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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 […]
Chesapeake strip mall goes for $3.15M
A 7,800-square-foot retail strip center in Chesapeake sold for $3.15 million, according to a March news release from S.L. Nusbaum Realty. Located at 1508 Sam’s Circle, Battlefield Shops has five tenants. It is shadow anchored by Walmart, Sam’s Club, At Home and Dollar Tree stores. Battlefield Freedom Wash sold the property to Grit Andrew LLC. […]
Norfolk apartments are sold for $3.1M
A 20-unit apartment property in Norfolk sold for $3.1 million on March 20. Located at 1314 and 1318 Little Bay Ave., the property has 20 one-bedroom units that are each 600 square feet. The units were built in 1970. Tidewater View sold the property to Nouveaux Little Bay. Justin Ferguson, Altay Uzun, Theo Jolley and […]
Hotel in Salem changes hands for $3.1M
A Days Inn in Salem sold for $3.1 million on March 26. Located at 1535 E. Main St., the two-story hotel has 70 rooms. It was built in 1974. Evergreen Hotels purchased the property from Devkison LLC, according to property records. Milin Mehta, Chase Dewese, Jack Davis and Joce Messinger with Marcus & Millichap’s Charlotte […]
Apartment buildings in Portsmouth sell for $2.4M
A 17-unit apartment property in Portsmouth sold for $2.4 million, Marcus & Millichap announced Tuesday. Built in 1987, Effingham Green Condos has 17 two-bedroom, one-bathroom units across two buildings on 2 acres. The property is located at 1007 Green St. Capps Equity sold the property to Nouveaux Effingham. Justin Ferguson, Altay Uzun, Theo Jolley and […]
Va. housing market picks up in February
The pace of sales in Virginia’s housing market picked up in February, increasing 3.5% over February 2023, according to Virginia Realtors data released Tuesday. In February, there were 6,733 home sales in the commonwealth, 228 more sales than this time last year. At the end of the month, there were 16,004 homes on the market, […]
Va. real estate industry weighs in on $418M Realtors settlement
UPDATED MARCH 21, 2 P.M. A landmark, $418 million proposed court settlement from the National Association of Realtors over allegations of a conspiracy to boost agent commissions could have seismic implications for the residential real estate industry, with some national experts going so far as to call it one of the biggest changes to the […]
Home sales, prices up in NoVa, Hampton Roads, Central Va.
The Northern Virginia, Hampton Roads and Central Virginia housing markets showed positive trends last month, with month-over-month and year-over-year increases in home sales and median sales prices. Northern Virginia Northern Virginia home sales in February grew 2.2% from February 2023, marking the first year-over-year growth in the market’s home sales since November 2021, according to [&hel[...]
Fed’s Fifth District economy stays the course
Economic activity in the Federal Reserve’s Fifth District was little changed in recent weeks, according to the latest edition of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, released March 6. Published eight times per year, the Beige Book is based on anecdotal information about economic conditions gathered from the nation’s 12 Federal Reserve Banks. It is compiled from […]
Former US Treasury Secretary Snow to retire from Armada Hoffler board
Former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury John Snow will retire from real estate firm Armada Hoffler’s board of directors, the Virginia Beach company announced this week. Snow, 84, has served as a director since Armada Hoffler went public in 2013 and served as lead independent director from 2013 to 2019. He was treasury secretary for […]
Hitt Contracting promotes senior leadership
Falls Church-based general contractor Hitt Contracting announced Thursday four promotions and one retirement in its national business. Jeremy Bardin, Hitt’s co-president since 2017, will retire in December. Replacing Bardin as co-president, Evan Antonides has been promoted to oversee Hitt’s Southeast and Texas operations and its mission-critical work nationwide, and will serve alongsid[...]
Va. housing market off to slow start in 2024
The housing market in Virginia had a relatively slow start in 2024, according to January data released Feb. 23 by Virginia Realtors. In January, 5,640 homes sold in the state, only 31 more sales than January 2023. Overall in 2023, Virginia home sales dropped 20% compared with 2022 and were the lowest the market had […]
