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Va. localities crack down on short-term rentals
RICHMOND, Va. — Several Virginia municipalities have recently drafted or passed ordinances to regulate short-term rentals. Scrutiny of short-term rentals mirrors a nationwide trend. Companies like Airbnb and Vrbo have become popular lodging options for tourists, as well as people in need of temporary housing. Municipalities have pushed back against the rental options for reasons […]
Atlantic Union CEO tapped as American Bankers Assoc. chair-elect
Atlantic Union Bankshares CEO John C. Asbury is the 2023-2024 chair-elect for the American Bankers Association. ABA announced its new board officers and directors on Tuesday, following its annual convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Asbury was the ABA’s 2022-2023 vice chair. He’s a past chairman of the Virginia Bankers Association and the Mid-Size Bank Coalition of […]
Thalhimer Multifamily adds management of five apartment communities
Thalhimer Multifamily has taken on management of five new properties, including two that expand the company’s reach into Culpeper and Front Royal. The company, a division of Glen Allen-based Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, announced the management agreement for Charlottesville-based Hearthwood Apartments; Morningside Apartments in Richmond; Shenandoah Commons in Front Royal; and Southri[...]
McGuireWoods Consulting taps education team lead
Richmond-based McGuireWoods Consulting has named former Virginia Secretary of Education Laura Novey to lead its national education team, the firm announced Tuesday. Novey joined the consulting firm affiliated with the state’s largest law firm in 2017 as senior vice president, after serving as executive assistant to the president for state governmental affairs at the University of Virginia.[...]
Reid retiring as Dominion Energy Services president
Carter Reid, executive vice president, chief of staff and corporate secretary of Dominion Energy, as well as president of Dominion Energy Services, will retire Jan. 1, 2024, the Richmond-based utility announced Monday. Carlos Brown, Dominion’s senior vice president, chief legal officer and general counsel, will be promoted to president of Dominion Energy Services and Dominion […]
Dominion Energy shareholders receive mini-tender offer
Dominion Energy is urging its shareholders to reject a “mini-tender” offer from TRC Capital Investment, the Richmond-based Fortune 500 utility announced Monday. Toronto-based investment firm TRC Capital offered to purchase up to 2 million shares of Dominion Energy’s common stock for $44 per share in cash, approximately 4.47% below the closing price of Dominion common […]
Nasdaq triggers delisting process for Urban One
Nasdaq has begun the delisting process for Urban One, the Maryland-based media company behind the proposed casino in Richmond, because it has not filed quarterly finance reports for fiscal year 2023 on time. The stock exchange’s notification does not affect trading of Urban One or its presence on Nasdaq yet; according to a Friday news […]
October 2023 Top Five
The top five most-read daily news stories on VirginiaBusiness.com from Aug. 16 to Sept. 14, 2023, were led by the news that Bon Secours filed suit against Anthem in Henrico County Circuit Court. 1 | Bon Secours sues Anthem for $93 million The health system alleges that insurer Anthem Health Plans of Virginia owes unpaid […]
Casino backers gamble on November revote
On Aug. 31, a new name was unveiled for the proposed $562 million resort casino that Richmond voters will be reconsidering in a November referendum: the Richmond Grand Resort & Casino. But not much else appears new about the project. The Richmond Grand Resort & Casino seems virtually identical to the proposed ONE Casino + […]
Love at first site
Home to eight Fortune 500 companies and three Fortune 1000 companies, metro Richmond is “punching above our weight” for a region of 1.3 million residents, says Jennifer Wakefield, president and CEO of the Greater Richmond Partnership. For the third year in a row, the Richmond region was named by Business Facilities magazine as a top […]
Innovation center could be boost for life sciences
Kipton Currier envisions Virginia joining other mid-Atlantic states to form a super region for the life sciences industry. Before that happens, the state must secure some key ingredients missing from the ecosystem, namely sufficient lab space for biotech startups. Activation Capital, the brand name of the Virginia Biotechnology Research Partnership Authority — which promotes the […]
Richmond lodge appeals court’s casino ruling
A Richmond nonprofit organization is continuing its effort to block the city’s do-over casino referendum — even though the measure is already on ballots and early voting is underway. Richmond Lodge No. 1 of the Good Lions this week filed a notice to appeal an August decision by a Richmond Circuit Court judge who ruled […]
