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Bathhouses at Homestead to reopen soon
A painstaking restoration of the Warm Springs Pools will wrap up in time for The Omni Homestead Resort in Bath County to reopen one of America’s oldest spas by 2022’s end. Formerly called the Jefferson Pools, the spring-fed public baths have been closed since 2017. The resort had hoped to start work on the $3 […]
Lingerfelt sells Va. Beach hotel for $82M
Richmond-based commercial real estate investment firm Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners LLC has sold the Delta Hotel by Marriott Virginia Beach Bayfront Suites for $82 million to New York-based Black Pearl Capital, Lingerfelt announced June 17. Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners acquired the hotel in 2018 for $19 million and comple[...]
Richmond Raceway names new president
When Lori Collier Waran was a young girl, she spent a lot of time around Richmond Raceway. Her grandparents lived just blocks away and her grandfather would volunteer to park cars so he could watch races. Sometimes Waran tagged along, too. “The raceway was sort of my playground,” she recalled. Now, the raceway will b[...]
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation hires real estate VP
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation has hired Diane E. Branch as vice president of real estate, the foundation announced Friday. Branch will manage a portfolio of nearly 400 parcels, which is more than 1,900 acres of developed and undeveloped land in the city of Williamsburg and James City and York counties. She begins her new [...]
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 ro[...]
Second Richmond casino referendum is off ballots
The Virginia General Assembly’s two-year budget, which was passed by both houses Thursday and sent to the governor, includes a provision that would delay a second casino vote in Richmond, where voters defeated a referendum last year. The language would not allow the referendum to appear on Richmond’s ballots until No[...]
Joan Brock makes $34M gift to Chrysler Museum
The Chrysler Museum of Art, in Norfolk, announced Tuesday that Hampton Roads philanthropist Joan Brock has donated $34 million, including 40 works of art and two position endowments. The gift will also support the expansion of the Perry Glass Studio. Joan Brock, a longstanding supporter of the Chrysler Museum, was the first woma[...]
Cycling industry rolls into Roanoke
Roanoke is on a roll with bicycling enthusiasts. Already known as a mountain-biking mecca — earning a rare Silver-Level Ride Center designation from the International Mountain Bicycling Association — Virginia’s Blue Ridge region has broadened its brand by becoming the site of a national bicycling championship this summer a[...]
Norfolk planners OK temporary casino
The Norfolk Planning Commission Thursday approved a request for a conditional use permit from the Pamunkey Tribe to open a temporary casino at Harbor Park before opening the nearby $500 million HeadWaters Resort & Casino. The request now goes to Norfolk’s city council in June. Harbor Park is home to Norfolk’s min[...]
April Va. hotel revenues down slightly from pre-pandemic
Virginia hotel revenues in April were down 3.5% compared with pre-pandemic April 2019 revenues, largely due to the lagging Northern Virginia market, according to data released Wednesday by STR Inc., a division of CoStar Group Inc. that provides market data on the U.S. hospitality industry. Hotel rooms sold decreased by 4.7% last[...]
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 part[...]
Golden Nugget pulls out of Va. after DraftKings acquisition
DraftKings Inc. closed its acquisition of Golden Nugget Online Gaming Inc., the Boston-based company announced last week, and Golden Nugget will therefore no longer operate in Virginia. Golden Nugget Online Sportsbook in Virginia said it stopped accepting registrations, wagers and deposits in early May and would no longer offer [...]
