Daleville shopping center sells for $8M
Botetourt County shopping center Orchard Marketplace has sold for $8 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group announced Tuesday. Club Forest Guardian LLC purchased the 46,552-square-foot property from Orchard Anchor LLC and New Orchard Marketplace LLC on March 10. The property was 100% leased at t[...]
Va. now has 100+ cases as COVID-19 spreads statewide
As of Friday, Virginia has 114 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which now has spread to every region of the commonwealth, State Health Commissioner Dr. M. Norman Oliver confirmed during the state’s daily coronavirus news conference. “We do not have a medicine for COVID-19. We do not have a vaccine,” Oliver said. “[...]
Federal tax filing deadline moved to July 15
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has moved tax filing deadlines from April 15 to July 15, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin announced Friday in a pair of tweets. Virginia state tax returns are still due on May 1, but the state is granting a one-month extension for payment of individual […]
Virginia extends tax payment deadline to June 1
Virginia is granting a one-month extension for payment of individual and corporate state income taxes by June 1, although tax returns are still due May 1, Virginia Secretary of Finance Aubrey Layne Jr. said during a state coronavirus news briefing Thursday. Anyone who pays their state income tax after June 1 will not incur late […]
Richmond ABC store near VCU closes due to COVID-19
A Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) retail store near Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond has been closed until further notice after a store employee’s roommate tested positive for COVID-19. Both roommates are quarantined at home. Located at 1217 West Broad Street near the corner of West Broad and North Harrison streets, the store is […]
Coronavirus spreads to Southwest Virginia
A Botetourt County woman in her 80s who is in serious condition at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital is the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Southwest Virginia, Carilion Clinic and Botetourt County officials confirmed Thursday. The woman was admitted to the hospital on March 16, exhibiting COVID-19 symptoms, according to Dr.[...]
Amazon warehouse worker in New York tests positive for COVID-19
Only two days after Amazon.com Inc. announced it would add 100,000 warehouse and delivery jobs — 1,400 of which are earmarked for Virginia — to combat coronavirus-related unemployment, a warehouse worker in its Queens, New York City, facility has tested positive for the virus. Amazon has a total of 10 fulfillment and sortation facilities in […]
MicroStrategy CEO draws fire for denying COVID-19 is health crisis
Michael Saylor, the CEO of Tysons-based tech company MicroStrategy Inc., wrote a later-redacted three-page memo to his 2,400 employees this week arguing that COVID-19 is not a public health crisis and saying he refused to close down MicroStrategy’s offices and shift to teleworking unless he was legally required to do so. In the letter, he […]
Small businesses hurt by coronavirus can apply for federal funds
UPDATED MARCH 26 As more than 10,000 Virginians have applied for emergency unemployment assistance in the wake of the financial disruption caused by the coronavirus, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday that Virginia small businesses can begin applying for low-interest loans of up to $2 million from a U.S. Small Business Administration fund aimed at helping […]
Herndon-based Learning Tree names new CEO
Herndon-based information technology and management training course provider Learning Tree International Inc. on Wednesday named David Brown as its new CEO and a member of the board of directors. Brown most recently worked as the global head of sales and services for information services company Clarivate Analytics. He also prev[...]
Falls Church company sends text from space satellite to phone
Falls Church-based wireless network company Lynk Global Inc. said Wednesday that it has sent a text message from a satellite in space to a standard mobile phone on Earth. “This is a game-changer for the billions of people who own a mobile phone, for the billions who do not have affordable connectivity, and for the […]
Va. cases jump to 77, with three ‘outbreaks’ across state
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Virginia grew by 10 overnight to a total of 77 coronavirus cases identified statewide, State Health Commissioner Dr. M. Norman Oliver confirmed during a news conference Wednesday morning. The commonwealth is experiencing three “outbreaks” of the COVID-19 illness, Oliver said, de[...]