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Winchester apartments sell for $4.5M
WinLee Apartments, a 41-unit multifamily property in Winchester, has been purchased as an investment by Fairmont Holdings LLC for $4.5 million. Located at 320-350 Fairmont Ave. and 131-165 Peyton St., the six-building complex was sold by WinLee Apartments LTD. The sale closed on April 12. Jamie A. Scully of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled […]
Roanoke industrial property sells for $2M
A 65,825-square-foot industrial property in Roanoke has been purchased for $2.02 million. Located at 1764 Granby St. NE, the property was purchased from Vista Properties by H&M Commercial Properties. The property had one tenant occupying about half the space; the other half of the property will be immediately available for lease. The sale closed on […]
CoStar to purchase Norfolk-based Homes.com for $156M
CoStar Group Inc. announced Wednesday it has reached an agreement to purchase Homes.com, a division of Norfolk-based Dominion Enterprises, for $156 million in cash. Homes.com is a residential property listing and marketing portal that brings nearly 1.8 million residential property listings each month to its membership base of more than 500,000 residential real estate agents […]
VCU Health distribution facility sells for $8M
A Henrico County property fully leased by VCU Health was purchased by an undisclosed investment group for $8.075 million on April 7. Located at 3008 Mechanicsville Turnpike, the 89,931-square-foot property houses nonpharmaceutical medical supplies and equipment for VCU Health. Since mid-February, the property, a former Pepsi distribution facility, has served as Virginia Commonwealth University Hea[...]
Falls Church retail center to be renovated, rebranded
Falls Plaza, a 10-acre retail center in Falls Church, will begin construction on a renovation mid-April, and will be renamed and rebranded as Birch & Broad. Located at 1200 W. Broad St., the 144,000-square-foot community shopping center will see a façade renovation, new signage, enhanced landscaping, decorative lighting and multiple outdoor amenity areas. The renovation […]
Richmond office tower sells for $77M
Richmond’s 15-story Riverside on the James office tower has sold for $77 million, McLean-based American Real Estate Partners LLC (AREP) announced on April 6. Located at 1001 Haxall Point, the 263,752-square-foot building was acquired from AREP by New York-based Opal Holdings and is 95.3% leased. The building’s main tenant is the Richmond office of Atlanta-based […]
Chesapeake senior community acquired for $57.75M
Chesapeake Crossing, a 597-unit mixed-income senior housing community in Chesapeake, has been purchased by Los Angeles-based Standard Communities, the affordable housing division of Standard Companies. According to Wink Ewing, managing director of investment sales for NorthMarq, Chesapeake Crossing sold for $57.75 million. The total capitalization of the transaction was approximately $68 million. [...]
Henrico industrial facility purchased for $7.8M
On April 7, Richmond-based commercial real estate investment firm Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners LLC announced it had acquired an industrial facility in Henrico County for $7.8 million. Located at 4300 Carolina Ave., the 223,479-square-foot industrial facility is located in the Richmond Distribution Center complex near Richmond International Raceway. Lingerfelt CommonWealth announced that the pr[...]
Rustburg shopping center sells for $4.7M
Rustburg Marketplace, a 46,700-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center at 1051 Village Highway in Rustburg, has sold for $4.7 million. Anchored by a Food Lion, the shopping center’s other major tenants include Family Dollar and Virginia ABC. The Kent Mall LLC purchased the strip mall, which sits on 8.55 acres, from Rustburg Ventures LLC. S. L. Nusbaum […]
Chesapeake industrial building sells for $2.4M
Memphis, Tennessee-based heavy lifting and hauling company Barnhart Crane and Rigging Co. has purchased a 34,312-square-foot industrial building on 4.79 acres in Chesapeake for $2.4 million. The property is located at 835 Wilson Road. S. L. Nusbaum Realty Co.’s Ben Leon and Sam Rapoport represented the seller, Chesapeake-based Burton Lumber Corp. Subscribe to Virginia Business. […]
Virginia sees major housing inventory shortage
Across Virginia and the nation, real estate experts are singing the same tune: We’re facing a major housing inventory shortage that shows no signs of letting up soon. “Inventory is down about 44% compared to a year ago and it’s about a third of what it was five years ago,” says Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist […]
Commercial real estate leasing roundup
Central Virginia Environmental Quality Resources LLC renewed its lease of 32,670 square feet of industrial space at 11131 Progress Road in Ashland. Gregg W. Beck of Thalhimer handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the landlord. Surplus Freight has leased 16,361 square feet of retail space at Park South Shopping Center, 798 Southpark Blvd. in […]
