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Charlottesville land sells for $3.5M
Charlottesville-based Riverbend Development purchased 1.15 acres of land in Charlottesville for $3.5 million, with plans for retail development, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Tuesday. Located at 1150 5th St. at the former site of a Hardees restaurant, the property was sold by Rocky Mount, North Carolina-based Boddie-Noell Enterprises Inc., which owns and operates more […]
Suffolk industrial park sells for $10.3M
Flint Acquisitions LLC bought the 275-acre Waverton Commerce Park, which includes two industrial buildings, in Suffolk for $10.3 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Tuesday. Flint purchased the property along Carolina Road from Waverton Associates Inc. and will rebrand the industrial park as Coastal Logistics Center. The buildings total 27,000 square feet. William C. […]
Franklin Johnston Group plans Va. Beach apartments
The Franklin Johnston Group, based in Virginia Beach, has purchased a 37,500-square-foot industrial building in Virginia Beach with plans to redevelop it into apartments. The building, which sits on 9.44 acres at 925 S. Military Highway, was sold by Wildwood Park LLC for $4.75 million. Robert M. Thornton of Cushman & Wakefie[...]
Norfolk shopping center sells for $25M
A shopping center on Tidewater Drive in Norfolk with 20 acres of land sold for $25 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Monday. River City Capital LLC purchased the 246,000-square-foot Southern Shopping Center from Southern Shopping Center LLC. Situated on 20 acres, Southern Shopping Center is anchored by a Foo[...]
Ashburn Walgreens store sells for $9M
A Walgreens drugstore retail location in Ashburn sold for $9 million on Dec. 1, according to Loudoun County online property records. Tater Ashburn LLC purchased the 88,862-square-foot building at 20321 Susan Leslie Drive from Wirrulla Livermore LLC. The building sits on about two acres of land and is leased to Walgreens. Marcus [...]
Northrop Grumman subsidiary lands $1.4B Army contract
The U.S. Army awarded a subsidiary of Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman Corp. a $1.38 billion contract to work on the Integrated Battle Command System, the Department of Defense announced Dec. 23. The hybrid contract was awarded to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. by the U.S. Army Contracting Command out of Restone Arsenal, Alabama. The contract is […]
Chantilly’s CTSI acquires Fla. security firm
Chantilly-based technology firm Corbett Technology Solutions Inc. (CTSI) announced Tuesday it had acquired Orlando, Florida-based risk, resilience and security services provider Star Asset Security. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. CTSI is a portfolio company of Chicago-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners. The transaction is CTSI’s sixth acquisition since it was acquired […][...]
30 Va. projects awarded $24.5M in flood prep grants
The Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund has awarded $24.5 million in grants for 30 projects statewide, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. “The Community Flood Preparedness Fund will provide an estimated $75 million a year to improve the resilience of our commonwealth, including targeted funding for Virginia’s most vulnerable and underserved communities,” Northam said in a […][...]
$40.8M apartment building in Alexandria sells
A 227-unit apartment building in Alexandria assessed at $40.8 million sold for an undisclosed sum, JLL Capital Markets announced Tuesday. JLL Capital Markets arranged a three-year $34.34 million loan for commercial real estate company Washington Property Co., which brought the property from 100 South Reynolds LLC. The loan was s[...]
Construction starts on $100M industrial center in Hanover
Construction started Dec. 9 on the $100 million, 1.1-million-square-foot East Coast Commerce Center in Hanover County. The speculative industrial project is slated for completion in mid-summer 2022. The 129-acre center will have 120 truck docks, 540 trailer parks, 8-foot floor slabs, a 2:1 parking ratio and more than 35 surplus [...]
Va. had fewer job openings in October
Virginia had 308,000 job openings in October, the largest drop in openings among U.S. states, as well as 108,000 quits, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) data released Dec. 17. In September, Virginia had a record-setting 336,000 job openings, but in October, openings declined by 28,000, […]
ODU earns R1 classification in national ranking
Old Dominion University has earned the highest research activity classification in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, the university announced Tuesday. ODU is now one of 137 four-year research institutions with the Research 1 classification, which indicates “very high research activity.” To rece[...]
