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Naval operations building in Suffolk sells for $33M
The U.S. Fleet Cyber Command Center of Operations, a 114,045-square-foot building in Suffolk, has changed ownership. The building, part of a secure naval operations campus, sold for $33.25 million, according to Colliers Government Solutions. It is located at 115 Lake View Parkway in Suffolk. The seller of the building is Salus G[...]
Two Roanoke apartment properties sell for $3.35M
A 26-unit multifamily community and a 16-unit apartment complex in Roanoke sold together for $3.35 million on Feb. 10. Located at 2002 Langdon Road SW, the 26-unit community, Langdon Square at Raleigh Court, has 22 garden-style apartments built in 1985 and four townhomes built in 1990. The structure is 59,407 square feet total, [...]
UR alumni couple donates $25M for student learning center
Carole and Marcus Weinstein, alumni of the University of Richmond, have donated $25 million — the second-largest single gift in the Richmond university’s history — to support a center focused on student learning, UR announced Wednesday. The Carole and Marcus Weinstein Learning Center will be located in the Boatwright M[...]
German electronics manufacturer to add 100 Va. jobs
Germany-based Zollner Elektronik AG will invest $18 million to expand in Virginia, including boosts to its electronics manufacturing operations in Danville as well at the company’s U.S. headquarters in Leesburg, adding 100 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. The expansions include $14 million to expand manufacturing operations in the Danville-Pittsylvania County Regional Industrial Facility Authority-owned […][...]
DXC penalized by SEC over misleading financial info
Ashburn-based Fortune 500 IT company DXC Technology Co. has been penalized by the federal government for making “misleading” financial reports from 2018 to early 2020, according to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. DXC did not admit or deny the charges, but consented to a cease-and-desist order and agreed [...]
Parsons to acquire N.J. software company
Centreville-based Fortune 1000 defense contractor Parsons Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire IPKeys Power Partners Inc., a New Jersey provider of enterprise software platform solutions, the company announced Tuesday. The $43 million acquisition is expected to close in the second quarter. IPKeys Power Partners deliver[...]
Cvent to be acquired in $4.6B deal
Tysons-based meetings and events software company Cvent Holding Corp. has agreed to be acquired by New York-based private equity firm Blackstone in a deal valued at about $4.6 billion, the company announced Tuesday. Under the agreement, Cvent stockholders will receive $8.50 per share in cash, representing a premium of 52% to the[...]
Va. bankers say they’re not worried by SVB collapse
Last weekend was pretty tense for bankers, even for those leading institutions quite distant and different from Silicon Valley Bank, which Friday became the second largest bank to fail in U.S. history. Federal regulators shut down SVB after a run on the bank. By Sunday, regulators also shut down New York’s Signature Bank, [...]
River District Association gives leader a title upgrade
Diana L. Schwartz’s title is changing from executive director to CEO of the River District Association, the Danville downtown revitalization association announced Monday. The title more accurately reflects her role, according to an RDA news release. It has shifted from creating and managing programs for the downtown busine[...]
Ship repair contractor expanding Norfolk presence
Advanced Integrated Technologies (AIT), a ship repair contractor for the Navy, Coast Guard, Military Sealift Command and U.S. marine, industrial and commercial industries, will invest $500,000 to expand its Norfolk operations and add 76 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday. The Norfolk-based company will increase capacity at its location in Norfolk Industrial Park, off Ingleside […]
Lingerfelt buys Chesterfield land to build luxury apartments
Glen Allen-based Lingerfelt Development LLC, a real estate investment management firm, has purchased about 4.5 acres of land in Chesterfield County from Hospitality VII Inc. with plans to build a luxury apartment community. The land is located at 2407 W. Hundred Road in Chesterfield, between U.S. 1 and Interstate 95. The $1.9 mi[...]
Goodwill Industries of the Valleys names chief people officer
Roanoke-based Goodwill Industries of the Valleys has named Rachel Putman as its chief people officer. In her new role, which was effective Feb. 20, Putman will lead mission services and organizational development, which includes human resources, employee engagement and learning and development. Putman comes to Roanoke from Goodw[...]
