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Rocket Lab USA picks Va. for rocket launch site and manufacturing facility
Rocket Lab USA Inc. has selected Wallops Island as the location for its launch site and a new manufacturing and assembly complex for its new Neutron rocket, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday. The move is expected to create as many as 250 jobs. Rocket Lab will launch Neutron from a new launch pad owned by […]
Retaining walls
With COVID-19 limiting travel and site visits for companies considering coming to Hampton Roads, economic development officials focused on shoring up existing businesses in 2021. That strategy appears to have paid off, judging by the number of companies expanding throughout the region. “2021 has been a banner year for us,” s[...]
Tilting toward windmills
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A.’s October 2021 announcement that it will build the nation’s first offshore-wind blade factory at Portsmouth Marine Terminal has put Hampton Roads on a trajectory to become a supply chain hub for the country’s nascent offshore wind energy industry. The Spanish wind turbine company is inv[...]
Marina Point Apartments in Chesapeake sell for $14.15M
The Marina Point Apartments complex in Chesapeake has sold for $14.15 million, brokerage firm Marcus & Millichap announced Feb. 23. MRKT Realty LLC acquired the property from a joint venture headed by Phil Capron, according to Marcus & Millichap. The 104-unit multifamily property located at 1301 Canal Drive includes 13 b[...]
Chesapeake office buildings sell for $18.9M
Two office buildings in the Greenbrier area of Chesapeake have been sold for $18.9 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Feb. 22. Miami-based KAS Partners acquired Greenbrier Office Towers I and II from FP Greenbrier Towers LLC, according to Chesapeake property records. The 171,762-square-foot Class A office por[...]
Williamsburg’s Midtown Row to be acquired for $122M
Broad Street Realty Inc. will acquire Midtown Row in Williamsburg for $122 million, the Bethesda, Maryland-based company announced on Feb. 22. It previously has served as the mixed-use development’s manager and leasing broker. Broad Street is acquiring the 221 Monticello Ave. property from a joint venture whose controlling[...]
HII announces corporate, human resources promotions
Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries, the nation’s largest military shipbuilder, has promoted Edmond Hughes to executive vice president and chief human resources officer, the company announced Thursday. Hughes has served as vice president of human resources and administration contracts at HII’s Ingalls Sh[...]
Virginia Beach medical building sells for $21M
A medical office building in Virginia Beach sold for $21 million, Nashville, Tennessee-based buyer Montecito Medical Real Estate announced Thursday. Located at 1717 Will O’ Wisp Drive, the two-story Beach Medical Pavilion has 52,000 square feet. Its tenants are Gastroenterology Ltd. of Virginia Beach and OrthoVirginia. The pro[...]
Va. Beach shopping center sells for $5.9M
The Indian River Shopping Center in Virginia Beach has been sold for $5.9 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Wednesday. JFS Real Estate LLC purchased the 89,189-square-foot shopping center from Indian River Shopping Center Land LLC as an investment. The shopping center, which includes a Food Lion and Burlingt[...]
Newport News apartments sell for $51M
The Cottage Grove Apartments complex in Newport News has been sold for $51 million. New York-based real estate company Beachwold Residential LLC sold the 112 building complex with 552 units to Virginia Beach-based real estate firm Featherstone Partners. The complex was originally built in 1948 and renovated in 2009. Featherstone[...]
Chesapeake shopping center sells for $6.85M
Woodford Square Shopping Center in Chesapeake has sold for $6.85 million, Harvey Lindsay Commercial Real Estate announced Friday. The 85,323-square-foot shopping center sits on 9.19 acres at 701 N. Battlefield Blvd. Its tenants include Harbor Freight Tools and Dollar General. Woodford Square Associates LP sold the property to Mo[...]
Sentara CEO Kern announces retirement plans
Howard P. Kern, Sentara Healthcare’s president and CEO, announced his planned retirement Friday. A search for his replacement is already underway, the Norfolk-based health system said in a statement, and Kern will stay on until his replacement starts later this year. Having spent 42 years with Sentara in hospital administr[...]
