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Va. new jobless claims dip below 10,000
Virginia saw another decrease in initial unemployment claims last week, with 9,843 new claims in the filing week ending May 22, down 799 from the previous week, according to the Virginia Employment Commission’s Thursday report. Continued claims decreased by 6,250 last week, with 54,163 filed by May 22. This time a year ago[...]
GDIT snags $219M Homeland Security contract
Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. (GDIT) has won a five-year, $219 million contract with the contact center for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, G2Xchange FedCiv reported this week. The contact center offers front-line support for people inquiring about immigration case status and related issues. The agency is part of the Department of Homeland Security. […][...]
Slovenian manufacturer bringing $2.6M U.S. HQ to Harrisonburg
SIBO Group, a Slovenia-based manufacturer of closure solutions for tubes, containers and other packaging systems, will invest $2.6 million to establish its U.S. corporate headquarters and a new manufacturing operation in Harrisonburg. The subsidiary will operate as SIBO USA LLC and the project will create 24 jobs. Founded in 1967, SIBO Group got its start […]
Chesapeake industrial/flex buildings sell for $61M
A three-building industrial/flex office complex in Chesapeake has sold for $61 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Thursday. Washington, D.C.-based DSC Partners sold the property, which is 100% leased to several tenants, including General Dynamics and Sentara Healthcare, to a New Jersey firm, Heritage Capital [...]
Sentara hires VCU’s Hancock as chief administrative officer
Sentara Healthcare has hired Melinda S. Hancock as senior vice president and its first chief administrative officer, the Norfolk-based health system announced Thursday. Hancock, who starts July 19, is currently the chief administrative officer and chief finance officer for the VCU Health System, where she’s been since 2016[...]
Fairfax real estate developer Milt Peterson dies
Real estate developer Milton V. Peterson, founder and chairman of the Fairfax-based Peterson Cos., died early Wednesday at his Fairfax County home at the age of 85. Peterson was known for developing major real estate projects across the Washington, D.C., metro area, including National Harbor in Prince George’s County, Mary[...]
Aerospace engineering firm announces $2.5M expansion in Fauquier
Missile and rocket propulsion engineering firm SPARC Research is investing $2.5 million to establish a 20,000-square-foot office and manufacturing facility on 4.5 acres near its current location in Warrenton, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday. The expansion, which will increase SPARC’s engineering capabilities and establish a manufacturing facility for rocket motor components, will create 16 […][...]
Reston-based Qlarion acquired by Maryland contractor
Columbia, Maryland-based government contractor GCOM Software LLC announced Wednesday it has acquired Reston-based Qlarion Inc., a data analytics and business intelligence contractor. The purchase marks GCOM’s fifth acquisition since 2018 and its first acquisition of a data analytics company. “Liberating data will enable governments at all levels to make more informed decisions, creating better outcomes […][...]
U.S. Sen. John Warner dies at age 94
Former U.S. Sen. John W. Warner III, who died Tuesday at the age of 94 in Alexandria, was remembered Wednesday as a principled, patriotic and bipartisan politician who was one of Virginia’s longest-serving senators and the former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. The last Republican to hold one of Virginia&#[...]
Va. Finance Secretary Aubrey Layne to join Sentara
Virginia Secretary of Finance Aubrey Layne will join Norfolk-based Sentara Healthcare as the health system’s senior vice president and chief of staff, effective July 1. Layne’s responsibilities will include overseeing Sentara’s legislative affairs and corporate social responsibility teams, as well as the Sentar[...]
UVA Health names new chief external affairs officer
UVA Health has hired Inova Health Systems executive Jennifer W. Siciliano as its new chief external affairs officer, starting Aug. 11. In her new role, Siciliano will build relationships with elected officials and their staff members at local, state and federal levels. “I am excited to join one of the nation’s leading academ[...]
California manufacturer opening $9.1M facility in Fluvanna
Stewart Tool Co. Inc., a California-based prototype-to-production manufacturer, will invest $9.1 million to establish its first East Coast manufacturing operation in Fluvanna County, creating 22 jobs. The company plans to renovate the former Kloeckner Metals facility in Fluvanna’s Troy area. “We were looking for a location close to the East Coast operations of our major […]
