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Apartment buildings in Petersburg sell for $9.4M
The High Street Lofts in Petersburg sold for $9.4 million, Colliers | Virginia announced Wednesday. Located at 420, 422 and 526 High St., the lofts have an estimated 75,650 square feet of rentable space, and the 69 units are all occupied. Originally constructed as the Seward Luggage and Trunk Co.’s factory, the properties were redeveloped: […]
Metro unveils major Falls Church redevelopment agreement
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has signed an agreement to redevelop the West Falls Church Metro Station site as a more than 1 million-square-foot mixed-use development. Construction is expected to begin in 2023. The agreement was reached with FGCP-Metro LLC, a joint real estate development partnership involving Bethesda, Maryland-based EYA LLC, Washington, D.C.-based Hoffman [&[...]
Petersburg sues to demolish old Ramada
The city of Petersburg filed a lawsuit Friday against the company owned by developer and former NFL player Chris Harrison, who promised in 2015 to replace the city’s shuttered and dilapidated Ramada Inn with a brand-new hotel, 100 apartment units and retail space. Six years later, redevelopment has not taken place. In Friday’s filing, Petersburg […]
Smithfield company announces $40M Fort Monroe redevelopment
Smithfield-based Pack Brothers Hospitality LLC on Wednesday announced plans for a conference center, hotel, 500-seat restaurant and an overhauled 300-slip marina on part of Fort Monroe in Hampton. The company plans to invest $40 million in the redevelopment project and has been granted a 40-year ground lease by the Fort Monroe Authority, the governor’s office […]
Danville’s White Mill to be redeveloped into mixed-use project
Danville’s Industrial Development Authority and The Alexander Co. are teaming up to redevelop the city’s White Mill on the Dan River as a mixed-use commercial and residential project, with $62.5 million invested in the first phase, city officials announced Monday. Local officials have long been seeking developers for the site. Interest in the building, which […]
Saving the day
Running from police, an unremarkable bad guy with sandy hair suddenly grabs a little girl and dangles the young hostage from the third floor of a mall atrium. As a gaggle of nonplused bad guys decked out in ’80s pastels and John Oates mustaches look on, the skylight above shatters. It’s Wonder Woman, swooping into […]
Military Circle redevelopment could include arena
Four groups — including mid-Atlantic developers, entertainment and sports figures, concert promoters and arena operators — are competing for a chance to redevelop Norfolk’s aging Military Circle Mall into a mixed-use community. Overhauling the struggling mall has long been on the city’s to-do list, but the project was jump-started last year when the Norfolk Economic […]
Four industrial buildings in Spotsylvania County sell for $14M
Four industrial buildings in Spotsylvania County sold for $14 million and will be redeveloped into an apartment complex, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Monday. The 495,830-square-foot, four-building Fredericksburg Industrial Park is located at 11800-11900 Main Street and 10857 Houser Drive in Spotsylvania County. Monument Cos. plans to redevelop the property into 525 one- and [&hell[...]
$1B Inova medical campus to anchor redevelopment of Alexandria’s Landmark Mall
The city of Alexandria announced Tuesday that Inova Health System will build a $1 billion medical campus at the 51-acre site of the former Landmark Mall — anchoring a new 4 million-square-foot mixed-use development in the city’s West End that will also include residential, commercial, retail and entertainment. The medical campus, which will employ more […]
Shuttered Alexandria power plant making way for mixed-use development
A former coal-fired power plant in Alexandria will become home to a mixed-use development along the Potomac River. Chicago-based Hilco Redevelopment Partners (HRP), a Hilco Global business unit, announced Monday it purchased the 71-year-old Potomac River Generating Station site, which encompasses approximately 20 acres. HRP acquired the property through an agreement negotiated with Potomac Elect[...]
Norfolk buys former Military Circle hotel for $2.4M
Less than a week after Norfolk announced its purchase of the Military Circle Shopping Mall for $11 million, the Norfolk Economic Development Authority (EDA) said Thursday it has also approved a plan for the city to purchase the former DoubleTree Hotel at Military Circle for $2.4 million. The hotel property was listed for sale for […]
