NoVa home sales rise dramatically in April
Northern Virginia home sales in April rose 13.5% from April 2023, the region’s first double-digit growth in sales since November 2021, according to data the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors released Tuesday. In April, the region had 1,623 closed sales, up year-over-year and up 36% from the 1,191 homes sold in March, r[...]
Arlington apartment tower sells for $48.5M
A 162-unit high-rise apartment property in Arlington County has changed hands. Fortis Cos., a Washington, D.C.-based real estate development and investment company, acquired Marlowe Apartments from Equity Residential for $48.5 million, according to Berkadia, a commercial real estate services and mortgage firm, and Arlington Coun[...]
Suffolk logistics facility purchased for $50.5M
An entity connected with Ashley Capital, a New York-based industrial real estate company, sold a multi-tenant facility in Suffolk for $50.5 million to a Florida real estate investment firm on May 1, according to the city’s property records. The Bridgeway Business Center, a 707,000-square-foot warehousing and distribution f[...]
Shenandoah University receives $20M gift from alumnus
A Shenandoah University alumnus and his wife have pledged $20 million to the university, the largest individual donation in the history of the Winchester school. Wilbur and Clare Dove’s gift, announced last month, will go toward the building of a performing and visual arts center on campus, according to the university. Wilbur[...]
Hampden-Sydney College receives $20M pledge
Richmond-based Endeavour Legacy Foundation has pledged $20 million to Hampden-Sydney College, the second largest gift in the college’s history. The college will use the gift, announced Tuesday, toward renovating its former science center, Gilmer Hall, into an academic facility housing the economics and business, and government[...]
VDOT buys Owens & Minor’s Hanover HQ for $33.5M
The Virginia Department of Transportation has purchased the Mechanicsville headquarters of Owens & Minor for $33.5 million, with plans to move the state agency’s central office there in summer 2025. Much of VDOT’s staff will move from the Annex building at 1401 E. Broad St. into the new building at 9120 Lockwood [...]
Peraton exec takes top spot at V2X
Jeremy Wensinger will replace Chuck Prow as president and CEO of McLean-based aerospace and defense contractor V2X on June 17, the company announced Monday. The transition is part of a “board-led succession planning process” the company said in a news release. Wensinger, who will also be a member of V2X”s board of dire[...]
Woods Rogers returns to original name
Call it a strategy of going back to the future — the merged Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black law firm is shortening its name back to its original appellation of Woods Rogers, executives announced Monday. In 2022, Roanoke-based Woods Rogers merged with Vandeventer Black in Norfolk, creating the state’s fifth largest law fir[...]
Hampton Roads home sales, prices up in April
Home sales across Hampton Roads were up in April, as the region also racked up near-record median sales prices, the Real Estate Information Network (REIN) reported Friday. There were 2,189 settled sales for the month, up from 2,057 in March and 2,053 in April 2023, according to REIN. There were 2,569 pending sales, compared with[...]
VCU launches pharmaceutical sciences undergrad degree
Graduate school isn’t a prerequisite for a career in the pharmaceutical industry. Virginia Commonwealth University’s new Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSPS) degree will prepare students to step into pharma jobs like quality assurance technicians, research technologists and laboratory technicians, acco[...]
Chesterfield fintech Paymerang to be acquired for $475M
Chesterfield County-based payment and invoice automation company Paymerang has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Atlanta-based corporate payments processor Corpay for $475 million, according to an SEC filing by Corpay and a news release. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of the year, subjec[...]
VTG awarded $130M defense contract
VTG, a Chantilly-based engineering firm, has been awarded a five-year, $130 million contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Integrated Warfare Systems Engineering Group, the company announced Tuesday. The contract is to provide end-to-end engineering services, spectrum management and test and evaluation support for Na[...]