Hampton Roads’ July active house listings down
Hampton Roads’ active residential listings in July continued to lag behind monthly totals for the past four years, according to Real Estate Information Network Inc. data published in August. Active listings have dropped steadily every July since 2014. At the end of July, there were 4,129 homes actively listed in the region. In[...]
Va. Beach honors Ramon W. Breeden Jr.
Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer proclaimed Aug. 9, 2022, as Ramon W. Breeden Jr. Day, in honor of the real estate mogul. Since starting The Breeden Co. in 1961 out of the trunk of his Pontiac convertible and the back room of a grocery store, Breeden has led his company to be a vertically integrated […]
Chesapeake industrial building sells for $10.2M
A 152,180-square-foot industrial property in Chesapeake has sold for $10.275 million, S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. announced in July. Chesapeake Dexter St West LLC purchased the property, located at 101 Dexter St. West in Chesapeake, from On Trading Corp. The building is on 13.89 acres and was fully leased at the time of the sale. It[...]
Newport News apartments sell for $9.75M
A Newport News apartment complex has sold for $9.75 million, S.L. Nusbaum Realty announced Aug. 2. 53 Colony Square Court LLC has purchased Colony Square Apartments, which has 92 units, from Lyn Van Turette Trust LLC. The buyer is planning extensive renovations to the property, which is on 4.82 acres. Bill Overman and John Wessl[...]
Amazon opens new Chesapeake facility
Last week Amazon.com Inc. opened its new, 640,000-square-foot processing facility in Chesapeake, the global e-tailer’s first cross-dock fulfillment center in Virginia. About 900 of the 1,000 workers that Amazon announced it would be hiring for the facility are already on the job, an Amazon spokeswoman told Virginia Busines[...]
The Breeden Co. restructures property management division
The Breeden Co., a Virginia Beach-based real estate development firm, is restructuring its property management division. Barry Tomlin, vice president of property management at The Breeden Co. in Virginia Beach, will leave the company Aug. 5, Breeden announced last week. Tomlin has been with Breeden since 2007. “Over the last 10 years, we have created […]
Albemarle retail building sells for $2.3M
Woodhaven Development Group LLC purchased a 3,204-square-foot retail building in Albemarle County from First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. for $2.3 million. The property is located at 1815 Fortune Park Road in Albemarle and will be redeveloped. The building is on 1.35 acres of land off U.S. Route 29 near the Charlottesville-Albe[...]
Creating community vibes
In Virginia Beach, most tourists flock to the Oceanfront. But just a couple blocks west, you’ll find an area that feels a little more artsy and a lot more local. In the 15-block ViBe Creative District, situated between the Virginia Beach Convention Center and the Oceanfront, coffee shops and restaurants operate out of former i[...]
A new look at Va. Beach’s Atlantic Park
The $350 million Atlantic Park surf park development planned for Virginia Beach’s Oceanfront will start construction in October or early November, developers told Virginia Business this week. Virginia Beach-based Venture Realty Group also shared new renderings of the project, which Venture has been co-developing with musi[...]
Bowman Consulting acquires California firm
Reston-based engineering services firm Bowman Consulting Group has acquired San Diego-based Project Design Consultants, the company recently announced. Founded in 1976, PDC has 65 employees and provides civil engineering, surveying, planning and landscape architecture to clients in Southern California. “PDC presents a compelling opportunity for Bowman to advance our market expansion and service diversification initiatives,” [&hellip[...]
Va. housing market sees sharp drop in sales
The housing market is cooling off, compared to a year ago. Home sales in Virginia dropped by nearly 19% in June, compared to sales in June 2021, the sharpest drop in the housing market since the beginning of the pandemic, Virginia Realtors reported Friday. In June, 13,324 homes were sold in Virginia, which is 3,208 fewer [&hell[...]
Alexandria bank buys building, brings employees together
Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Co. has acquired a $22 million office building in Alexandria to bring many of its employees together under one roof. The Alexandria-based bank announced July 11 that it had bought the 110,047-square-foot office building at 5680 King Centre Drive. The seller was not disclosed. The bank will br[...]