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Thalhimer subsidiary purchases Dabney Center for $75M
Thalhimer Realty Partners, a Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer subsidiary, has purchased Dabney Center, a 56-acre industrial park in Henrico County, for $75.3 million, the company announced Monday. The complex, which includes 14 buildings and encompasses more than 642,000 square feet, was purchased from Brandywine Realty Trust[...]
Here’s NVAR’s prediction for 2025 NoVa housing market
The Northern Virginia housing market will continue to strengthen in 2025, with moderate price increases and increased market activity, according to the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors’ 2025 regional housing market forecast, produced with George Mason University’s Center for Regional Analysis. Examining the [...]
Statewide home sales, inventories rose in November
The fall 2024 housing market has outpaced the fall 2023 market across the commonwealth, according to statewide November sales data released Dec. 20 by Virginia Realtors. “For two months in a row now, Virginia has seen double-digit growth in closed sales,” Ryan Price, the trade organization’s chief economist, stated in [...]
NoVa, Hampton Roads housing markets improve in November
The Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads housing markets in November showed signs of improvement from the same month last year, including increased home sales and selling prices. Northern Virginia Home prices and sales activity in Northern Virginia rose year-over-year last month, indicating a healthier market than the November 20[...]
Richmond’s Movieland at Boulevard Square to undergo $5M glow-up
Movieland at Boulevard Square, the city of Richmond‘s only first-run movie theater, is undergoing approximately $5 million in renovations and upgrades. The project, which began in October and is expected to be completed in spring 2025, represents “the most extensive enhancements to the theater since it opened in 2009,”[...]
Breeden VP returns from retirement
Retired Breeden Co. executive Barry Tomlin has rejoined the Virginia Beach real estate development and property management company as its vice president of customer service and marketing, The Breeden Co. announced Dec. 5. Tomlin initially joined Breeden in 2007, working as vice president of property management at the time of his[...]
Va. home sales, inventory rises in October
Housing sales and inventory in Virginia rose in October, with closed sales up 12.5% from October 2023, according to Virginia Realtors data released Nov. 22. Last month, 8,732 homes sold in Virginia — 968 more than sold in October 2023. The influx of closed sales in October resulted from the jump in pending sales — […]
Coldwell Banker Premier acquires Hampton Roads Coldwell affiliate
Winchester-based Coldwell Banker Premier has acquired Virginia Beach-based Coldwell Banker Now, merging into a brokerage with a combined $600 million sales volume in 2023. Coldwell Banker Premier did not disclose financial details of the merger, which it announced Monday. The combined real estate company is the second-fastest gr[...]
Youngkin announces plan to grow workforce housing
At the Governor’s Housing Conference in Virginia Beach Thursday, Gov. Glenn Youngkin unveiled the Workforce Housing Investment Program, an initiative at Virginia Housing that will invest $75 million over five years to spur the creation of workforce-priced housing. The funding holds the potential, according to a news releas[...]
Permanent Hard Rock Bristol casino opens
The bright lights of Bristol shine considerably brighter now following the opening of Virginia’s second full-fledged casino. Thursday heralded the grand opening of the $515 million-plus Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol, Virginia’s first hotel/casino combo. Symphonies of sounds, from music to slot machines, indica[...]
Work begins on phase 2 of McLean affordable housing development
Construction has started on the second phase of the two-phase Somos at McLean Metro, an affordable housing development backed by Amazon.com, SCG Development, a Tysons real estate developer, announced last week. Work on the 231-unit first phase began in April. Phase B will add 225 new units, a mix of studio and one-, two- and [&h[...]
Thalhimer now sole principal for Diamond District redevelopment
Loop Capital is no longer affiliated with the development partnership working on the mixed-use development component of Richmond‘s $2.4 billion Diamond District project, leaving Thalhimer Realty Partners as the development team’s sole principal. The partnership, a limited liability company named Diamond District Part[...]
