Former auto dealership property in Va. Beach sells
A former auto dealership property in Virginia Beach has a new owner. Best Buy Wheels purchased a 3,904-square-foot former auto dealership from BT Associates LLC for $1.5 million to operate as a second location for its auto dealership. The property, located at 1305 Oceana Blvd., was formerly Bay Shore Used Auto Sales. Clay Wi[...]
$35.8M Newport News affordable housing redevelopment begins
The BLVD Group has acquired and started renovations on the Aqua Vista Apartments in Newport News, the Los Angeles- and Dallas-based company announced Tuesday. BLVD expects development costs, including the property purchase and “soft costs” like engineering and design, to total more than $35.8 million. A BLVD-affiliat[...]
Hampton Roads consortium opens research HQ
The Hampton Roads Biomedical Research Consortium opened its headquarters at Old Dominion University’s Tri-Cities Center in Suffolk Friday. The consortium is a partnership between ODU, Norfolk State University, Eastern Virginia Medical School and Sentara Healthcare Inc., and was founded in June 2020. Its goal is to address [...]
Lighthouse Labs exec jumps to 757 Angels, 757 Collab
Paul Nolde, executive managing director of Lighthouse Labs in Richmond, will be the new managing director of Norfolk-based 757 Angels and 757 Collab. He replaces Monique Adams, the current executive director of 757 Angels and managing director of 757 Collab, who will leave the organizations this summer. Nolde starts his new role[...]
Bowman acquires Maryland engineering firm
Reston-based Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. has acquired Rockville, Maryland-based Richter & Associates, a dry utility infrastructure engineering firm, the company announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Richter has 28 employees. The company works with private and public clients as well as utilities to design, develop and implement natural gas, electric and telecommunications […][...]
Retail/office collection in Richmond sells for $6.3M
A combined 15,994 square feet of retail and office buildings in Richmond’s West End area sold for $6.3 million in late March, according to Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer. The buildings are located at the corner of Grove and Granite avenues, at addresses 5701-5707 Grove Ave. and 124 Granite Ave. About half of the buildings[...]
Chesterfield distribution center sells for $37.5M
A distribution center in Chesterfield County’s Meadowville Technology Park sold for $37.5 million in mid-March, according to county property records. Located at 1400 Digital Drive in Chester, the 353,044-square-foot distribution center is fully leased to one tenant — CCBCC Operations LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Coca-Co[...]
Rolls-Royce North America names new CEO
Rolls Royce plc has named Adam Riddle as the new chairman and CEO of its Reston-based North American branch, as well as president of its defense division, effective immediately. He succeeds Thomas Bell, who recently was hired to lead Leidos. Riddle, a former Army officer and Boeing Co. executive, has been with Rolls-Royce’[...]
Hurt & Proffitt acquires Gretna civil engineering firm
Lynchburg-based civil engineering firm Hurt & Proffitt (H&P) has acquired Gretna-based Reynolds-Clark Development, according to a news release. H&P Chief Financial Officer Matthew Leslie declined to disclose the value of the deal. The company has added Reynolds-Clark’s five employees to its workforce, bringing its total personnel to about 150. Reynolds-Clark will be now be known […][...]
Governor would delay subminimum wage ban for disabled workers
RICHMOND, Va. ‒ Gov. Glenn Youngkin recently recommended the General Assembly accept an amended version of a bill that ends the practice of paying subminimum wage to certain Virginia workers with disabilities. A certificate exemption under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act allows employers to determine pay for disabled workers based on a productivity calculation […]
Colliers exec jumps to Harbor Group International
Scott Adams has left his role as executive managing director of Colliers International and joined Harbor Group International LLC as senior vice president in investor relations. Harbor Group announced Adams’ hire Tuesday. In his new role, which he started Monday, Adams will initially focus on capital raising efforts in the [...]
Youngkin to meet with Taiwan’s president
Amid rising tensions with China, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on his first international trade mission this month. Youngkin will travel to Taipei City, Taiwan; Tokyo; and Seoul, South Korea, from April 24 to April 29, according to a Tuesday news release. “I’m excited to represe[...]