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Oct 1, 2021

Multifamily residences sell in Suffolk, Norfolk

An apartment complex in Norfolk and a townhouse community in Suffolk both sold this week, Colliers Virginia announced Friday. Beamons Mill Townhomes, at 224 Beamons Mill Trail in Suffolk, was sold by Outlier Realty Capital to The Apartment Gallery for $9.15 million. The 55-unit townhome community was built in the early 2000s. Ea[...]

Oct 1, 2021

Newport News data analysis co. wins $100M GSA contract

Newport News-based professional services and data analysis company ITA International LLC won a $100 million contract from the U.S. General Services Administration to help defense agencies use data driven tools, it announced Thursday. Under the five-year Small Business Innovation Research phase III indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, ITA will provide customized data visualization and analysis […][...]

Oct 1, 2021

Pat Robertson steps down as 700 Club host, effective immediately

Pat Robertson, founder of the Virginia Beach-based Christian Broadcasting Network, announced Friday that it was his last day as daily host of “The 700 Club,” on the show’s 60th anniversary broadcast. His son, Gordon P. Robertson, will take over as full-time host, the 91-year-old TV evangelist said. Robertson, o[...]

Sep 30, 2021

Diversity Leadership Series: Jack Ezzell and Angela Reddix

    Brought to you by Virginia Business and Bank of America, join us every other month for the Diversity Leadership Series — virtual fireside chats with a diverse group of Virginia business leaders sharing their insights and thoughts on leadership, their career paths, and diversity and equity. In our second event, held Sept. 30 […]

Naval Air Station Oceana plans to lease about 400 acres to private businesses through a deal with Virginia Beach. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy / Petty Officer 3rd Class Griffin Kersting
Sep 29, 2021

Va. Beach, Oceana ink economic development deal

 An agreement between the Navy and Virginia Beach could give the city much-needed breathing room for economic development expansion while lowering the cost of operating the East Coast’s master jet base. Under a concept called Future Base Design, Naval Air Station Oceana would lease about 400 acres of land to private business[...]

“Probably the biggest thing on my plate is the redevelopment of the Military Circle corridor,” says Jared Chalk, Norfolk’s economic development director. Three high-profile development partnerships are vying to turn the 74-acre mall site into an arena-anchored mixed-use development. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Sep 29, 2021

A developing picture

As Norfolk prepares for some sizable development projects, city officials don’t plan to forget the strong business base that positioned the area for such investments. “We’re really focused on business expansion and our primary employers,” says Jared Chalk, Norfolk’s director of economic development. “That’s been ou[...]

Sep 28, 2021

ODU board names new rector, other officers

The Old Dominion University Board of Visitors has elected a new slate of officers, including former newspaper executive Bruce Bradley as rector, the university announced Monday. Bradley was the president of Landmark Publishing Group and executive vice president of Landmark Media Enterprises LLC before he retired, and he was prev[...]

Sep 24, 2021

2 Va. companies land spots on $151M Navy IT contract

Two Virginia companies have landed spots on a $151 million contract to provide full IT lifecycle support to the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command’s core facilities, management, construction management and installation management systems. Norfolk-based Chitra Productions LLC and Fairfax-based AttainX Inc. will both do work alongside three other companies in Atlanta, Kansas and Ohio, the […][...]

Sep 24, 2021

8 Va. companies land spots on $42B Air Force contract

Eight Virginia companies have landed spots on a $46 billion contract with the U.S. Air Force Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition contract. The Air Force awarded spots to 55 firms, according to a Department of Defense announcement this week. The contract provides for work in digital engineering and model-based systems engineering, agile processes, open systems architecture, […]

Sep 24, 2021

CNU President Paul Trible to retire in August

Christopher Newport University President Paul S. Trible Jr. announced Friday he plans to retire as president next August. He will then serve as chancellor for the next academic year, and Adelia Thompson, university’s chief of staff and acting CEO, will be CNU’s interim president. Trible, a former U.S. senator and mem[...]

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Sep 23, 2021

Thomas Nelson Community College renamed Va. Peninsula

Thomas Nelson Community College, based in Hampton and James City County, will soon be called Virginia Peninsula Community College, the Virginia Community College System’s state board voted Thursday. In February, the college’s local advisory board voted unanimously to change the school’s name, bestowed to honor [...]

Sep 21, 2021

The Lawson Cos. hires first talent and development manager

Virginia Beach-based property management firm The Lawson Cos. hired Brandi Hall as its first talent and development manager, it announced Tuesday. Hall is responsible for hiring and training Lawson employees as well as retaining them. She has 16 years of experience in human resource roles and was most recently the human resource[...]

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