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Edison Apartments in Portsmouth has sold for $1 million.
Mar 12, 2021

Portsmouth apartment property sells for $1M

Portsmouth property management company Doud Realty Services Inc. has purchased the Edison Apartments in Portsmouth for $1 million as part of a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. The 16-unit multifamily property is located at 219-249 Edison Ave. Clark Simpson of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer Capital Markets Group handled the sale [...]

Mar 12, 2021

Perspecta wins $202M defense contract

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) awarded Chantilly-based federal contractor Perspecta Inc. a $201.5 million contract to provide technical services in support of its Global Content Delivery Services (GCDS) II program, the company announced Thursday. Perspecta was the prime contractor for the GCDS I program, working with DISA in expanding the Defense Information Systems Network. […][...]

Mar 12, 2021

Nexus Services CEO calls state AGs’ lawsuit ‘a form of retaliation’

Nexus Services Inc., the bonding company being sued by the states of Virginia, Massachusetts and New York, responded Friday with accusations of its own. In a statement, Nexus CEO and President Mike Donovan said that the state attorney generals’ allegations that the company financially preyed on immigrants held in federal detention are “offensive, 100% false […]

Mar 11, 2021

Reston-based Comscore closes investment transactions

Reston-based media measurement and analytics company Comscore Inc. announced Thursday that it has closed its previously announced investment transactions with Connecticut-based Charter Communications Inc., Colorado-based Qurate Retail Inc. and an affiliate of New York-based Cerberus Capital Management LP. Each of the three companies made a cash investment in exchange for shares of convertible preferred stock, […][...]

Mar 11, 2021

Serco Inc. wins $600M Navy contract

Herndon-based tech company Serco Inc. (a subsidiary of United Kingdom-based Serco Group plc) has been awarded a potential eight-year, $600 million contract by the U.S. Navy to support its Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP) Ashore Sustainment Program. With an initial delivery order worth $153 million, Serco will support the program by providing software, hardware and firmware maintenance […][...]

Mar 11, 2021

Health care AI company bringing U.S. HQ to Loudoun

Zasti Inc., a health care-related artificial intelligence technology company, is investing $5.9 million to establish its U.S. headquarters in Loudoun County, creating 60 jobs, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. Founded in 2017 in India, Zasti, which is Sanskrit for “prediction,” develops AI-based risk screening, predictive analytics and climate change solutions for the health care […][...]

Mar 11, 2021

757 economic recovery plan focuses on cooperation

At a Thursday news conference, Hampton Roads regional leaders unveiled a new economic recovery plan for the next two years that focuses on cooperation and resiliency. Hampton Roads Alliance President and CEO Doug Smith presented a report detailing multiple goals for the region to help it recover financially after the COVID-19 pa[...]

Mar 11, 2021

New jobless claims increased last week in Va.

Initial unemployment claims increased across the state last week, while continued claims dropped slightly, the Virginia Employment Commission reported Thursday. For the filing week ending March 6, 13,736 people filed new claims for unemployment insurance, up from 12,155 the previous week. Meanwhile, 62,269 people filed continued claims, marking a 2.7% decrease from the previous week […]

Mar 10, 2021

Vt. company buys Ashburn bioscience tech firm

Williston, Vermont-based bioscience software company MBF Bioscience announced last week it has acquired Ashburn-based Vidrio Technologies.  Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.   Vidrio Technologies provides microscope control software and hardware for laser scanning while MBF Bioscience provides microscope-based image analysis tools to researchers. “Vidrio has a pipeline full of exciting new products that [&helli[...]

Mar 10, 2021

Tysons risk analytics firm announces two acquisitions

Tysons-based risk analytics firm Qomplx Inc. announced Wednesday it would acquire Huntsville, Alabama-based cyber intelligence firm Sentar and London-based insurance software modeling firm RPC Tyche. Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed. Qomplx announced earlier this month its plan to go public through a merger agreement with Tailwind Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition […][...]

Mar 10, 2021

Virginia ABC announces Pappy Van Winkle lotteries

On Wednesday, the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority announced that several highly prized Pappy Van Winkle whiskey products will be entered into an online lottery in March and April. The 23-year-old bourbon whiskey costs $300 per bottle, but in the online marketplace, a bottle of 25-year-old Old Rip Van Winkle bourbon[...]

Mar 9, 2021

CoStar Group expands presence in Richmond

Commercial real estate information and analytics company CoStar Group Inc. announced Tuesday it has subleased an additional 51,000-square-foot office space in Richmond.  More than 200 staff members are expected to be based on the ninth, 10th and 11th floors of the Riverfront Plaza East Tower at 951 East Byrd Street, less than a[...]

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