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Dollar Tree considers selling or spinning off Family Dollar
Chesapeake-based Fortune 500 discount retailer Dollar Tree is considering selling or spinning off its Family Dollar brand, which it acquired in 2015 for $8.5 billion. “Dollar Tree has been on a multiyear journey to help the company fully achieve its potential,” CEO and Chairman Rick Dreiling said in a statement Wednesday. “Last year, we announced […]
Dominion closes sale of Utah gas utility for $4.3B
Richmond-based Fortune 500 utility Dominion Energy has closed on its $4.3 billion sale of subsidiaries Questar Gas and Wexpro to Canadian pipeline and energy company Enbridge, Dominion announced Monday. Salt Lake City, Utah-based natural gas utility Questar serves more than 1.2 million customers in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho. Wexpro supplies natural gas under a cost-of-service […]
Dominion to sell 50% interest in offshore wind farm
Dominion Energy announced Feb. 22 it had reached an agreement with investment firm Stonepeak to sell a 50% noncontrolling stake in the utility’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project for nearly $3 billion. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2024, if approved by the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina […]
Dominion closes sale of East Ohio Gas for $6.6B
Richmond-based Fortune 500 utility Dominion Energy closed on its sale of East Ohio Gas to Canadian pipeline and energy company Enbridge in a $6.6 billion deal, the utility announced Thursday. The sale was first announced in September 2023 as part of a deal for Dominion to sell its three natural gas distribution companies. The Public […]
VSE calls off $100M sale of business to equity firm
Alexandria-based distribution and maintenance provider VSE Corp. has called off an agreement to sell off its federal and defense segment for up to $100 million to Louisiana-based private equity firm Bernhard Capital Partners. The deal was announced in May, and the companies said in a news release Wednesday that they mutually agreed to terminate the […]
Magic Johnson won’t rule out renaming Commanders
Could the Washington Commanders get a new name? NBA legend Magic Johnson, one of the Ashburn-based NFL team’s new co-owners, wouldn’t rule out the possibility during an interview Friday morning with Craig Melvin on NBC’s “Today” show. “Everything is on the table, right? Especially after the last year,” the former Los Angeles Lakers star point […]
NFL owners approve $6.05B sale of Washington Commanders
Dan Snyder’s controversial 24-year tenure as the embattled owner of the Ashburn-based Washington Commanders has come to an end with the record $6.05 billion sale of the team — and a $60 million fine from the NFL. In a special meeting Thursday, all 32 NFL team owners unanimously approved the team’s sale to a partnership […]
Snyder, Harris reach agreement on Washington Commanders sale
Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder has reached an agreement for the reported $6 billion sale of the Ashburn-based NFL team to a group led by Bethesda, Maryland-based billionaire Josh Harris. News of the sale was posted on the team’s website and on Twitter Friday afternoon. “We are very pleased to have reached an agreement for […]
ASRC Federal closes $350M purchase of SAIC logistics biz
The $350 million cash sale of Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC)’s logistics and supply chain management business to ASRC Federal Holding Company LLC is complete, the Reston-based companies announced Monday. ASRC and Fortune 500 tech contractor SAIC first announced the deal in March. With the sale’s completion, 240 SAIC employees transitioned to ASRC Federal. “We […]
Newport News office building sells for $2.87M
A Newport News office building has sold for $2.875 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced in February. Sashe LLC purchased the 24,526-square-foot office building at 11839 Rock Landing Drive in Oyster Point Park. Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer declined to disclose the seller. The building is currently occupied by Engineering Development Laboratory Inc., an […]
Report: Bezos, Jay-Z could buy Washington Commanders
Could Beyoncé become a regular presence at Washington Commanders games? It’s within the realm of possibility. According to The Washington Post, Amazon.com Inc. founder and Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos and billionaire rapper Jay-Z (Beyoncé’s husband) may team up to buy the Ashburn-based NFL team, currently owned by Dan and Tanya Snyder. On Wednesday, the Commanders […]
Dan Snyder may sell Washington Commanders
Daniel and Tanya Snyder are considering selling the Washington Commanders, the Ashburn-based NFL team announced Wednesday. They have hired Bank of America Securities “to consider potential transactions,” according to a news release. Dan Snyder has been under increasing pressure to sell the team in recent weeks, as both he personally and the team’s head office […]
