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Jul 14, 2021

Sentara Healthcare hires medical director of health equity

Sentara Healthcare has hired Dr. Keith H. Newby as an independent contractor to serve as the system’s medical director of health equity. He will work on expanding plans and initiatives that improve access to health care in underserved neighborhoods, as well as on plans that promote higher COVID-19 vaccination rates among popul[...]

Jul 11, 2021

Va. Beach KFC building sold for $2.4M

A KFC restaurant in Virginia Beach will become a Cook Out following its $2.44 million purchase by Cook Out – Virginia Beach Inc., Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced last week. The 2,745-square-foot building at 1010 Independence Blvd. was sold by Cabrillo Mobile Lodge LLC, represented by Dean G. Martin of Thalhim[...]

Jul 11, 2021

Hampton corporate campus sells for $1.95 million

Watson’s Petroleum Equipment Service Real Estate LLC, an entity connected with the petroleum service based in Hampton, purchased a 26,214-square-foot office, manufacturing and warehouse campus on 4.45 acres for $1.95 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced this week. The property at 3130-3301 NASA Drive in H[...]

Jul 11, 2021

Virginia Pediatric Eye Center office sells for $1.3M

Virginia Pediatric Eye Center’s Chesapeake office has been sold for $1.3 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced this week. The 6,586-square-foot building at 1564 Crossways Blvd. was sold by HPR LLC to VPEC Ches Medical LLC, an entity connected to the medical practice. Rob Wright of Cushman & Wakefield |[...]

Newport News Shipbuilding’s shipyard is the state’s biggest industrial employer, with more than 20,000 workers. Photo by Ashley Cowan/Huntington Ingalls Industries
Jul 6, 2021

Huntington Ingalls Industries to acquire Alion in $1.65B deal

Newport News-based Fortune 500 military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries will acquire McLean-based defense contractor Alion Science and Technology Corp. from Veritas Capital in a $1.65 billion, all-cash deal, HII announced in a news release Tuesday. The deal is expected to close by the end of this year, with Alion becom[...]

Jul 1, 2021

Federal approval process starts for Va. Beach wind farm

Friday will mark an important milestone for Dominion Energy Inc.’s wind energy plans, as the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management begins its two-year permitting and environmental review of the 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project. That’s the next step before construction begins in 2024, Dominion s[...]

“COVID showed us how fragile our supply chain is,” says Jennifer McPherren, Sentara Healthcare’s vice president of supply chain. Photo by Dale Gauding
Jun 30, 2021

Sentara recruits local, diverse suppliers

With the COVID-19 pandemic exposing weaknesses in the global supply chain, Sentara Healthcare is ramping up efforts to diversify its vendors, committing executive leadership and resources to growing partnerships with local and regional suppliers, as well as companies owned by women, veterans and people of color. “We are being [...]

Jun 29, 2021

Timber exporter building $1.1M facility in Suffolk

Kristi Corp. a global supplier of industrial raw materials for aluminum and steel metallurgical industries, will build a $1.1 million log load and fumigation facility in Suffolk, creating 10 jobs, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. The company will source 100% of its exports from Virginia logging companies. Virginia competed with North Carolina and Pennsylvania […]

Jun 27, 2021

Hampton apartments purchased for $2.89M

A 42-unit residential property in Hampton was sold for $2,890,000, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced last week. Pembroke Pines, at 1625 W. Pembroke Ave., was sold to Pembroke HR 757 LLC from 1625 Pembroke Property LLC as an investment. Clark Simpson of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group han[...]

Jun 27, 2021

Va. Beach retail building sold for $2.2M

A Virginia Beach retail building has been sold for $2.2 million, and the buyer plans to develop a Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers restaurant in the 6,000-square-foot building, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced last week. Mosley Real Estate Advisors Inc. purchased the 796 Lynnhaven Parkway building from United Restaurant Group LP and also plans […]

Lt. Col. James Hecker flies over Fort Monroe before delivering the first operational F/A-22 Raptor to its permanent home at Langley Air Force Base, Va., on May 12. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker)
Jun 25, 2021

F-22 fighter jet training unit will relocate to Joint Base Langley-Eustis

The U.S. Air Force is relocating the branch’s only advanced training unit for F-22 Raptor fighter jets from Florida to Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, bringing some 2,300 people to the region, the Air Force confirmed to the Air Force Times newspaper on Wednesday, June 23. “We are thrilled to welcome the F-22 Raptor[...]

Jun 22, 2021

Va. hotel revenues increased by 178% in May

Virginia hotel revenues for May 2021 increased by 178% compared with May 2020, according to data released Tuesday by STR Inc., a CoStar Group division that provides market data on the U.S. hospitality industry. During the same period, rooms sold went up by 96%. The average daily rate (ADR) paid for hotel rooms rose 42% […]

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