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Recent commercial real estate transactions around Virginia
S.L. Nusbaum Realty announced that HM Management LLC has purchased a 35,355-square-foot former assisted living facility on 0.45 acres located at 501 N. Allen Ave. in Richmond from Care GSL Richmond PropCo LP for $3.5 million. Nathan Shor handled the transaction. Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced the sale of 3750 Progress Road in Norfolk. […]
Dominion offshore wind farm cost climbs to $9.8B
Dominion Energy Inc.’s offshore wind farm will cost about $2 billion more than expected, the Richmond-based Fortune 500 utility’s chair, president and CEO, Bob Blue, said during a third quarter earnings call Friday. Instead of the previously estimated $7.8 billion, the 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVO[...]
Henrico’s Essex Bank to lay off 51 employees in merger
The Henrico County-based parent company of Essex Bank will lay off 51 employees as a result of its merger with Charleston, West Virginia-based United Bankshares Inc., the parent company of United Bank. The company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice with the Virginia Employment Commission on Friday, Oct. 29, notifying them […]
Blue Ridge Bank, FVCbank merger delayed
The merger of Charlottesville-based Blue Ridge Bankshares Inc., the parent company of Blue Ridge Bank, and Fairfax-based FVC Bankcorp Inc., the parent company of FVCbank, will be delayed, the companies announced this week. The two regional companies announced the merger, which would create a $5 billion combined company, on July 14. The expected closing at […]
Richmond casino rejected by voters
Updated 4:20 p.m. Wednesday Richmond voters on Tuesday rejected the proposed $565 million ONE Casino + Resort by about a 1,200-vote margin. The project’s developer, Silver Spring, Maryland-based media company Urban One Inc., acknowledged the referendum’s defeat in a statement Wednesday, as did the city’s mayor.[...]
Hunton Andrews Kurth adds government relations execs
Richmond law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has added two members to its Virginia government relations team, the firm announced last week. Elizabeth Rafferty and Adisa Muse, both based in Richmond, will serve as directors of government affairs for the firm’s full-service public affairs and strategies consultancy, which focu[...]
Breeden to develop $27M mixed-use project near RVA’s Diamond
Virginia Beach-based The Breeden Co. intends to build a $27 million mixed-use development, Duplex Station on Hermitage, on the former Cobb Lumber site near Richmond’s Scott’s Addition neighborhood and less than a mile from The Diamond ballpark, the company announced Monday. Located at 2300 Hermitage Road, the project[...]
Va. Catalyst awards $1.9 million in grants
The Virginia Catalyst, also known as the Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corp., has awarded $1.9 million in grants to three life and bioscience projects, it announced Thursday. Partner companies will meet the grants with matching funds. “We are excited to continue our mission of supporting collaborations and fostering economic growth in Virginia’s life sciences, enabling […]
Hampden-Sydney College receives three donations totaling $12.25M
Hampden-Sydney College has received donations of $11 million, $1 million and $250,000 in support of its science programs and science center under construction, the college announced Thursday. “While the college has emphasized the sciences since its founding, the need for a state-of-the-art science facility and for all Hampden-Sydney students to graduate with a high degree […]
Recent real estate deals around Virginia
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the seller, LNR Property, in the $2 million sale of part of 260 Boush Street, a multiuse commercial and residential building in downtown Norfolk. Tidewater Community College is the purchaser of the 37,065-square-foot commercial space on the first floor, plus 99 parking spaces on the second floor of the […]
Charlottesville doctor elected president of Medical Society of Va.
A Charlottesville ophthalmologist has been elected president of the Medical Society of Virginia, the organization announced Wednesday. Dr. Mohit Nanda, a board-certified ophthalmologist affiliated with Virginia Retina Consultants, has more than 20 years of experience. He will lead the group, which represents more than 30,000 physicians, physicians-in-training, physicians’ assistants and medical students. Nanda was elected [&hellip[...]
Richmond apartment building sells for $27M
A 157-unit apartment building in Richmond sold for $27.25 million, Minneapolis, Minnesota-based real estate broker NorthMarq announced Wednesday. Located at 308 N. Nansemond St., the three-story property known as The Gallery Midtown was built in 1938. The previous seller, Richmond-based Spy Rock Real Estate Group, renovated the [...]
