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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 form[...]
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[...]
Capital Square acquires The Trails at Short Pump
Henrico County-based real estate investment firm Capital Square has acquired The Trails at Short Pump, a 350-unit apartment community in western Henrico, the company announced Tuesday. Located at 3900 Acadia Lane, the nearly 32-acre property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 878 square feet each. The acquisitio[...]
Colonial Heights shopping center sells for $5.45M
Q&L Realty LLC has purchased the Southpark Square Shopping Center in Colonial Heights from the Colonial Heights Land Associates Limited Partnership for $5.45 million, Divaris Real Estate Inc. announced Thursday. The 35,705-square-foot retail shopping center is located at 1829-1865 Southpark Blvd. in Colonial Heights. The sho[...]
Bowman hires longtime client as Leesburg manager
Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. has named Gary VanAlstyne as the company’s branch manager and principal at its Leesburg office. VanAlstyne brings more than 30 years of experience in construction and development to Bowman, with which he had worked closely as a client since 2000. He previously served as vice president of Fairfax-based Davis Utility Consulting […]
Chesapeake office building sells for $11M
Investment group Gracestone Investments LLC has purchased an 81,318-square-foot office building in Chesapeake from GSI Inc. for $11 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced July 5. The property, located at 850 Greenbrier Circle, is 100% leased to Canon U.S.A. Inc. Rob Wright of Cushman and Wakefield | Thalhimer bro[...]
Cortland completes $1B investment in Arlington
Cortland, an Atlanta-based multifamily real estate investment, development and management company, has completed its initial round of apartment acquisitions in Arlington with the purchase of Evo Rosslyn, a 27-story apartment building. The purchase is part of a $1 billion investment in multiple Arlington apartment communities, fi[...]
Norfolk apartment community sells for $12.4M
Cleghorn Capital purchased a 104-unit apartment community in Norfolk from Israeli investment fund Valore for $12.8 million, Marcus & Millichap announced July 7. Valore at Southern Park, located at 7922 Old Ocean View Road, has three buildings, each with two stories, and was built in 1964 and renovated in 1999. The 104,944-sq[...]
Silver lining
As the long-delayed phase two opening of Metro’s Silver Line extension is set for later this year in western Fairfax and Loudoun counties, a development boom is following on the train’s wheels. Reston and Herndon, as well as eastern Loudoun, have already attracted big corporate tenants to millions of square feet of o[...]
