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CareerGig buys Charlottesville SaaS company
Arlington-based CareerGig announced Wednesday it has acquired Charlottesville-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform Moonlighting. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. CareerGig is also an SaaS platform that matches freelance and contract workers with employers and offers an insurance marketplace for health, life and disability insurance. Users also have access to education and training opportunities, financial [...]
The Hilb Group acquires N.C.-based insurance agency
Henrico County-based insurance company The Hilb Group LLC announced Tuesday it has acquired Maiden, North Carolina-based insurance agency Dwayne Wilson Insurance & Financial Services Inc., effective Dec. 31. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 1985, DWI is a full-service life and health agency. It provides insurance products to employer groups and […]
Va., Md., Del. electric cooperatives association names president, CEO
The board of directors of the Glen Allen-based Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives (VMDAEC) announced Monday that Brian S. Mosier has been named president and CEO, effective April 1. He succeeds Richard G. Johnstone Jr., who is retiring after a 36-year career with the association. Mosier has be[...]
Colliers International Virginia names new partner
Colliers International announced Tuesday that Jessica Butterworth has been appointed as a partner at Colliers International Virginia. Since 2018 Butterworth has served as the director of engineering services, a role in which she oversees building engineering services for the Colliers offices in Richmond, Charlottesville, Norfolk[...]
Three Henrico County office buildings sell for $19.2M total
Three office buildings in Henrico County collectively sold for $19.2 million, Colliers International announced Tuesday. The office buildings, known as the Midtown Office Portfolio, total 155,368 square feet. The buildings include One Holland Place (at 2235 Staples Mill Road) and Vistas I & II (at 5540 and 5516 Falmouth Str[...]
BWXT names president, government operations
Lynchburg-based nuclear fuel supplier BWX Technologies Inc. (BWXT) announced Monday that it has hired Robert F. “Rob” Smith as president of government operations, a newly created position. Smith most recently served as vice president and general manager for Lockheed Martin’s radar and sensors systems market segment. In his[...]
General Assembly will see limited in-person gatherings, higher security for 2021 Lobby Day
A federal judge said Friday that a dispute over the scheduled closing of the Pocahontas Building, the temporary offices for delegates and state senators during the General Assembly session, has been settled. In December, Virginia state Sen. Bill DeSteph, R-Virginia Beach, sued Senate Rules Committee Chair Sen. Mamie E. Locke, D-[...]
Liberty University sues state over tuition assistance cut for online students
Liberty University, the large, private nonprofit Christian school in Lynchburg, has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Ralph Northam and the director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), alleging that amendments to the 2020 state budget “wrongly exclude Virginia students who access higher education through [...]
350-unit apartment complex coming to Richmond’s Scott’s Addition
A 350-unit mixed-use apartment building is coming to Richmond’s Scott’s Addition neighborhood by late 2022 or early 2023, Glen Allen-based real estate investment company Capital Square and Charleston, South Carolina-based real estate developer Greystar announced Thursday. Capital Square and Greystar purchased 2.28 acres of l[...]
Stockholders approve CarLotz merger
CarLotz Inc., the Chesterfield County-based consignment dealer of used cars, announced Friday that stockholders had given it the requisite approval to complete a proposed merger with Miami-based special purpose acquisition company Acamar Partners Acquisition Corp. that is expected to close on Jan. 22. The merger is still subject to satisfaction of other conditions, including approval […]
UVA Health names new chief strategy officer
UVA Health has named Jason Lineen as its new chief strategy officer, following a national search. Lineen, an executive with more than two decades of health care strategy experience, will join UVA Health on Jan. 18. In that role, he will provide executive counsel and leadership for UVA Health’s strategic planning efforts, service line expansion […]
Sen. Amanda Chase ‘will absolutely not resign’
UPDATED 4:40 P.M., JAN. 8 Virginia Senate Democrats called Friday for the resignation of Republican state Sen. Amanda Chase, who spoke at the pro-Trump demonstration in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday that turned violent and led to a breach of the U.S. Capitol, but Chase says she “absolutely” will not leave her office. Facebo[...]
