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Chesapeake Planning Director Jimmy McNamara Photo by Mark Rhodes
Jul 30, 2023

Chesapeake studying Greenbrier’s future

What’s the path ahead for Chesapeake’s Greenbrier community, a 12-square-mile area known as the city’s economic powerhouse? Consultants have been meeting with city departments, the business community and the public since January to craft a plan guiding Greenbrier’s future development. They also posted a survey on Chesape[...]

Jul 28, 2023

Global coworking franchise coming to Chesapeake

Venture X, a global coworking office space franchise, is entering the Hampton Roads market, with its first location coming to Summit Pointe in Chesapeake, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Tuesday. HMP Properties LLC, a Venture X franchisee, has leased 18,543 square feet of space in the 555 Belaire office tower, whic[...]

Chris Keffer
Jul 14, 2023

Stihl names new president, CEO

Virginia Beach-based chainsaw and outdoor power equipment manufacturer Stihl Inc. has announced a leadership shift a little more than a year after Terry Horan took on the role of president and CEO. Chris Keffer, senior vice president of sales and marketing, will become the company’s new president and CEO on August 4, repla[...]

Jul 14, 2023

Tight housing markets continue in NoVa, Hampton Roads

Home sales in Northern Virginia in June were up 3.6% from the previous month, but still down 16% compared with the same period a year ago, according to a report from the Northern Virginia Association of Realtors released Wednesday. “Many factors” are pointing to the region’s market normalizing when comparing it to five-year trends, the report […]

Jul 13, 2023

Gordon Robertson tapped as Regent University chancellor

Gordon Robertson, son of the late televangelist Pat Robertson, succeeded his father this week as chancellor of Virginia Beach-based Regent University, a nationally prominent Christian conservative private university founded by the elder Robertson. Robertson will continue to serve as president and CEO of CBN and president of Oper[...]

Jun 29, 2023

Norfolk purchases struggling MacArthur Center

In early June, Norfolk City Council members approved plans for the city to purchase the struggling MacArthur Center downtown mall for up to $18 million. The 23-acre mall is owned by Wells Fargo & Co., which holds the mall following a loan default by MacArthur Center’s previous owner, Connecticut-based Starwood Property Tru[...]

Jun 29, 2023

Not by coincidence

Norfolk Mayor Kenneth Cooper Alexander has a vision for his city that includes increasing revenue without creating additional taxes for residents. His focuses in achieving that goal include tourism, hospitality and entertainment — familiar parts of neighboring Virginia Beach’s economy. However, unlike Virginia Beach, he poi[...]

Jun 29, 2023

Fairwinds Landing project breaks ground in Norfolk

Developers broke ground Thursday morning on the Fairwinds Landing maritime operations and logistics center supporting Hampton Roads’ offshore wind, defense and transportation industries.  The development project at Norfolk Southern Corp.’s Lambert’s Points Docks in Norfolk is being spearheaded by Fairwinds Landing LLC, a [...]

Jun 27, 2023

TCC expands Skilled Trades Academy

Tidewater Community College has kicked off the expansion of its Skilled Trades Academy, adding more space and more courses to its Portsmouth facility.  The academy opened in 2019 with 20,000 square feet of space, and currently has three classrooms at 3303 Airline Blvd., which is enough room to hold three to six courses at a [&h[...]

Jun 27, 2023

Bon Secours taps Mary Immaculate Hospital president

Alan George, a former health care executive from Georgia, started as president of Bon Secours Mary Immaculate Hospital in Newport News this week, the health care system announced Tuesday. George comes from ScionHealth, where he served as the chief operating officer for St. Francis – Emory Healthcare in Columbus, Georgia. H[...]

Jun 26, 2023

Pembroke Square scales back some parts of project

Pembroke Square, the $200 million redevelopment of Pembroke Mall in Virginia Beach, is moving forward but at a smaller scale, according to the president of Pembroke Realty Group. Pembroke Square Associates LLC first announced plans for the redevelopment of the aging mall’s 54 acres in November 2021, with groundbreaking for[...]

Jun 26, 2023

Breeden finishes projects in Albemarle, Chester, Petersburg

The Breeden Co. has completed construction on an 10-building apartment community in Albemarle County and has broken ground on a Virginia Beach apartment complex, and its subsidiary, Breeden Construction, has finished apartment communities in Chester and Petersburg. Completed in June, Berkmar Landing apartments in Albemarle has 2[...]

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