Hourigan names CFO, general counsel
Richmond-based commercial construction and development firm Hourigan announced Friday it has hired David Ryan as chief financial officer and Kelley Holland as general counsel. Ryan most recently served as vice president for corporate strategy and investor relations at chemical company Albemarle Corp. With nearly 30 years of ex[...]
Henrico office building sells for $1.1M
A 17,112-square-foot office building in Henrico County sold for $1.1 million, commercial real estate brokerage firm Marcus & Millichap announced last week. Located at 2120 Staples Mill Road, the building was constructed in 1974 and sits on 0.73 acres. The building was vacant at the time of the sale, and the new owners plan o[...]
Former Salvation Army thrift store sells for $2.4M in Chesterfield
A 15,600-square-foot commercial building in Midlothian sold for $2.4 million, Glen Allen-based commercial real estate consulting and brokerage firm Taylor Long Properties announced last week. Located at 11000 Midlothian Turnpike in North Chesterfield, 11000 Midlothian Turnpike LLC purchased the building from The Salvation Army. [...]
RiverStone Ranch auction set for Oct. 28
The 979-acre RiverStone Ranch in Buchanan will go to auction on Oct. 28, rural real estate firm Hall and Hall announced last week. The Botetourt County estate, which has remained in private ownership for more than 200 years, includes tunnels, canals and stone walls from George Washington’s James River Kanawha Project. The pr[...]
Good deeds
The pandemic hasn’t seemingly slowed down commercial real estate development and transactions in Hampton Roads. Despite significant financial hits to the hospitality industry, the $125 million, 305-room Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront opened in June, the second phase of Gold Key | PHR’s three-phase, $350 million renovatio[...]
This burg has grown
Three-term incumbent Fredericksburg Mayor Mary Katherine Greenlaw recalls when her city moved at a slower pace, as did surrounding Spotsylvania and Stafford counties. All that has changed, profoundly. Fredericksburg’s population has jumped by more than 50% during the past 20 years, from 19,279 in 2000 to an estimated 29,036 in[...]
Chips on the table
On Election Day, Norfolk and Portsmouth voters will decide whether to hold ’em or fold ’em. The two Hampton Roads cities will consider separate Nov. 3 ballot referendums on large casino projects that promise jobs, tax revenue, increased area tourism and funds for school construction. “It’s new for Virginia, for sure,” [...]
Home prices still increasing
Hampton Roads home values continued trending upward from July 2019 through July 2020. According to the latest available data from the Real Estate Information Network Inc., the Multiple Listing Service for the region, the median price of buying a home in Hampton Roads this July was $275,000 — a 7.84% increase from July 2019. Wh[...]
Slowdowns ahead
When the COVID-19 outbreak began in March, projects at Howard Shockey & Sons, a Winchester-based commercial construction company, kept moving forward. After all, construction is considered an essential business, and unlike some other states, Virginia did not restrict construction activity at the start of the pandemic. But wh[...]
Residential Real Estate Review with Cindy Hawks White
President of the Hampton Roads Realtors Association (HRRA), Cindy Hawks White is a Virginia Beach-based operating principal with Keller Williams Realty. She has worked in the real estate industry since 1982 and specializes in real estate-owned (REO), short sale and luxury properties. Hawks White also has served on the HRRA’s b[...]
Under construction
Ohio Creek Watershed Norfolk A $112 million project intended to protect two historic neighborhoods, Grandy Village and Chesterfield Heights, from flooding, the watershed is expected to be complete by March 2023, according to Norfolk officials. Funding for the project comes from a $120.5 million U.S. Housing and Urban Development[...]
Coal country sets its focus on absentee landowners
When farmers notice one of their cows has made a run for it, their first step will often be to alert the neighbors. That can be hard to do with an out-of-town owner, though. “If the farmer can knock on a door, that’s one thing,” explains Phil Meeks, Wise County’s agriculture and natural resources extension […]