ODU names ED of new bioelectronics center
Old Dominion University has named Gymama Slaughter the founding executive director of its Research Center for Bioelectronics, the university announced Monday. The new center, which opened July 1, allows ODU to increase its total sponsored research funding, advancing work on new cancer combinational therapy and non-invasive cance[...]
DroneUp inks deal with Walmart, acquires AirMap
Virginia Beach-based DroneUp LLC is making moves at the end of the year, with a new partnership with Walmart Inc. and the acquisition of Santa Monica, California-based AirMap Inc., a company specializing in air traffic management software for drones. DroneUp and Walmart will have the first multisite commercial drone delivery ope[...]
Commercial real estate sales roundup
Central Virginia A Starbucks at 2627 Emmet St. North in Charlottesville has been sold for $3.85 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Dec. 3. Riverbend Development sold the 2,317-square-foot freestanding building, which includes a Wells Fargo ATM. The transaction was completed by Catherine Spangler of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group. Landmark […][...]
Henrico engineering firm acquires second Hampton Roads firm
Henrico County-based regional engineering firm Koontz Bryant Johnson Williams Inc. (KBJW) purchased Virginia Beach-based civil engineering firm Blakeway Corp., it announced Tuesday. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The Blakeway acquisition is the firm’s second in six months, following its June purchase of Chesapeake-based Horton & Dodd PC. “Blakeway is a natural fit, […][...]
Laying tracks for The Tide
Commuters are on board with Hampton Roads Transit’s plans to extend The Tide, its 7.4-mile light rail system, according to recent public discussions about proposed new routes. This fall, HRT held one virtual discussion and three pop-up sessions at transit stations in Norfolk to gather public input about expanding the light rai[...]
Yorktown, Newport News apartments sell for $45M, $36.7M
Two apartment properties in Hampton Roads have been sold by Philadelphia-based Resource REIT Inc., Colliers announced last week. Pines of York, a 248-unit apartment complex built in 1974 and located at 3100 Hampton Highway in Yorktown, sold for $45 million. New Jersey-based Riverpass Holdings LLC purchased the property from Reso[...]
Hampton multifamily property sells for $9.25M
Barrington Woods, a 136-unit multifamily property in Hampton, has sold for $9.25 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Wednesday. Outlier Realty sold the property, at 607 Michigan Dr. in Hampton, to Los Angeles-based investor DBC Barrington. Clark Simpson and Erik Conradi of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer�[...]
Colliers promotes J. Scott Adams to executive managing director
J. Scott Adams has been promoted from regional president to executive managing director for Colliers’ Virginia and Raleigh, North Carolina, brokerages, Colliers announced Nov. 9. Adams will focus solely on the leadership of all brokerage operations in the region. He will be based in Norfolk but will travel between the Virg[...]
Va. Beach apartment complex sells for $98.5M
Coastline Apartments, a 600-unit apartment complex in Virginia Beach near Virginia Wesleyan University, has been sold for $98.5 million, Northmarq announced Wednesday. Northmarq represented the seller, Arlington-based Blackfin Real Estate Investors, in a joint venture with GMF Capital. The complex is on 36 acres at 631 Lake Edwa[...]
Divaris to be Norfolk’s World Trade Center leasing agent
The new ownership of the World Trade Center in Norfolk selected Divaris Real Estate Inc. (DRE) as its management and leasing agent, the brokerage firm announced Tuesday. “We are both delighted and honored to have been appointed to handle the management and leasing of the World Trade Center building on behalf of the new ownersh[...]
HII taps Northrop Grumman exec as new VP
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Wednesday it has hired Mike Aldinger as vice president of the live, virtual, constructive (LVC) training solutions department in its technical solutions division. Aldinger joins Newport News-based HII after 22 years at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems. HII is the United States’ large[...]
Va. Beach’s Pembroke Mall to add apartments, senior living and hotel
Pembroke Mall in Virginia Beach is getting a $200 million makeover. The aging mall’s developers, Pembroke Square Associates, announced plans Monday for a series of updates to the 54-acre mall near the city’s Town Center area. “The mall industry is changing,” said Ramsay Smith, president of Pembroke Realty[...]