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Chesterfield business park portfolio sold for $39.5M
A Miami-based investor purchased a five-building Chesterfield County office portfolio for $39.5 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Wednesday. The Boulders and Moorefield business parks — totaling 414,322 total square feet that is 87% leased to several tenants that include AIG, Accenture and others — were [...]
Richmond-based ColonialWebb opens new data center division
Richmond-based mechanical and electrical systems company ColonialWebb has opened a new division that focuses on data centers, call centers, specialty operations centers and other essential opportunities, it announced Wednesday. Known as the Mission Critical Division, the department will be led by General Manager Nathan Wethingto[...]
Va. children’s hospitals get kudos in national rankings
Eight children’s hospitals in Virginia received recognition Tuesday in the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of the top pediatric facilities in the nation, regions and states. First in the state and seventh in the mid-Atlantic region is the University of Virginia Children’s Hospital, which was ranked natio[...]
Richmond City Council approves casino referendum, which heads next to voters
Richmond City Council on Monday voted 8-1 for a casino referendum to appear on the city’s Nov. 2 ballot. If passed by city voters, the proposed $600 million ONE Casino + Resort would be the only casino under Black ownership in the country. Urban One Inc., which owns and operates 55 radio stations and the […]
Whitt Clement to become U.Va. rector on July 1
Former Virginia Secretary of Transportation Whitt Clement will start his two-year term as rector for the University of Virginia on July 1. Clement is a longtime former state delegate who is now a special counsel and former partner for the Richmond-based law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth. He will succeed U.Va.’s current rector,[...]
Henrico-based medical office sells for $32.5M
Brookfields Commons, a Henrico County medical office property, has sold for $32.5 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced last week. Nashville-based Montecito Medical acquired the 90,598-square-foot Class A property on June 11 from an entity managed by Stanley Shield Partnership, which was represented by Thalhimer[...]
$11.7M RRHA redevelopment contract awarded to Breeden
Breeden Construction has been awarded a $11.7 million contract to redevelop several Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority neighborhoods, with construction starting in late June. The Richmond-based general contractor will perform work on Afton Avenue Apartments, Bainbridge Apartments and Fulton Apartments, with Michaels Development and RRHA as developers. The renovation project includes 123 apartment units, Breeden […][...]
Two Henrico County buildings sell for $12.35M
Two commercial buildings in Henrico County were sold to Maryland-based Feldman Bergin Properties, Colliers International announced last week. According to county property records, Deep Run Business Centre I and II sold for $12.35 million. The 88,118-square-foot, two-building portfolio at 3955-3991 Deep Rock Road is 100% occupied[...]
CarLotz expanding HQ in Richmond, adding 192 jobs
CarLotz, the nation’s largest consignment-to-retail used vehicle business, plans to expand its headquarters in the city of Richmond, creating 192 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday. To accommodate recent growth, the company will relocate from the city’s Manchester neighborhood to Scott’s Addition. CarLot[...]
U.Va. names new medical school dean
The University of Virginia has named Dr. Melina R. Kibbe the next dean of its medical school and chief health affairs officer for UVA Health, the university announced in a news release Wednesday. Kibbe, who starts her new position Sept. 15, is the Colin G. Thomas Jr. Distinguished Professor and chair of the Department of [&helli[...]
Indie movie starring Jon Heder to film in Central Va. this summer
“Tapawingo,” an indie feature film starring Jon Heder and Billy Zane, will film in Hopewell, Petersburg and Richmond this summer, Gov. Ralph Northam announced June 4. Directed by Dylan K. Narang, it’s described as a coming-of-age comedy centered on “a listless oddball who becomes the unlikely bodyguard for a misfit t[...]
Charlottesville property sold for $1.35 million
A Charlottesville warehouse and office building sold for $1.35 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced last week. Lobban Place LLC purchased two acres of industrial-zoned land at 3325 Lobban Place, which includes a 7,080-square-foot building, from Sea Grove LLC. The purchaser plans to occupy the property, but other details were not disclosed. Reilly Marchant […]
