HHHunt names new COO
Blacksburg-based real estate company HHHunt Corp. promoted Stephen Fritz to chief operating officer, the company announced Tuesday. Fritz was most recently senior vice president of HHHunt and president of HHHunt Homes. As COO, he will serve on the company’s executive committee. He will be based in the Richmond and Raleigh offi[...]
Park West office building in Va. Beach sells for $6.75M
A three-story office building in Virginia Beach sold for $6.75 million, real estate company Colliers International announced Tuesday. The 66,062-square-foot building developed in 1989 is located at 2877 Guardian Lane was sold by Park West Owner LLC to Guardian Lane West LLC. The property is located less than a mile from Intersta[...]
Pulaski shopping center sells for $5.25M
A 112,340-square-foot retail center in Pulaski was sold for $5.25 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group announced Monday. The shopping center located at 1200 E. Main St. in Pulaski was 91% leased at the time of the sale. Tenants of Pulaski Plaza include Food Lion, Peebles, Badcock Furniture, [...]
Changing times
Town houses and apartments, storefronts and restaurants, grassy medians, pocket parks, sidewalks everywhere. Doesn’t this look a lot like a downtown? Picking up his mail in slippers and shorts on a brisk January day, Tandy Harris pauses to consider the question. “It does,” he agrees. “It’s got all the bells and whistle[...]
Roanoke office park sells for $3.2M
The Northpark Business Center in Roanoke County sold for $3.2 million on Feb. 17, Roanoke-based Waldvogel Commercial Properties Inc. announced this week. The 34,318-square-foot office park is located at 6701-6711 Peters Creek Road and was sold by Mechanical Development Co. Inc. The property consists of two single-story buildings that were more than 50% occupied at […]
Bedford shopping center sells for $8.4M
A shopping center in Bedford has sold for $8.4 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group announced Monday. Bedford Plaza is a 112,649-square-foot retail center that has tenants including Dollar Tree, Goodwill, Tractor Supply, Virginia ABC, the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, among restaurants [...]
Amazon signs lease on PBS HQ space in Arlington
Amazon.com Inc. has signed a lease with its HQ2 landlord and developer JBG Smith Properties for a 272,000-square-feet building in Arlington that has served as the headquarters for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) since 2006. The e-commerce giant expects to move into the space at 2100 Crystal Drive by the end of 2020. PBS will […]
$32.4M apartment complex coming to Scott’s Addition
A $32.4 million, 350-unit apartment complex will be built in the Scott’s Addition neighborhood in Richmond, Glen Allen-based real estate investment group Capital Square 1031 announced Tuesday. The project will be developed by CSRA/GS Opportunity Zone V LLC at 1601 Roseneath Road, which is a designated opportunity zone in the c[...]
Building in Ashland’s Northlake Business Park sells for $9.1M
The Creative Office Environments building in Ashland has sold for $9.1 million to New York City-based One Liberty Properties Inc., Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group announced Tuesday. The 88,003-square-foot property is located at 11798 N. Lakeridge Parkway in Ashland and is the headquarters for workpl[...]
Tryko Partners acquires three Va. nursing facilities
New Jersey-based property management company Tryko Partners LLC has acquired three Cambridge Healthcare Services nursing facilities in Virginia and plans to invest approximately $9 million in renovations and programming at the facilities, Tryko announced Monday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The faciliti[...]
Reston-based Stanley-Martin to acquire Essex Homes
Reston-based construction company Stanley-Martin Communities LLC will acquire the home-building assets of Lexington, South Carolina-based home-building company Essex Homes in North Carolina and South Carolina in a deal expected to close by the end of the month. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Stanley-Martin — a subsidiary of a Japanese firm, Daiwa House […]
Bill allows renters to make certain repairs if landlord doesn’t respond
CORRECTION: THIS WIRE STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED. The original version incorrectly stated the party affiliation of state Sen. John Bell. RICHMOND, Va. — A bill that gives tenants the power to make repairs on their property and deduct the costs from their rent, with conditions, recently passed the Virginia Senate and is expecte[...]