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$55M affordable housing community to be built in Richmond
Construction is set to start in January 2022 on a new $55 million affordable housing community in Richmond, developer Dakota Partners announced this week, after having purchased a 14.4-acre parcel at 2200 Brady St. on Richmond’s South Side. To be known as Brady Square, the community will include 264 residential units in tw[...]
U.Va. alumni make $5M gift to fund professorship
University of Virginia alumni Donna and Richard Tadler made a gift of $5 million that will be used to create a professorship of entrepreneurship at their alma mater, U.Va. President Jim Ryan announced earlier this month. The gift will be matched with $5 million more from the university’s Bicentennial Professorship Fund, for a total investment […]
47 mixed-use parcels in Richmond sell for almost $22M
Seven bundles of properties totaling 47 parcels in Richmond sold for almost $22 million, Commonwealth Commercial Partners LLP announced last week. The mixed-use properties are located in Richmond’s Fan District and consist of retail, office and restaurant space, as well as about 24 apartments and 267 parking spaces. Richmond-b[...]
Plastics manufacturer to produce 300 jobs in Chesterfield
Starplast USA, a subsidiary of Israel-based plastic manufacturer Starplast, plans to invest $17.7 million in a new facility in Chesterfield County, creating 300 jobs over the next five years, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. “Starplast chose Chesterfield County for its new manufacturing operation because the geographic lo[...]
Chesterfield’s Meadowbrook Plaza sells for $16M
Chesterfield’s Meadowbrook Plaza shopping center on Hopkins Road has been sold for $16 million, Colliers International announced Thursday. The 16.77-acre strip mall was sold by Premier RE FUND V LLC to UG Necessity Retail Fund 2 LP, also known as Unite Growth. The shopping center has 45,129 square feet and recently underwe[...]
Q&A: Quebec official discusses Va. trade mission
Quebec’s delegate general in New York, Martine Hébert, visited Virginia this week on a trip to strengthen economic relations between her province and the commonwealth. Appointed in August by Quebec Premier François Legault and based out of New York, Hébert is responsible for promoting the province’s economic interests in [...]
CoStar Group to open $460M campus in Richmond
Washington, D.C.-based CoStar Group Inc., a commercial real estate data and analytics provider, will build a $460 million corporate campus in Richmond, creating 2,000 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday. The new campus will include a 26-story, 510-foot, LEED-platinum-certified skyscraper that will be the tallest building i[...]
Va. invests $722M in broadband expansion
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam this week announced a state investment of $722 million in grants toward expanding high-speed internet service in 70 localities across the commonwealth. The governor says the funding will help Virginia achieve 90% of its universal broadband access goal by 2024. “Broadband access impacts every facet o[...]
Two Va. projects are finalists for $100M U.S. EDA grants
Two Virginia projects — one to make Central Virginia an advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing hub and one to support the transportation and logistics cluster in Southern and Southwest Virginia — are two of 60 finalists for the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Build Back Better Regional Challenge, which will provide awardees with up to $100 million each. […]
Commercial real estate leasing roundup
Hampton Roads Daliza’s Dominican Beauty Salon leased 1,200 square feet of retail space at 980 J. Clyde Morris Blvd. in Newport News. Bob Saunders of Harvey Lindsay Commercial Real Estate handled this transaction. Audio Pros Inc. renewed its lease of 3,47 square feet of retail space at 894 East Little Creek Road in Norfolk. Kimberly […]
Colonial Heights shopping center sells for $26.25M
Colonial Square, a Publix-anchored shopping center in Colonial Heights, sold for $26.25 million, JLL announced Thursday. Colonial Square Associates – A Berman Kappler Property sold the shopping center to United Hampshire US REIT. The shopping center is 168,326 square feet and is 99% leased. It was constructed in 1967 and u[...]
VCU president to chair American Council on Education
Michael Rao, president of Virginia Commonwealth University, has been elected chair of the American Council on Education Board of Directors, the council announced Tuesday. Rao, VCU’s fifth president, has been at the helm of the university — and VCU Health System — since 2009. He was selected as ACE’s chair Tuesday[...]
