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Arko to buy Pride convenience stores for $230M
Arko Corp., a Fortune 500 holding company for Richmond-based convenience store chain GPM Investments LLC, announced Monday it has agreed to acquire Pride Convenience Holdings LLC, which operates 30 Pride convenience stores in Massachusetts and one in Connecticut. The $230 million acquisition, plus the value of inventory, would bring Arko into Massachusetts and a total […]
Forvis names Fran Randall to governing board
Just weeks after promoting Fran Randall as its Richmond market leader, accounting firm Forvis has also appointed her to its governing board. The company, a new top 10 accounting firm formed by the merger this year of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP and Springfield, Missouri-based BKD CPAs & Advisor, made the announcement Wednesday. Randall […]
Petersburg approves Cordish Cos. for possible casino
Petersburg City Council is taking a gamble on Maryland-based The Cordish Cos. to develop a casino there — even though Petersburg doesn’t yet have permission to build a casino, according to state law. Council members voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of Cordish,, a commercial real estate company that has developed casinos across the mid-Atlantic and […]
Chippenham Hospital names new COO
Drew Walker will be the new chief operating officer at Richmond‘s Chippenham Hospital beginning Oct. 24, HCA Virginia announced this week. Walker is currently the vice president of operations for HCA’s Richmond-based Parham Doctors’ Hospital, where he has overseen capital projects and strategic growth initiatives around orthopedics, spine and bariatric surgery. He also launched t[...]
Dominion proposes new solar, storage projects
Dominion Energy Virginia has proposed 23 new solar and energy storage projects that could power more than 200,000 Virginia homes at peak output. The utility provider proposed the projects in its third annual clean energy filing with the Virginia State Corporation Commission on Friday. If approved, they will provide more than 800 megawatts of carbon-free […]
HCA Virginia names new Parham Doctors’ Hospital CEO
HCA Virginia has named Allyssa Tobitt as CEO for its Richmond-based Parham Doctors’ Hospital. Tobitt will take on the role effective Nov. 7, according to a news release. She is currently chief operating officer at Reston Hospital Center, where she planned and coordinated the development of Tysons Emergency, an emergency room, on the organization’s campus. […]
Forvis promotes exec to Richmond market leader
Forvis, the new top 10 accounting firm formed by the merger this year of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP and Springfield, Missouri-based BKD CPAs & Advisor, has promoted Fran Randall to Richmond market leader. Randall will represent the company in the Richmond business community and report to Tom Hazelwood, managing partner of Forvis’ […]
HCA Capital Division names regional cancer VP
Angela Fletcher is the new regional vice president of cancer programs for HCA Healthcare Capital Division and HCA’s Sarah Cannon Cancer Institute, the health system announced last week. Fletcher oversees cancer programs in 18 hospitals across Virginia, New Hampshire, Indiana and Kentucky. She is based in Richmond and began her new role on Sept. 25. […]
Conways make $13M donation to VCU nursing school
McLean philanthropists Joanne and William E. Conway Jr. have given $13 million to Virginia Commonwealth University‘s School of Nursing, the university announced Monday. The gift is the largest in the school’s history and will provide more than 1,000 undergraduate and doctoral students with scholarships over the next five years. Bill Conway is co-founder, interim CEO […]
17th Street Lofts sells for $4.65M in Richmond
An apartment building in the city of Richmond has changed hands. BP I LLC purchased the 17th Street Lofts, located at 329-333 Oliver Hill Way, from 333 Oliver Hill LLC for $4.65 million, One South Commercial reported. The 20,300-square-foot space includes 24 units and was purchased as an investment. Ryan Rilee and Tom Rosman of […]
Stratford Hills Apartments sells for $76.5M in Richmond
Stratford Hills Apartments, a 430-unit residential community in Richmond‘s Chippenham Village neighborhood, sold for $76.5 million on Aug. 22, Colliers announced. West 300 North Associates LLC bought the property, located at 2517 W. Tremont Court near Chesterfield County’s Bon Air area, from Stratford Bethany LLC. The property includes 42 buildings, 11 of which are garden-style [&helli[...]
Syska Hennessy hires new assoc. VP for Richmond office
New York City-based engineering firm Syska Hennessy Group, known for projects such as Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the Central Intelligence Agency’s Langley headquarters, has named David Wright associate vice president and senior practice area leader for health care in its Richmond office, the company announced Sept. 7. Wright joins Syska after 23 […]
