Breeden buys $3.5M Newport News site for apartments
Breeden Investment Properties Inc. purchased a 5.06-acre land parcel to build a 176-unit apartment complex in the 200-acre Huntington Pointe residential development. The Virginia Beach-based commercial real estate development company paid $3.52 for the vacant parcel. Breeden purchased the property, located off of Denbigh Boulevard near the York County line, from Huntington Pointe LLC. C. […][...]
Mack Trucks’ Salem manufacturing facility sells for $12.7M
An Argentinian private equity partnership purchased a 280,900-square-foot manufacturing facility in Salem for $12.7 million. Located at 6450 Technology Drive, the property is leased to the Mack Trucks Inc. division of AB Volvo Group. Mack Trucks employs 250 people at the Roanoke Valley Operations facility in Salem, where it̵[...]
February activity signals busy spring for NoVa home sales
The pace and price of home sales in Northern Virginia likely signal a busy spring for the real estate sector, according to the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors (NVAR). In a news release, the association states the average February sale price was 100.2% of the listing price. The total dollar volume of the region in […]
Chesapeake industrial property sells for $2.9M
2280 Steppingstone LLC has purchased two 12,000-square foot office/warehouse condo buildings from Chesapeake Land Co. LLC for $2.88 million in Chesapeake. The buildings are located at 2278-2280 Steppingstone Square. Geoff Poston of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the sale negotiations on behalf of the purchaser. Subs[...]
Virginia Beach medical office building sells for $2.7M
Virginia Beach-based Gwynn-Reed Enterprises LLC has purchased a 10,036-square-foot medical office building on 1.84 acres in Virginia Beach for $2.65 million. The property is located at 1817 Republic Road. Gwynn-Reed purchased the property from Virginia Beach-based Vitruvian Property Group LLC. S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co.’s Chris Zarpas and Chris Devine represented the seller. Subscribe to Virginia […][...]
Hampton industrial property sells for $1.7M
G & V LLC has purchased a 44,76-square-foot industrial building situated on 3.71 acres in Hampton for $1.74 million to open a manufacturing operation. The property is located at 315 E. Street. Clay Culbreth of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the sale negotiations on behalf of the purchaser; Robert L. Phillips, Jr., also with […]
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 [...]
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. […][...]
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 […]
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, […][...]
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 […][...]
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 […][...]