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Bio-plastic startup wins Lighthouse Labs pitch contest
While pitching to the sharks, entrepreneur Alec Brewer told them, “I do have white powder in my pocket,” before quickly clarifying that it wasn’t an illicit substance: “It’s PHB! It’s PHB!” Brewer passed the vial over for the sharks’ inspection during his Lighthouse Labs Demo Day pitch Thursday fo[...]
Campbell County apartments sell for $4.3M
Moss Creek Apartments in the Campbell County community of Forest has been sold for $4.3 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced earlier in May. The property includes 15 quad buildings built in 1984 and 60 two-bedroom apartments. Heights Properties LLC acquired the property from Moss Creek Apartments LLC on May 3 a[...]
Retail, self-storage property sells in Frederick
A retail building and self-storage facility in Frederick County have been sold for just under $4 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced earlier in May. Frederick Pike Holdings LLC purchased the 21,322-square-foot retail building and 27,000-square-foot self-storage facility from Winchester Capital Group Inc. as an investment for $3,943,700. The properties are located at 118 […][...]
West Creek Medical Park land sells for $3.7M
Emerson Ventures LLC has purchased 7.68 acres of land within the West Creek Medical Park in Goochland County and plans to develop a medical office building. Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners sold the land, located at 1612 Wilkes Ridge Parkway, for $3.7 million, according to Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, which announced the[...]
Carilion receives $1M gift for cancer program
Roanoke real estate developer Maury Strauss has donated $1 million in honor of his late wife to support the expansion of Carilion Clinic’s cancer program, Carilion announced Tuesday. Sheila Strauss died of bladder cancer in 2016; the couple were married 65 years. Maury Strauss is the founder of Strauss Development Corp. �[...]
Fairfax medical building sells for $21M
Prosperity Plaza, a medical office building less than a mile from Inova Fairfax Hospital, has been sold for $21 million, Avison Young announced last week. Bethesda, Maryland-based Global Medical REIT purchased the 96,070-square-foot building at 3020 Hamaker Court in Fairfax from the original developer, The Tomares Cos. Built in [...]
Parsons to acquire Xator for $400M
Parsons Corp., a Centreville-based federal contractor specializing in technology-focused defense, intelligence, security and infrastructure engineering, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Reston-based Xator Corp. for $400 million, the company announced Monday. Founded in 1944, Parsons is a publicly traded Fortune[...]
Port, Army Corps formalize dredging cost-share agreement
The Port of Virginia and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed an agreement Friday that formalized their collaboration on the Norfolk Harbor dredging project to deliver the East Coast’s widest and deepest channels by 2024. The Army Corps also will use federal funding to award its first construction contract for the proje[...]
255-apartment complex coming to Suffolk
The Cathcart Group, a Charlottesville-based real estate developer, is building a 255-unit apartment community in Suffolk planned to open in 2023. The Gallery at Godwin will be on nine acres at 3061 Godwin Blvd. in Suffolk and will have one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with rents ranging from $1,200 to $1,900. The complex [...]
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 squar[...]
200 townhomes planned for Chesterfield County
Nearly seven acres of land in western Chesterfield County has been sold for $3.8 million in preparation for 200 townhouses to be built in the Westchester Commons area. Westchester Towns Development Co. purchased 6.57 acres of land at 1400 WC Commons Way, from Zaremba Metropolitan Midlothian LLC, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhim[...]
Gilbert Bland to receive Civic Leadership Institute award
Urban League of Hampton Roads President and CEO Gilbert T. Bland will receive the Civic Leadership Institute’s 2022 Individual Darden Award, the Norfolk-based nonprofit organization announced Thursday. “Over the last three decades, I have joined with many to build upon the efforts of countless, often unsung, past leaders[...]
