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ODU names new engineering dean
Old Dominion University has named Kenneth Fridley its new dean of the Batten College of Engineering and Technology, the university announced April 14. He will start at ODU July 1. Khan Iftekharuddin, the Batten Endowed Chair in Machine Learning in the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been serving as the col[...]
HII’s Mission Technologies division names new VP
Huntington Ingalls Industries has named Henry Choi as its new vice president of business development for cyber, electronic warfare and space for its McLean-based Mission Technologies division. Choi will be responsible for business growth, strategy and customer engagement, according to an announcement Monday by Newport News-based[...]
Norfolk mobile home parks sell for $9.75M, $6.4M
Two mobile home parks in Norfolk have sold, one for $9.75 million and one for $6.4 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group announced Thursday. Located at 6659 E. Virginia Beach Blvd., Smitty’s Mobile Home Park consists of 136 pad sites on about 12.3 acres. Bonaventure bought the property from Hen[...]
Capital Square acquires Williamsburg apartments for $70M
Henrico-based real estate investment firm Capital Square has acquired a 207-unit apartment complex in Williamsburg, the company announced April 12. Capital Square acquired Sterling Manor, a five-building luxury apartment complex with townhomes and garden-style apartments, from Chaucer Creek Capital for $70 million, a company spo[...]
Sentara Healthcare names new general counsel
Earl Barnes will join Sentara Healthcare as its general counsel on June 2, the Norfolk-based health system announced Tuesday. Barnes previously was executive vice president and chief legal officer for Chicago-based Amita Health. In that role, he managed the legal, compliance, audit and risk departments, leading a 60-person team [...]
Va. Tech to lead cybersecurity workforce initiative
Virginia Tech has received a $1.5 million award to lead an initiative that could help close a gap in the cybersecurity workforce. The award, announced April 5, comes from the nonprofit Griffiss Institute, a New York-based STEM and defense technology incubator that runs the Department of Defense’s Virtual Institutes for Cyb[...]
Newport News-based ITA receives $78M Air Force contract
Newport News-based ITA International LLC has received a $78 million contract from the Air Force for security support services at multiple locations across Central Command. The work, on behalf of the Ninth Air Force Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, includes base operations, administration, plans, security forces training and military exercises at bases in the United Arab […]
Va. aquarium hires new CFO
The Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center in Virginia Beach has hired a new chief financial officer, the city announced April 4. Mary Anna Twisdale started her new role on April 7. Twisdale has more than 30 years of experience managing multimillion-dollar city and county departmental budgets in the cities of Virginia Bea[...]
Norfolk cement company to invest $37M in new dome
Norfolk-based Titan America LLC, a producer of heavy building materials, announced last week it will construct a 70,000-ton dome in Chesapeake, a project estimated to cost $37 million. Titan will build the dome to hold bulk storage, adding to its current 35,000-ton capacity at its Roanoke Cement import terminal. According to the company, the expansion […]
Military contractor to add hundreds of jobs in Norfolk
Fairfax-based military contractor WR Systems will expand its Norfolk campus, Norfolk Mayor Kenneth Cooper Alexander announced at the city’s annual State of the City address on Thursday. The Norfolk campus currently houses more than 320 employees and will add several hundred jobs, Alexander said. “In making the decisi[...]
Va. Beach shopping center sells for $8.5M
A shopping center near Lynnhaven Mall in Virginia Beach has sold for $8.5 million. The Lynnhaven East and North Mall Shops, at 2701 and 2704 N. Mall Drive, have been sold by Rialto Capital Partners, but the buyer has not been disclosed, according to Colliers. The property has 106,524 square feet and more than 96,000 […]
Stihl Inc. names new president and CEO
Virginia Beach-based chainsaw and outdoor power equipment manufacturer Stihl Inc. has appointed Terrence “Terry” Horan as the company’s president and CEO effective April 1, the company announced in a news release Thursday. Stihl Inc. is the largest subsidiary of the global Stihl Group and employs more than 3,000 U.S. w[...]
