two companies, which raised about $70 million for the […]
231-unit affordable housing development coming to McLean
Construction will begin immediately on the 231-unit first phase of an affordable housing development in McLean backed by Amazon.com, SCG Development announced Wednesday. Located at 1750 Old Meadow Road, Somos at McLean Metro will be developed in two phases. In the first phase, Tysons-based SCG Development will demolish an abandoned office building on the property […]
AREP, partners acquire Ashburn townhome community
CityHouse Ashburn Station, a 200-unit luxury townhome community in Loudoun County, has sold for $120 million. New York-based Rithm Capital, McLean-based American Real Estate Partners and New Jersey-based GreenBarn Investment Group closed the purchase from Dream Finders Homes on Monday. AREP and GreenBarn are co-general partners for the project. Rithm is providing equity capital, in […]
Construction begins on $135M Loudoun biz park’s first phase
Construction has started on the first four buildings in an approximately $135 million, 10-building business community in Dulles, project owner-developer St. John Properties Inc. of Baltimore announced Wednesday. The project, Arcola Center, will be a 34-acre business park at the intersection of Loudoun County Parkway and Dulles West Boulevard with eight flex/research and development buildings [&hel[...]
Sadler Square subdivision in Glen Allen to start sales in 2024
Construction on Sadler Square, a 128-home development in Glen Allen will begin this year, with homes ready for sale in 2024, Vienna-based real estate developer Miller & Smith announced mid-February. The 54-acre development is located at 4350 Glasgow Road near the Short Pump/Innsbrook Interstate 64 interchange on West Broad Street. The single-family houses will be […]
Midlothian luxury apartment complex begins construction
Bainbridge Cos. has started construction in Chesterfield County on the 310-unit Bainbridge Midlothian luxury apartment complex, the Florida-based multifamily real estate company announced in mid-February. Bainbridge estimates the approximately 26.3-acre project at 12400 Dutton Road will be complete next summer. Units will range from 700 to 1,560 square feet, with one-, two- and three-bedroom optio[...]
Lowe’s warehouse to create 70 jobs in Roanoke County
A new Lowe’s warehouse and distribution center is expected to create 70 jobs in Roanoke County, the $11 million project’s developer announced Monday. Lowe’s Cos. Inc. has hired Roanoke-based Cherney Development, in partnership with North Carolina-based Samet Corp., to build a 60,000-square-foot distribution warehouse and distribution center on an 8.45-acre site in Roanoke County’s [...]
Construction starts on $100M industrial center in Hanover
Construction started Dec. 9 on the $100 million, 1.1-million-square-foot East Coast Commerce Center in Hanover County. The speculative industrial project is slated for completion in mid-summer 2022. The 129-acre center will have 120 truck docks, 540 trailer parks, 8-foot floor slabs, a 2:1 parking ratio and more than 35 surplus acres. “We’re very eager for […]
$55M affordable housing community to be built in Richmond
Construction is set to start in January 2022 on a new $55 million affordable housing community in Richmond, developer Dakota Partners announced this week, after having purchased a 14.4-acre parcel at 2200 Brady St. on Richmond’s South Side. To be known as Brady Square, the community will include 264 residential units in two buildings constructed […]
Amazon provides $21M to create real estate developers of color program
Amazon.com Inc. announced Wednesday a $21 million grant to create a professional training, mentorship and capital funding program for real estate developers of color focused on affordable housing. “With this accelerator program, we are laser focused on lifting up emerging real estate developers of color. We want to foster their professional growth through education and […]
What will Amazon HQ2 look like? Arlington planners weigh in.
Arlington County Planning Division’s Site Plan Review Committee will review the layout and architectural design for PenPlace, the proposed second phase of Amazon.com Inc.’s East Coast headquarters, as well as the proposed public space, in its Monday night meeting. Meeting documents show the proposed layout of the Pentagon City site, which puts the would-be 354-feet […]