The Breeden Co. names brand and development manager
The Breeden Co. has named Richard George its brand and development manager, the Virginia Beach company announced June 6. George will be responsible for maintaining brand integrity across all corporate and divisional marketing initiatives and communications, but will also oversee business functions including communication channels, product development and market research, Breeden wrote in a news [&[...]
Va. Beach office building sells for $12.15M
Windwood Centre, a four-story Class A office building in the Lynnhaven area of Virginia Beach, has been sold for $12.15 million, Divaris Real Estate Inc. announced Wednesday. CCP Commercial Real Estate sold the 78,619-square-foot building, located at 780 Lynnhaven Parkway, to Charlottesville-based Seminole Trail Management. Tenants include Regus and Moseley Architects. It‘s not the first [&h[...]
Atlantic Diving Supply names new CEO, COO
Virginia Beach-based Atlantic Diving Supply Inc. (ADS) has promoted Ryan Angold to CEO, the company announced Tuesday. Angold replaces Jason Wallace, who has stepped down from leading the company since 2014. Also, ADS promoted John Dunn to chief operating officer, adding to his duties as chief financial officer. Their new roles took effect June 1. […]
Va. Beach post office building sells for $5M
A 29,813-square-foot property leased to the U.S. Post Office in Virginia Beach has been sold for $5 million. U.S. Post Office Acredale-Annex at 1700 Centerville Turnpike was built in 2000 and was sold by Faith Irrevocable Trust to Postal Realty Trust. The property is on a 25-year net-leased structure with the tenant. Michael J. Early […]
Hilton coming to Pembroke development in Va. Beach
As part of the $200 million redevelopment of Virginia Beach‘s Pembroke Mall, Landmark Development Hotel Group will partner with Pembroke Square Associates LLC to bring a Tempo/Homewood Suites by Hilton hotel to the project. The 14-story hotel will be one of the first Tempo by Hilton hotels, which feature “wellness rooms” with personal workout equipment […]
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 […]
Castle, Pembroke partner on Va. Beach apartments
In a joint venture, Charlottesville-based Castle Development Partners and Virginia Beach‘s Pembroke Square Associates will build a 12-story apartment complex as part of Pembroke Mall’s $200 million redevelopment in Virginia Beach. The complex will be on top of the existing Stein Mart building, with about 35,000 square feet of ground-level retail, a four-story parking garage […]
Meet SBA’s Va. small biz person of year
Jeri Prophet joined the Navy on a whim. She had been attending Arizona State University, saw a recruiter sign, and headed for the office. “Some people buy new shoes. I joined the Navy,” she recalled. She served 10 years in the Navy, first as a data systems analyst and left as an information systems technician. […]
Va. Beach’s Frank Lloyd Wright house is for sale
A Virginia Beach house designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright is back on the market for just under $3 million. The 3,020-square-foot home at the city’s North End, on Crystal Lake, was designed in 1953 for Andrew and Maude Cooke and completed in 1959. Maude Cooke wrote a letter to Wright seeking a design […]
Globalinx to add new subsea cable landing site in Va. Beach
Virginia Beach will have four more subsea bore pipes in Sandbridge by the third quarter of 2023, infrastructure that will allow more high-speed subsea cables connecting Virginia to Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and the Americas, the city announced Friday. Virginia Beach-based Globalinx Subsea Colocation provides colocation space for MAREA, BRUSA and DUNANT high-speed subsea telecommunication [&helli[...]
A diversified portfolio
In a city where tourism reigns, nothing could be more welcome than a post-pandemic world. And though we’re not quite there yet, Virginia Beach is licking its chops over the prospect of maskless visitors pouring into town. The city, with fingers crossed in hopes that new coronavirus variants don’t arrive before the tourists do, is […]
Summer dreams
Tournaments at the Virginia Beach Sports Center. Events at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. A busy Oceanfront boardwalk. That was the scene in Virginia Beach during just one weekend in mid-March. And it was the perfect “prelude” to the summer travel season, says John Zirkle, general manager of the DoubleTree by Hilton Virginia Beach. “The […]