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The Bee. Photo by Brett Winter Lemon Photography
Jun 14, 2024

Retro Hospitality adds three hotels to portfolio

Richmond-based boutique hotel advisory and management firm Retro Hospitality has added three Virginia hotels to its portfolio, the firm announced Wednesday. The company now operates The Bee and The Holbrook Hotel in Danville and The Lofts at Downtown Salem in Salem. Other hotels in its portfolio include the Blackburn Inn and Conference Center in Staunton, […]

A Days Inn in Salem. Photo courtesy Marcus & Millichap
Mar 29, 2024

Hotel in Salem changes hands for $3.1M

A Days Inn in Salem sold for $3.1 million on March 26. Located at 1535 E. Main St., the two-story hotel has 70 rooms. It was built in 1974. Evergreen Hotels purchased the property from Devkison LLC, according to property records. Milin Mehta, Chase Dewese, Jack Davis and Joce Messinger with Marcus & Millichap’s Charlotte […]

Jan 10, 2024

Former Gentry Locke managing partner dies

G. Michael “Mike” Pace Jr., managing partner of Roanoke‘s Gentry Locke law firm for several years and a former Virginia Bar Association president, died Jan. 8 after a long illness. He was 66. Pace, a Salem native, spent nearly his whole career at the Roanoke law firm, starting as a summer associate in 1983 and […]

Oct 4, 2023

Friendship retirement community acquires Richfield Living

Friendship, a Roanoke-area retirement community, announced Monday that it has acquired Richfield Living, a former competitor in the region, for $62 million. Friendship announced the acquisition Monday. The combined not-for-profit retirement communities will operate under the name Friendship, but will keep Richfield Living’s name and identity, and will have 1,000 employees serving 1,500 resid[...]

Jul 19, 2023

Rail equipment manufacturer to expand in Salem

Wabtec Corp. is investing $2.7 million to expand its existing facility in Salem, adding 38 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Wabtec provides equipment, systems, digital solutions and other services for freight and transit rail globally. The expansion will accommodate the relocation of its pneumatically controlled braking systems manufacturing lines within [...]

Jun 28, 2023

LewisGale receives Level 2 trauma center status

Salem-based LewisGale Medical Center has been designated as a Level 2 trauma center by the Virginia Department of Health, the hospital system announced Wednesday. The designation makes LewisGale the eighth Level 2 center in the state and the first in the region, according to the state health department. One level below the top Level 1 […]

May 5, 2023

Convenience products distributor to double size in Salem

Layman Distributing, a woman-owned wholesale distributor of convenience and grocery store products, will invest $6.8 million to expand in Salem, adding 42 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday. The company will relocate to a facility at 2157 Aspersion Drive, doubling its current square footage and operational capacity. Founded in 1948, the company is currently located […]

Apr 27, 2023

German auto parts maker revamps Salem GE plant

Most everyone in the Roanoke Valley either worked at the former General Electric Co. facility in Salem or knew someone who had, says Renée Turk, the city’s mayor. “On some level, it meant a lot to the entire community,” she says of the manufacturing plant, which opened in 1955. After employing more than 3,000 workers […]

Mar 9, 2023

Auto parts maker to establish North America HQ in Salem

German auto parts manufacturer STS Group AG will establish its North American headquarters in Salem, a $32 million investment expected to create 119 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday. In April 2021, the company announced a greenfield project in Wythe County, but will now use an existing facility in Salem instead, “due to changing market […]

George Harmon and Helen Harmon Logan donated $1 million to Carilion Clinic.
Jan 10, 2023

Roanoke couple gives Carilion $1M toward expanding cancer services

Roanoke businessman George Logan and his wife, Helen Harmon Logan, have donated $1 million to Carilion Clinic to help fund expansion of the Roanoke-based health system’s cancer services. “The Logans have contributed much to Carilion and to our community’s success over the years,” Ralph Alee, Carilion’s vice president for philanthropy, said in a statement released […]

Friendship staff assist a rehab patient. Photo courtesy Friendship
Dec 22, 2022

Va. nursing homes, assisted living facilities struggle with staffing

Virginia’s nursing homes and assisted living facilities continue to struggle with staffing shortages, according to a Virginia Health Care Association-Virginia Center for Assisted Living survey released in December. Of 154 long-term care providers who responded to the survey, 86% said their workforce situation worsened in 2022 compared with 2020, an increase of five percentage points [&hellip[...]

Jun 15, 2022

Va. Beach economic development director is finalist for Oregon job

Virginia Beach Deputy City Manager and Director of Economic Development Taylor Adams is one of three finalists to be the next city manager in Salem, Oregon. Adams has worked for the city of Virginia Beach since 2015 and became deputy city manager in 2021. He heads up the city’s economic development department, and also has […]

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