Alexandria bank buys building, brings employees together
Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Co. has acquired a $22 million office building in Alexandria to bring many of its employees together under one roof. The Alexandria-based bank announced July 11 that it had bought the 110,047-square-foot office building at 5680 King Centre Drive. The seller was not disclosed. The bank will br[...]
Capital Square acquires The Trails at Short Pump
Henrico County-based real estate investment firm Capital Square has acquired The Trails at Short Pump, a 350-unit apartment community in western Henrico, the company announced Tuesday. Located at 3900 Acadia Lane, the nearly 32-acre property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 878 square feet each. The acquisitio[...]
HeadWaters temporary casino changes course in Norfolk
HeadWaters Resort & Casino, the Pamunkey Indian Tribe’s $500 million gaming project planned for Norfolk, announced Wednesday it is abandoning its temporary casino plans at Harbor Park, instead locating the facility on the same property as the permanent casino. “Issues were recently raised about the address of the[...]
EY names eight Virginians mid-Atlantic entrepreneurs of year
Eight leaders from six Virginia businesses have been named winners of Ernst & Young LLP’s Mid-Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2022. The winners, named in early July by the Big Four multinational professional services company, include: 10Pearls | Imran Aftab, co-founder and CEO, Vienna Aireon LLC | Don Thom[...]
Richmond’s Maymont wins $8M tourism grant
Updated July 20, 2022 Maymont Foundation, which maintains and runs Richmond‘s Maymont park, was awarded an $8 million federal grant Tuesday to promote regional tourism, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration announced. With an additional $2 million in matching funds from the foundation,[...]
GDIT receives $908M contract
Falls Church-based federal contractor General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. has been awarded a $908 million contract to support IT and network systems operated by the U.S. Air Forces in Europe. The award is for the single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Europe-Wide Information Technology and Enterprise Netw[...]
Herndon-based ePlus acquires Texas company
Herndon-based technology solutions provider ePlus Inc. has acquired Future Com Ltd., a Texas-based tech company, ePlus announced Monday. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal closed on July 16. Future Com offers hardware, software, support and consulting services. “As we actively work to grow our secu[...]
Hopewell businesses get boost after pitch competiton
Jonathan Montiel and his business partners Phillip and Lexi Hughes bought a building in downtown Hopewell and then asked community members what they needed. Their answer: more restaurants. That’s how City Point Ice Cream & Burgers was born, and it‘s why the trio think they won the $15,000 first prize in the Homeg[...]
Colonial Heights shopping center sells for $5.45M
Q&L Realty LLC has purchased the Southpark Square Shopping Center in Colonial Heights from the Colonial Heights Land Associates Limited Partnership for $5.45 million, Divaris Real Estate Inc. announced Thursday. The 35,705-square-foot retail shopping center is located at 1829-1865 Southpark Blvd. in Colonial Heights. The sho[...]
Chesapeake office building sells for $11M
Investment group Gracestone Investments LLC has purchased an 81,318-square-foot office building in Chesapeake from GSI Inc. for $11 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced July 5. The property, located at 850 Greenbrier Circle, is 100% leased to Canon U.S.A. Inc. Rob Wright of Cushman and Wakefield | Thalhimer bro[...]
Cortland completes $1B investment in Arlington
Cortland, an Atlanta-based multifamily real estate investment, development and management company, has completed its initial round of apartment acquisitions in Arlington with the purchase of Evo Rosslyn, a 27-story apartment building. The purchase is part of a $1 billion investment in multiple Arlington apartment communities, fi[...]
Norfolk apartment community sells for $12.4M
Cleghorn Capital purchased a 104-unit apartment community in Norfolk from Israeli investment fund Valore for $12.8 million, Marcus & Millichap announced July 7. Valore at Southern Park, located at 7922 Old Ocean View Road, has three buildings, each with two stories, and was built in 1964 and renovated in 1999. The 104,944-sq[...]




















