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Jan 30, 2024

HEARD AROUND VIRGINIA

Alexandria venture capital firm Columbia Capital has indicated in regulatory filings that it has raised $977 million to keep investing in companies in the communications and technology fields. Documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Dec. 15, 2023, show the investment firm has reached its fundraising goal f[...]

Jan 30, 2024

Dominion offshore wind farm earns final federal approvals

Richmond-based Dominion Energy has earned the final two federal approvals needed to move forward with the construction and operation of its $9.8 billion, 176-turbine offshore wind farm 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management granted final approval of the construction plan for the Coastal V[...]

Buc-ee’s co-founder and CEO Arch “Beaver” Aplin III (center left) and Gov. Glenn Youngkin (center right) speak at the groundbreaking for Buc-ee's Rockingham County location on Jan. 30, 2024. Official Photo by Christian Martinez, Office of Governor Glenn Youngkin.
Jan 30, 2024

Buc-ee’s starts construction on Rockingham center

It won’t be too long before drivers on Interstate 81 in Rockingham County will see a sign bearing a friendly, hat-wearing beaver. Texas-based travel center chain Buc-ee’s started construction on its first travel center in Virginia with a ceremonial groundbreaking Tuesday. Gov. Glenn Youngkin was there, as well as Buc-ee̵[...]

Jan 30, 2024

Martin Agency has new CEO

Danny Robinson is taking over from Kristen Cavallo as CEO of The Martin Agency, parent Interpublic Group of Cos. announced Tuesday. Robinson has been chief creative officer of the Richmond-based ad agency since 2020. Cavallo has headed Martin for the past six years, and IPG named her global CEO of MullenLowe Group 14 months ago.[...]

Jan 29, 2024

Sentara Halifax hospital construction to start in fall

Sentara Health will begin construction in the fall on a modern acute care hospital to replace the aging Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital in South Boston, with plans to open the facility in summer 2026, the Norfolk-based regional health care system announced Monday as it also released the first renderings of the replacement hosp[...]

CIV, seen here on a M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, is an electro-optical/infrared sight system. Photo courtesy RTX
Jan 29, 2024

RTX subsidiary lands $154M Army contract

Raytheon, a subsidiary of Arlington County-based RTX, received a $154 million contract to deliver independent viewer systems to the U.S. Army, the Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor announced Wednesday. Under the contract, Raytheon, which, like its parent company, is also based in Arlington, will deliver Commander’s [...]

Jan 26, 2024

Home sales slowed in 2023 and in final month of year

Home sales in Virginia dropped 20% last year, compared with 2022, and were the lowest the market had seen since 2014, according to new data released Tuesday by Virginia Realtors. Across Virginia, 98,464 homes sold in 2023, which is 24,780 fewer than the number of sales in 2022. Nine out of every 10 counties and […]

An illustration of a planned layout for the 400-acre Data Center Ridge development in Wise County
Jan 26, 2024

5 SWVA projects recommended for $9.5M in federal grants

Five Southwest Virginia economic development projects have been recommended to receive a cumulative $9.35 million in federal Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) grants, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith announced Thursday. The projects are on sites where coal was mined before 1977. Fundin[...]

Jan 26, 2024

Apartments in Orange sell for $1.9M

A 48-unit apartment community in the Town of Orange has changed hands, according to One South Commercial. Belleview Apartments LLC purchased a 40,111-square-foot property with 48 units for $1.9 million from Belleview LLP. The apartments are located at 222-224 Bellevue Ave. in Orange. According to town property records, the prope[...]

Jan 26, 2024

Norfolk apartment complex sells for $38.5M

Enterprise Community Development, a nonprofit affordable housing provider, has purchased Woodmere Trace, a 300-unit Norfolk community, from Raleigh, North Carolina-based Fulton Peak Capital. Enterprise closed the $38.5 million sale on Dec. 20, 2023. Woodmere Trace is located at 6741 Tanners Creek Drive. The 300 garden-style apartments, comprised of one- and two-bedroom units, were built in […][...]

Jan 26, 2024

ManTech launches AI government contracting group

Herndon-based ManTech International has launched a data analytics and artificial intelligence solutions practice aimed at government clients. It will be led by Brandy Durham, a ManTech vice president and former executive with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. The new division offers comprehensive AI consulting, AI engineering s[...]

Jan 25, 2024

Babel Street acquires Ohio data insights firm

Reston-based data analytics and threat intelligence tech company Babel Street has acquired Vertical Knowledge, a data products, insights and intelligence company based in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. The acquisition — which has already closed — expands Babel Street’s data sourcing, enrichment and analysis capabilities, accordi[...]

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