20-unit Daleville apartment complex sells for $2M
A 20-unit apartment community in Botetourt County sold Tuesday for more than $2 million. Located at 151 College Drive in Daleville, the property’s first buildings were built in the early 1900s as a school, which was later affiliated with Bridgewater College before closing in 1933, according to Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhim[...]
September Va. housing market slowest in over a decade
Virginia’s housing market last month was the slowest September the state has had in more than a decade, according to a Virginia Realtors report released Friday. Virginia home sales in September dropped 21.1% from the same month last year. Home sales totaled 8,023 last month, down 2,149 home sales compared with September 2022. [...]
Fed’s Fifth District economy shrinks slightly
The economy in the Federal Reserve’s Fifth District (a multistate region including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Maryland) contracted slightly in recent weeks, according to the latest edition of the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book, released Wednesday. Published eight times per year, the Beige Book[...]
Va. localities crack down on short-term rentals
RICHMOND, Va. — Several Virginia municipalities have recently drafted or passed ordinances to regulate short-term rentals. Scrutiny of short-term rentals mirrors a nationwide trend. Companies like Airbnb and Vrbo have become popular lodging options for tourists, as well as people in need of temporary housing. Municipalities ha[...]
Va. construction exec announces retirement
Bill Goggins, senior vice president and Virginia division manager of Raleigh, North Carolina-based Clancy & Theys Construction, will retire at the end of the year, the company announced Tuesday. Based out of the company’s Virginia office in Newport News, Goggins has been with Clancy & Theys for nearly 30 years. Cha[...]
Thalhimer Multifamily adds management of five apartment communities
Thalhimer Multifamily has taken on management of five new properties, including two that expand the company’s reach into Culpeper and Front Royal. The company, a division of Glen Allen-based Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, announced the management agreement for Charlottesville-based Hearthwood Apartments; Morningside [...]
Construction starts on $80M apartments in Chesterfield
The developer of an estimated $80 million apartment building in Chesterfield County’s Springline at District 60 mixed-use development broke ground at the site on Sept. 28. The James at Springline will have 298 apartments and 28,000 square feet of ground-level retail space. Connecticut-based Collins Capital Partners is the lead[...]
Hampton Roads real estate veteran to retire
Lisa Chandler, president and principal broker of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices RW Towne Property Management, announced her retirement Wednesday. Chandler will leave at the end of October after more than 40 years in real estate. Berkshire Hathaway and Virginia Beach-based Rose & Womble Realty merged in March, bringing more [...]
Hampton industrial site sells for $2.3M
A vacant industrial site on 2.8 acres in Hampton has been sold for $2.3 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer said. Moir Park Industrial III LLC purchased the site, which includes warehouses, from Armistead & Riprap for development. The property is located at 402 Rip Rap Road off Interstate 64. Robert L. Phillips Jr.,[...]
Space race
Leaders of a regional engineering firm figured finding office space in the Town Center of Virginia Beach would be a breeze. Newspapers were reporting that demand for offices was down nationally. But that isn’t the case in the Hampton Roads area, where the office vacancy rate was 8.1% for the first quarter of 2023, according [&[...]
Residential roller coaster
Last year began on a high note for the Hampton Roads residential real estate market, with home prices and apartment rents soaring. According to the Real Estate Information Network, monthly median rent costs rose 20.4% compared with 2021, with median rents of $1,800. But by the fourth quarter of 2022, rent growth slowed and sales[...]
August NoVa home price growth outpaces national rate
Home prices grew faster in Northern Virginia than nationally in August, according to a Northern Virginia Association of Realtors report released Monday. The Northern Virginia market also had lower inventory than the nationwide market, but sales declined in both markets. “Despite mortgage rate increases, demand for housing is o[...]