Former Gentry Locke managing partner dies
G. Michael “Mike” Pace Jr., managing partner of Roanoke’s Gentry Locke law firm for several years and a former Virginia Bar Association president, died Jan. 8 after a long illness. He was 66. Pace, a Salem native, spent nearly his whole career at the Roanoke law firm, starting as a summer associate in 1983 and [&hellip[...]
SAIC lands $375M Navy contract
Science Applications International Corp. has won a $375 million U.S Navy contract supporting the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic, the Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor announced Tuesday. Under the five-year contract, SAIC will provide Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) fielding and integration on land-based vehicle platforms in continental and overseas[...]
ODEC names two C-suite execs
Glen Allen-based Old Dominion Electric Cooperative has named Jack Robb as its chief legal officer and senior vice president, and Chris Cosby as chief operations officer, the not-for-profit cooperative announced Monday. Robb joined ODEC as deputy chief legal officer last year, but before that, spent a decade serving as outside co[...]
Northwestern Mutual names Richmond managing partner
Northwestern Mutual named Heather Zepeda as managing partner of its network office in Richmond on Monday. She will oversee the offices in Richmond, Charlottesville, the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia Beach and Williamsburg. Zepeda joined the financial security company in 2010 after a legal career. She worked as managing director of[...]
Amyx announces new COO
Amyx has appointed Rick Schult as its new chief operating officer, the Reston-based federal contractor announced Monday. Schult will manage more than 600 employees. He succeeds John Selman, who served as COO since 2021. Amyx announced Selman’s retirement on Thursday. Schult joins Amyx from QinetiQ US, where he was most recentl[...]
Marwaha adds Petersburg apartments to portfolio
Henrico County-based real estate investment and management company Marwaha Investments purchased a 34-unit apartment building across the street from its other properties in Petersburg and intends to rebrand it as part of Dunlop Street Lofts. The nearly 35,000-square-foot building, located at 310 N. Dunlop St., has apartments bet[...]
General Dynamics names new CFO, makes other leadership changes
Reston-based General Dynamics, the world’s sixth-largest aerospace and defense company, announced a slew of personnel changes Friday, including a new chief financial officer. Kim Kuryea, currently senior vice president of human resources and administration, will become General Dynamics’ CFO on Feb. 15, replacing Jason Aiken,[...]
Construction firms expect mixed bag for 2024, survey says
Construction firms are expecting a mixed bag for 2024, according to results of a survey conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America and Sage Construction and Real Estate, released Thursday. Challenges facing the construction industry include labor shortages, higher interest rates and input costs and a still-strugg[...]
Three Norfolk retail buildings sell for $3.3M
Three retail buildings on a portion of a site used for commercial auto sales and service in Norfolk sold for $3.3 million on Dec. 22, 2023. Michael Sifen Inc. purchased an approximately 5.39-acre portion of 7520 N. Military Highway from Freedom Industrial. The site includes a roughly 30,188-square-foot building, a two-story, rou[...]
Virginia Beach retail building sells for $5.5M
A retail building in Virginia Beach sold for $5.5 million on Dec. 18, 2023. Located at 5169 Virginia Beach Blvd., the freestanding retail building is 59,162 square feet, and the plot of land is almost 136,999 square feet, according to city property records. The current tenant is a Havertys Furniture store. 5169 VB BLVD LLC [&hel[...]
8-story office building in Fairfax County sells for $9.5M
An eight-story office building in Fairfax County sold for $9.5 million on Dec. 19, 2023. Located at 4035 Ridge Top Road, the Crown Ridge at Fair Oaks is a 194,699-square-foot Class A office building near the intersection of U.S. Route 50 and Interstate 66. The previous owner recently completed a $1.1 million upgrade, including a[...]
Acentra Health acquires workplace mental health biz
McLean-based health care solutions company Acentra Health announced Thursday that it has acquired EAP Consultants, a workplace mental health company known as Espyr that is based in Marietta, Georgia. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Owned by Carlyle Group, Acentra was formed after its predecessor Client Network Services Inc[...]