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LewisGale to open standalone ER in Roanoke
On Monday, LewisGale Regional Health System held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new freestanding emergency room in Roanoke. Located at 1423 West Ruritan Road, the nearly 10,000-square-foot facility will be named LewisGale Medical Center Blue Hills ER and be staffed with board-certified emergency room physicians and nurses 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. […]
Hollins University appoints new provost
Hollins University has named Laura A. McLary as its new provost effective July 1, the Roanoke-based university announced this week. McLary arrives from the University of Portland in Oregon, where she served on the faculty teaching German starting in 1999 and became academic associate dean for the university’s College of Arts and Sciences in 2016. […]
Branch Civil appoints new executive VP
Brian J. Quinlan has been appointed to serves as executive vice president of Roanoke-based Branch Civil Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Branch Group specializing in site development, civil construction and heavy highway infrastructure projects. In his new role, Quinlan will be responsible for Branch Civil’s overall financial and operational leadership, as well as […]
Former Roanoke Boy Scouts building sells for $1.2M
The former Boy Scouts of America building in Roanoke has sold for $1.2 million. Located at 2131 Valley View Boulevard, the 11,185-square-foot building was purchased by 1501 WW LLC from Blue Ridge Mountains Council Inc. The sale closed on March 3. Matt Huff and Zack May of Poe & Cronk facilitated the sale on behalf […]
Former Roanoke Johnson & Johnson property sells for $6.26M
The former Johnson & Johnson Spectacle Lens Group development on more than 30 acres in Roanoke has sold for $6.26 million. Located at 2797 Frontage Road, the property was purchased by Briar Oaks Investments VII LLC from Delta Dental of Virginia. The sale, which included a 146,852-square-foot medical grade manufacturing, office and warehouse facility that’s […]
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 […]
Nine newsroom employees to be laid off at Roanoke Times
Nine newsroom employees at The Roanoke Times were notified of their pending layoffs Monday by parent company Lee Enterprises Inc., according to the newspaper’s local newsroom union and multiple staff writers who spoke with Virginia Business. The layoffs, set to take effect April 23, would cut the editorial staff to 37 positions, a nearly 20% […]
TMEIC Corp. in Roanoke consolidates with Texas operation
The parent of Roanoke-based TMEIC Corp. is merging its two United States operations effective April 1, the company announced this week, naming Manmeet S. Bhatia president and CEO of the new entity, TMEIC Corporation Americas. Dale Guidry is stepping down as president and CEO of TMEIC Corp. and into an advisory role until retirement, the […]
Eight over 80
What keeps a person working at an age when most of us are happy to let others take care of business? These overachieving Virginians, all over age 80, have remained hard at work mostly for one or more of three reasons. The first is being able to continue work with family. Retirement is rarely mandatory […]
Northam seeks to include part-time workers in state IRA fund
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has proposed a change to a bill to allow part-time employees to participate in a newly created state-administered retirement fund for workers without 401(k) access, the governor’s office announced Friday. Northam also has signed legislation expanding an existing broadband pilot program to increase internet access in underserved areas of the state, […]
Roanoke, New River Valley organizations form tech alliance
The Valleys Innovation Council (VIC), the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council (RBTC) and the Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program (RAMP) have formed an alliance called Verge. In July 2020, the three groups announced they were developing the alliance, which is aimed at supporting the region’s technologists, innovators and entrepreneurs. VIC focuses on research commercialization and [...]
Roanoke Valley office occupancy increases by 1%
The Roanoke Valley office market saw a 1% increase in office occupancy in 2020, ending the year with an 88% occupancy rate, according to Poe & Cronk Real Estate Group’s 34th Annual Office Market Survey. These figures are a promising sign “in one of the most challenging years in recent memory,” Poe & Cronk states, […]
