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Mar 24, 2020

The Hilb Group acquires Ohio company

Henrico County-based insurance company The Hilb Group LLC (THG) announced Tuesday the acquisition of Cleveland, Ohio-based Healthcare Liability Consultants Agency Inc., effective March 1. THG also hired the Healthcare Liability Consultants owner owner and medical malpractice insurance specialist Julie Paton as a producer. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2009, THG […][...]

Mar 24, 2020

Virginia ABC stores cut operating hours

Due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) is reducing operating hours at all of its statewide retail locations starting Friday, March 27. ABC’s 388 stores across the commonwealth will be open from noon to 7 p.m., seven days a week. ABC stores in the Peninsula Health District, which includes […]

Gary Thomson, Thomson Consulting LLC managing partner, telecommuting.
Mar 24, 2020

‘We’re going to be here to help you’

Virginia Business virtually sat down with Gary Thomson, managing partner of Richmond-based Thomson Consulting LLC and chairman of the board of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, to get a feel for how the accounting industry has adapted to doing business during the coronavirus crisis. This is the first of a ser[...]

Gov. Ralph Northam speaking at a March 24 news conference about the COVID-19 pandemic
Mar 24, 2020

Va. government procuring medical equipment, Northam says

Update, 5:30 p.m., Tuesday: Two elderly Henrico County residents have died from COVID-19, the Virginia Department of Health reports. They were two of four cases reported last week at the Canterbury Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, and the statewide fatality number now stands at nine. Earlier: During his daily coronavirus p[...]

Mar 23, 2020

Northern Virginia Community College launches COVID-19 emergency fund for students

Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) Educational Foundation on Monday launched an emergency student aid fund to help students struggling with economic fallout from COVID-19, with a goal  to issue $500 grants to at least 1,500 students. More than half of NOVA’s 85,000 students work full- or part-time jobs, according to the community college, and the […]

Eric Terry, president of the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association
Mar 23, 2020

More than 23,000 hotel jobs lost so far in Va.

As of Monday, the lodging and hotels industry has lost more than 23,000 jobs in Virginia as a result of the coronavirus crisis, according to Eric Terry, president of the Virginia Restaurant, Lodging & Travel Association. The American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) on Monday released the results of a study estimating th[...]

Mar 23, 2020

Va. banks stay open for business, but close lobbies

Virginia banks are open for business during the coronavirus crisis, but many are practicing social distancing by closing their lobbies to the public and only allowing in-person visits by appointment. “Providing safe and reliable service is a key priority for every one of our banks, especially in challenging times,” Virginia [...]

Mar 23, 2020

Northern Va. home prices rise, home inventory falls in February

Chantilly-based Long & Foster Real Estate released a report Thursday showing that median home sale prices rose, but home inventory dropped in most of Northern Virginia in February.  The Long & Foster Real Estate Market Minute Report studied trends in Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax County, Loudoun County and Prince Willi[...]

Gov. Ralph Northam announces new restrictions in response to the coronavirus during his March 23 news conference.
Mar 23, 2020

Northam issues more restrictions; schools closed for rest of semester

Updated, 4:15 p.m. Monday: A seventh death has been reported by the Virginia Beach Health District, the first fatality related to COVID-19 in the district. The patient was a man in his 70s who had underlying health conditions, according to the Monday afternoon news release. More information here. Earlier: With novel coronavirus[...]

Lee Warfield, president and CEO of Henrico County-based Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer
Mar 23, 2020

Commercial real estate firms confident they can weather pandemic

Faced with the coronavirus pandemic, Virginia-based commercial real estate firms say they’re pausing transactions in the short term, but are still moving forward with long-term development plans. The firms are also turning their focus toward supporting tenants and landlords through financial difficulties caused by the cris[...]

Scott's Collection I rendering. Courtesy Capital Square Realty Advisors LLC.
Mar 23, 2020

Richmond developer raises $7M for apartment building in Scott’s Addition

Capital Square Realty Advisors LLC, a Henrico County-based real estate investment and management company, announced Monday that it has raised $7 million from investors for a five-story, 80-unit apartment building in the city’s popular Scott’s Addition neighborhood. Scott’s Collection I, which will be located on[...]

Rendering of the one of the 1900 Crystal Drive towers. Image courtesy JBG Smith.
Mar 23, 2020

JBG Smith gets green light for 300-foot-tall apartment towers in Crystal City

Bethesda, Maryland-based developer JBG Smith Properties has secured the final permissions from Arlington County for two, 300-foot-tall apartment towers in Crystal City near where the real estate company is developing and leasing space for Amazon.com Inc.’s $2.5 billion HQ2 East Coast headquarters. The mixed-use development[...]

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