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Hampden-Sydney College receives $20M pledge
Richmond-based Endeavour Legacy Foundation has pledged $20 million to Hampden-Sydney College, the second largest gift in the college’s history. The college will use the gift, announced Tuesday, toward renovating its former science center, Gilmer Hall, into an academic facility housing the economics and business, and government[...]
VDOT buys Owens & Minor’s Hanover HQ for $33.5M
The Virginia Department of Transportation has purchased the Mechanicsville headquarters of Owens & Minor for $33.5 million, with plans to move the state agency’s central office there in summer 2025. Much of VDOT’s staff will move from the Annex building at 1401 E. Broad St. into the new building at 9120 Lockwood [...]
Woods Rogers returns to original name
Call it a strategy of going back to the future — the merged Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black law firm is shortening its name back to its original appellation of Woods Rogers, executives announced Monday. In 2022, Roanoke-based Woods Rogers merged with Vandeventer Black in Norfolk, creating the state’s fifth largest law fir[...]
Hampton Roads home sales, prices up in April
Home sales across Hampton Roads were up in April, as the region also racked up near-record median sales prices, the Real Estate Information Network (REIN) reported Friday. There were 2,189 settled sales for the month, up from 2,057 in March and 2,053 in April 2023, according to REIN. There were 2,569 pending sales, compared with[...]
This iconic, round office building in Richmond’s Museum District sold for $1.2M
One of Richmond’s most Instagram-worthy buildings has sold for $1.2 million. Located on the corner of Thompson Street and Floyd Avenue in the Museum District, the 1950s-era, circular building previously served as headquarters for Ellwood Thompson’s Local Market, a local organic grocer. The building sold on April 23 but Cus[...]
VCU launches pharmaceutical sciences undergrad degree
Graduate school isn’t a prerequisite for a career in the pharmaceutical industry. Virginia Commonwealth University’s new Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSPS) degree will prepare students to step into pharma jobs like quality assurance technicians, research technologists and laboratory technicians, acco[...]
Chesterfield fintech Paymerang to be acquired for $475M
Chesterfield County-based payment and invoice automation company Paymerang has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Atlanta-based corporate payments processor Corpay for $475 million, according to an SEC filing by Corpay and a news release. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of the year, subjec[...]
VTG awarded $130M defense contract
VTG, a Chantilly-based engineering firm, has been awarded a five-year, $130 million contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Integrated Warfare Systems Engineering Group, the company announced Tuesday. The contract is to provide end-to-end engineering services, spectrum management and test and evaluation support for Na[...]
Sterling drone-jamming firm to be acquired by Taser maker Axon
Dedrone, a Sterling-based maker of drone-jamming and detection devices, has reached an agreement to be acquired by Scottsdale, Arizona-based Taser manufacturer Axon Enterprise. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2024, the companies announced Monday, and terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dedrone’[...]
Burke & Herbert completes merger
Alexandria-based Burke & Herbert Financial Services has completed a merger with West Virginia’s Summit Financial Group, the company announced May 3. The $371.5 million deal, first announced in August 2024, created a bank holding company with more than $8 billion in assets. The combined company will have more than 75 bran[...]
Leidos wins $631M Army contract
Leidos has received a $631 million U.S. Army contract for life-cycle support of aerial sensors, the Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor announced Tuesday. Under the Development, Integration, Acquisitions, Bridging to Logistics and Operations (DIABLO) contract, the company will provide equipment for the next 10 years. Leidos will[...]
Leidos receives potential $206M NGA contract
Leidos has won a contract valued up to $206 million from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor announced Wednesday. Under the single-award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, dubbed Maru, Leidos will sustain and modernize geospatial processing for the NGA’s Exploit[...]
