Roanoke construction company promotes senior VP
Roanoke-based construction company Branch Builds announced Tuesday it has promoted Cathy Underwood to senior vice president and regional business unit leader. Underwood was most recently vice president at the company, and in her new role she will pursue new business opportunities and manage the Roanoke and Charlotte, North Carol[...]
Opportunity Appalachia hopes to match investors, projects
A group of Southwest Virginia community leaders are helping regional entrepreneurs market their ideas to investors as part of Appalachian Community Capital’s multistate Opportunity Appalachia economic development initiative. Through the initiative, Appalachian Community Capital is seeking to match investors to 15 “shovel-rea[...]
Roanoke city real estate made a rebound. What now?
The city of Roanoke’s real estate values increased by 4.74% last year, the biggest property value increase for the Star City since 2007. Commercial properties’ assessed value jumped by 4.55%. But with the U.S. stock market plummeting to 1987 record lows in March as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted life across the nation, m[...]
Surf park project in Chesterfield moves forward
Phase one of what is being touted as the “world’s largest surf park” is a go in Chesterfield County, and developers and the county have emerged with environmental permits despite a gap in the state’s regulatory framework. The Lake, a 105-acre, mixed-use development between state Route 288 and Genito Road, is set to move [...]
Followups: The View at Tysons comes into focus
The developers of the proposed The View at Tysons project purchased the remaining land needed for the development in February, according to Fairfax County land records. Tysons-based Clemente Development Co., in partnership with Saudi Arabian corporate titan Khaled bin Ahmed Al Juffali, purchased a trio of properties near the Spr[...]
Developer to renovate Rosslyn Marriott, construct three residential buildings
The Rosslyn Marriott hotel will be partially demolished and renovated and three residential buildings will be added to the site, according to a release from the Arlington County Board. Financial terms of the plans were not released. The hotel is located at 1401 Lee Highway and currently has 445 rooms. Site developer KBLH LLC wil[...]
Mechanicsville apartment complex sells for $7.6 million
The Signal Hill Apartments complex in Mechanicsville sold for $7.6 million on March 26, according to Glen Allen-based real estate company Commonwealth Commercial Partners LLC. Signal Hill includes 68 units and one four-bedroom rental home and is located at 8111 Signal Hill Road. The property came on the market during fall 20[...]
Spotsylvania County office building sells for $3.8M
An office building in Spotsylvania County sold for $3.8 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced March 24. The office building, Deep Run Building C, is 42,216 square feet and was 100% leased at the time of the transaction. It is located at 11905 Bowman Drive, which is less than a mile from the Rappahannock [&hellip[...]
Northern Va. home prices rise, home inventory falls in February
Chantilly-based Long & Foster Real Estate released a report Thursday showing that median home sale prices rose, but home inventory dropped in most of Northern Virginia in February. The Long & Foster Real Estate Market Minute Report studied trends in Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax County, Loudoun County and Prince Willi[...]
Commercial real estate firms confident they can weather pandemic
Faced with the coronavirus pandemic, Virginia-based commercial real estate firms say they’re pausing transactions in the short term, but are still moving forward with long-term development plans. The firms are also turning their focus toward supporting tenants and landlords through financial difficulties caused by the cris[...]
Richmond developer raises $7M for apartment building in Scott’s Addition
Capital Square Realty Advisors LLC, a Henrico County-based real estate investment and management company, announced Monday that it has raised $7 million from investors for a five-story, 80-unit apartment building in the city’s popular Scott’s Addition neighborhood. Scott’s Collection I, which will be located on[...]
JBG Smith gets green light for 300-foot-tall apartment towers in Crystal City
Bethesda, Maryland-based developer JBG Smith Properties has secured the final permissions from Arlington County for two, 300-foot-tall apartment towers in Crystal City near where the real estate company is developing and leasing space for Amazon.com Inc.’s $2.5 billion HQ2 East Coast headquarters. The mixed-use development[...]