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Atlantic Union Bank President and CEO John Asbury
Apr 1, 2024

Atlantic Union completes $507M purchase of American National

Richmond-based Atlantic Union Bankshares completed its acquisition Monday of Danville-based American National Bankshares, parent company of American National Bank and Trust. Based on the $35.31/share closing price Thursday of Atlantic Union common stock, the transaction value was approximately $507 million, according to Atlantic[...]

Apr 1, 2024

Truth, justice, and the Liberty Way

The past four years have been rough on Liberty University’s reputation, judging by the sheer tonnage of negative press that the Lynchburg-based evangelical education powerhouse has received. But with a $2 billion-plus endowment and one of the nation’s largest private, nonprofit college enrollments, Liberty appears to be not [...]

Battlefield Shops, located at 1508 Sam’s Circle in Chesapeake. Photo courtesy S.L. Nusbaum Realty
Mar 29, 2024

Chesapeake strip mall goes for $3.15M

A 7,800-square-foot retail strip center in Chesapeake sold for $3.15 million, according to a March news release from S.L. Nusbaum Realty. Located at 1508 Sam’s Circle, Battlefield Shops has five tenants. It is shadow anchored by Walmart, Sam’s Club, At Home and Dollar Tree stores. Battlefield Freedom Wash sold the property t[...]

1314 and 1318 Little Bay Ave. in Norfolk. Photo courtesy Marcus & Millichap
Mar 29, 2024

Norfolk apartments are sold for $3.1M

A 20-unit apartment property in Norfolk sold for $3.1 million on March 20. Located at 1314 and 1318 Little Bay Ave., the property has 20 one-bedroom units that are each 600 square feet. The units were built in 1970. Tidewater View sold the property to Nouveaux Little Bay. Justin Ferguson, Altay Uzun, Theo Jolley and […]

A Days Inn in Salem. Photo courtesy Marcus & Millichap
Mar 29, 2024

Hotel in Salem changes hands for $3.1M

A Days Inn in Salem sold for $3.1 million on March 26. Located at 1535 E. Main St., the two-story hotel has 70 rooms. It was built in 1974. Evergreen Hotels purchased the property from Devkison LLC, according to property records. Milin Mehta, Chase Dewese, Jack Davis and Joce Messinger with Marcus & Millichap’s Charlotte [[...]

Effingham Green Condos in Portsmouth. Photo courtesy Marcus & Millichap
Mar 29, 2024

Apartment buildings in Portsmouth sell for $2.4M

A 17-unit apartment property in Portsmouth sold for $2.4 million, Marcus & Millichap announced Tuesday. Built in 1987, Effingham Green Condos has 17 two-bedroom, one-bathroom units across two buildings on 2 acres. The property is located at 1007 Green St. Capps Equity sold the property to Nouveaux Effingham. Justin Ferguson,[...]

Historical February home sales in Virginia. Image courtesy Virginia Realtors
Mar 29, 2024

Va. housing market picks up in February

The pace of sales in Virginia’s housing market picked up in February, increasing 3.5% over February 2023, according to Virginia Realtors data released Tuesday. In February, there were 6,733 home sales in the commonwealth, 228 more sales than this time last year. At the end of the month, there were 16,004 homes on the market, [[...]

Mar 28, 2024

Youngkin vetoes cannabis, minimum wage legislation

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed legislation Thursday that would have put Virginia on the path to a $15 per hour minimum wage and set up a retail cannabis market, killing bills that were important to Democratic state legislators he blamed for torpedoing the $2 billion Alexandria sports arena deal he’d championed. Amid a dee[...]

Mar 28, 2024

General Assembly tackles consumer transparency, fails to fix ticket service fees

RICHMOND — Virginia lawmakers, in alignment with recent federal attempts, introduced consumer protection bills to tackle surprise tickets fees and recurring subscriptions, but only one measure passed. Autorenewal notification updates — passed Del. Michelle Maldonado, D-Manassas, introduced House Bill 744 to update current st[...]

Danielle Poe was named Franklin County's new economic development director in March 2024. Photo courtesy Franklin County.
Mar 27, 2024

Franklin County names economic development director

Roanoke County’s assistant director for economic development, Danielle Poe, will start her new job as director of economic development for Franklin County on April 15.  Since joining Roanoke County in 2022, Poe has been responsible for real estate development, business retention and expansion and key community partnerships, F[...]

Ship unloads at Port of Virginia
Mar 27, 2024

Port of Va. is already handling cargo diverted from Baltimore

On Tuesday afternoon, workers at the Port of Virginia’s Virginia International Gateway facility in Portsmouth unloaded cargo that had been scheduled for the Baltimore Harbor before a container ship struck and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in a fatal accident that has left the shipping channel closed for at least sever[...]

Mar 27, 2024

Washington Wizards, Capitals reach deal to stay in D.C.

The Washington Wizards and Capitals NBA and NHL teams are staying put in the District of Columbia and will not be moving to Alexandria, according to announcements from Washington, D.C., and Virginia officials Wednesday. These events put the final nail in the coffin of a controversial $2 billion Alexandria arena proposal touted b[...]

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