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Building in Ashland’s Northlake Business Park sells for $9.1M
The Creative Office Environments building in Ashland has sold for $9.1 million to New York City-based One Liberty Properties Inc., Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group announced Tuesday. The 88,003-square-foot property is located at 11798 N. Lakeridge Parkway in Ashland and is the headquarters for workpl[...]
Tryko Partners acquires three Va. nursing facilities
New Jersey-based property management company Tryko Partners LLC has acquired three Cambridge Healthcare Services nursing facilities in Virginia and plans to invest approximately $9 million in renovations and programming at the facilities, Tryko announced Monday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The faciliti[...]
Reston-based Stanley-Martin to acquire Essex Homes
Reston-based construction company Stanley-Martin Communities LLC will acquire the home-building assets of Lexington, South Carolina-based home-building company Essex Homes in North Carolina and South Carolina in a deal expected to close by the end of the month. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Stanley-Martin — a subsidiary of a Japanese firm, Daiwa House […]
Booz Allen Hamilton awarded $147.4M NIH contract
McLean-based information technology consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton has been awarded a $147.4 million contract to provide technical support for the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Under the five-year contract, Booz Allen will work with NIAID’s Office of Computer Infrastructure and Computational Biology to develop and maintain clinical […][...]
George Mason University names new president
The George Mason University Board of Visitors has selected Gregory Washington, the dean of the University of California, Irvine’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering, as the eighth president of George Mason. Washington will start on July 1. He takes over from former state Secretary of Education Anne Holton, who has served [...]
Alarm.com launches apprenticeship program
In cooperation with Northern Virginia Community College, Tysons-based Alarm.com launched an apprenticeship program Friday aimed at producing workers with in-demand tech skills. Supported by the state’s GO Virginia economic development initiative, 10 initial apprentices, including three from the military community, will partici[...]
Dominion, PGEC sign deal to bring broadband to Surry County
Dominion Energy Virginia and Prince George Electric Cooperative (PGEC) signed a memorandum of understanding that would bring high-speed internet to about 7,000 households in Surry County, Dominion announced Friday. This is the first time a utility and a cooperative have partnered to expand broadband access in Virginia, according to Dominion’s news release. The agreement would […]
Bill allows renters to make certain repairs if landlord doesn’t respond
CORRECTION: THIS WIRE STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED. The original version incorrectly stated the party affiliation of state Sen. John Bell. RICHMOND, Va. — A bill that gives tenants the power to make repairs on their property and deduct the costs from their rent, with conditions, recently passed the Virginia Senate and is expecte[...]
Dominion proposes $6/month decrease in residential power bills
Dominion Energy Inc. announced Friday a proposed $6/month decrease in customers’ residential electric bills starting in May, pending approval from the State Corporation Commission. The announcement comes after the House of Delegates overwhelmingly passed the bipartisan Fair Energy Bills Act earlier this month, which would save customers about $10 a month on their power bills […]
Beer Marketing & Tourism Conference coming to Richmond in 2021
Richmond will play host to next year’s Beer Marketing & Tourism Conference, Richmond Region Tourism announced Friday. The annual conference draws attendees from breweries, guilds, tour operators, marketing agencies and media from around the country. The 2021 conference will take place Feb. 23-25, 2021, at the Omni Richmond Hotel downtown. Richmond’s craft beer profile has […]
SAIC exec joins Intelligence and National Security Alliance board
Arlington-based nonprofit Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) named Michael LaRouche, an executive with Reston-based Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), to its board of directors, INSA announced Thursday. INSA is a nonpartisan and nonprofit trade association that creates a public-private partnership for intelligence and national security issues. It has more than 160 corporate members and […][...]
Booz Allen Hamilton lands $113M SEC cyber defense contract
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) awarded McLean-based Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. a $113 million, 10-year contract for cyber defense operations support, the company announced Thursday. The contract was awarded on Dec. 12, 2019, but announced Thursday. “Our team will provide the SEC with leading-edge, threat-centric, proactive cyber defense with the ability to detect and […]
