McKinnon and Harris names president
Richmond-based outdoor furniture maker McKinnon and Harris has promoted Ken Dail to president, the company announced Tuesday. Co-founder Will Massie will become CEO and continue to play an active role in new product development and progressing the company’s long-term vision. Dail has been at McKinnon and Harris for 12 years and most recently served as […]
OrthoVirginia names new CEO
OrthoVirginia, the commonwealth’s largest provider of orthopedic medicine, has a new CEO. Dr. David S. Jevsevar became the practice’s top executive on May 16. Jevsevar was most recently chair and regional vice president of orthopedics at Dartmouth Health in New Hampshire. He has more than 30 years of experience in clinical practice as an orthopedic […]
Breeden breaks ground on Richmond apartments
The Breeden Co. has broken ground on a $21 million expansion at The Village at Westlake Apartments in Richmond, the Virginia Beach-based real estate development and management company announced Wednesday. The complex currently has 252 units across 12 buildings. The expansion will include five buildings with 120 two- and three-bedroom apartments between 1,177 and 1,490 […]
Bio-plastic startup wins Lighthouse Labs pitch contest
While pitching to the sharks, entrepreneur Alec Brewer told them, “I do have white powder in my pocket,” before quickly clarifying that it wasn’t an illicit substance: “It’s PHB! It’s PHB!” Brewer passed the vial over for the sharks’ inspection during his Lighthouse Labs Demo Day pitch Thursday for his company, Ourobio, of which he […]
Va. Food Industry Association taps new exec director
Melissa Assalone is the Virginia Food Industry Association‘s new executive director, the Richmond-based association announced Wednesday. Assalone, who previously served as deputy legislative director in Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration, assumed the role on Monday. She succeeds Parker Slaybaugh, who is now Virginia’s chief deputy secretary of agriculture and forestry. “Meli[...]
‘Novel’ project will add 275 apartments to Scott’s Addition
Crescent Communities, ParkProperty Capital and Thalhimer Realty Partners are developing a 275-unit apartment community in a joint venture on the border of Richmond‘s fast-growing Scott’s Addition neighborhood and the city’s planned Diamond District. Dubbed “Novel Scott’s Addition,” the community will be located at the former Wesco Distribution Site at 2902 North[...]
VCU, VCCS to receive $3.5M for transfer student program
The Mellon Foundation will award a combined $3.5 million to Virginia Commonwealth University and the Virginia Community College System, VCU announced Tuesday. “We are excited to continue our partnership on the Mellon Pathways Program and build upon the strong history of collaboration between VCU and the Virginia Community College System,” Deborah Noble-Triplett, senior vice provost […]
Va. restaurant, travel association names new VP
Richmond-based Virginia Restaurant Lodging & Travel Association has promoted Brittany Wojdyla to vice president of membership and business development, the organization announced Thursday. In her new role, Wojdyla will be responsible for leading the association’s membership efforts throughout the state, developing partnerships and sponsorships, managing events and overseeing marketing an[...]
Richmond names 3 Diamond District finalists
City of Richmond officials announced Tuesday that three development teams have continued to the finals for the Diamond District, which includes replacing the baseball stadium and revitalizing the area near the Scott’s Addition neighborhood. The announcement also gives more details than previously available about the plans submitted by the finalists, which include Richmond Community Developme[...]
Two Richmond properties change hands
Two properties in Richmond — an office building in Scott’s Addition and an apartment building in The Fan — have been sold, brokerage firm Marcus & Millichap announced Wednesday. An 11,130-square-foot building in Scott’s Addition at 3412 W. Leigh St. has sold for $1.8 million, according to Marcus & Millichap. According to city property records, […]
CoStar Group buys former SunTrust building in Richmond
CoStar Group Inc. has expanded its Richmond footprint with the $20 million purchase of the former SunTrust office building on the James River. The five-story, 117,448-square-foot building at 901 Semmes Ave. will be occupied by at least 400 employees, however the company has not determined which teams will occupy the space yet, a CoStar Group […]
Forward motion
Shenandoah is known for apple blossoms, but something else is popping up this spring in Front Royal: a new 340,000-square-foot warehouse logistics center. About a half-mile from the Virginia Inland Port, the center is one of roughly a dozen projects in the region built by Equus Capital Partners Ltd., a commercial real estate agency based […]