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After protests, CACI prevails on $5.7B Air Force IT contract
After rounds of protest from other bidders, Reston-based CACI International Inc. announced Tuesday that it will transform the Air Force’s IT service delivery for more than 800,000 airmen and Space Force guardians under a $5.7 billion contract. Enterprise Information Technology as a Service (EITaaS) Wave 1, an Air Force ini[...]
LewisGale receives Level 2 trauma center status
Salem-based LewisGale Medical Center has been designated as a Level 2 trauma center by the Virginia Department of Health, the hospital system announced Wednesday. The designation makes LewisGale the eighth Level 2 center in the state and the first in the region, according to the state health department. One level below the top L[...]
TCC expands Skilled Trades Academy
Tidewater Community College has kicked off the expansion of its Skilled Trades Academy, adding more space and more courses to its Portsmouth facility. The academy opened in 2019 with 20,000 square feet of space, and currently has three classrooms at 3303 Airline Blvd., which is enough room to hold three to six courses at a [&h[...]
Bon Secours taps Mary Immaculate Hospital president
Alan George, a former health care executive from Georgia, started as president of Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News this week, the health care system announced Tuesday. George comes from ScionHealth, where he served as the chief operating officer for St. Francis – Emory Healthcare in Columbus, Georgia. H[...]
Pembroke Square scales back some parts of project
Pembroke Square, the $200 million redevelopment of Pembroke Mall in Virginia Beach, is moving forward but at a smaller scale, according to the president of Pembroke Realty Group. Pembroke Square Associates LLC first announced plans for the redevelopment of the aging mall’s 54 acres in November 2021, with groundbreaking for[...]
Breeden finishes projects in Albemarle, Chester, Petersburg
The Breeden Co. has completed construction on an 10-building apartment community in Albemarle County and has broken ground on a Virginia Beach apartment complex, and its subsidiary, Breeden Construction, has finished apartment communities in Chester and Petersburg. Completed in June, Berkmar Landing apartments in Albemarle has 2[...]
EY taps seven Va. biz leaders as mid-Atlantic entrepreneurs of year
Seven Virginia business leaders have been named winners of Ernst & Young LLP’s Mid-Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2023. The winners, named Friday by the Big Four multinational professional services company, include: Aptive Resources | Rachele Cooper, founder and CEO, Alexandria Cuisine Solutions Inc. | Felip[...]
SAIC receives $1.3B Treasury contract
Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) will provide the U.S. Department of the Treasury with a range of cloud and professional services under a seven-year, $1.3 billion contract, the company announced Thursday. Dubbed “T-Cloud,” SAIC will deliver a shared-service cloud infrastructure model providing enterprise-wise efficiencies in access, contracting and security, SAIC said in [&[...]
RTX’s Raytheon lands $1.15B missiles contract
Arlington County-based Raytheon, a business unit of newly rebranded aerospace and defense contractor RTX, will produce Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles for the U.S. Air Force and Navy as well as foreign militaries under a $1.15 billion contract announced by the Pentagon Tuesday. The contract includes missiles, the AMRAA[...]
2023 Va. hotel revenues up 12.9% over pre-pandemic
Hotel revenues in the commonwealth this year were 12.9% higher from January through May, compared with pre-pandemic business during the same period in 2019, according to data released Tuesday by STR Inc., a division of CoStar Group Inc. that provides market data on the U.S. hospitality industry. Hotel rooms sold were about the s[...]
Zim announces $30M expansion
Zim American Integrated Shipping Services Co. LLC will invest $30 million to expand its U.S. headquarters in Virginia Beach, creating several hundred jobs over the next five years, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday. The expansion includes a move from Norfolk, where the company has had its U.S. headquarters since 2001. Zim is[...]
HeadWaters developers scrap temporary casino plans
The developers of the $500 million HeadWaters Resort & Casino in Norfolk have scrapped plans to open a 45,000-square-foot temporary casino, instead focusing all their efforts on building the permanent casino, which will open before construction begins on an associated hotel and other planned amenities. “We have changed ou[...]
