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The Acacia Group acquires Atlanta consulting firm
Tysons-based private equity firm The Acacia Group announced Wednesday that it had acquired Atlanta-based technology, staffing and consulting firm The Baer Group. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The Baer Group will form a new platform business within the Acacia platform. “We see immediate opportunities [...]
Norfolk planners OK temporary casino
The Norfolk Planning Commission Thursday approved a request for a conditional use permit from the Pamunkey Tribe to open a temporary casino at Harbor Park before opening the nearby $500 million HeadWaters Resort & Casino. The request now goes to Norfolk’s city council in June. Harbor Park is home to Norfolk’s min[...]
Tech manufacturer to add 32 jobs in Newport News
Newport News-based automated machinery designer Mühlbauer Inc. will invest $9 million to expand its Newport News operation, a project expected to create 32 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday. Mühlbauer Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of German company Mühlbauer Group. The company will make upgrades to its Oakland Indust[...]
Bio-plastic startup wins Lighthouse Labs pitch contest
While pitching to the sharks, entrepreneur Alec Brewer told them, “I do have white powder in my pocket,” before quickly clarifying that it wasn’t an illicit substance: “It’s PHB! It’s PHB!” Brewer passed the vial over for the sharks’ inspection during his Lighthouse Labs Demo Day pitch Thursday fo[...]
Campbell County apartments sell for $4.3M
Moss Creek Apartments in the Campbell County community of Forest has been sold for $4.3 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced earlier in May. The property includes 15 quad buildings built in 1984 and 60 two-bedroom apartments. Heights Properties LLC acquired the property from Moss Creek Apartments LLC on May 3 a[...]
Century-old Birdsong Peanuts to modernize Suffolk plant
Suffolk-based Birdsong Peanuts is investing $25.1 million to modernize it Suffolk shelling facility, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday. The company plans to refurbish and automate production lines at the Suffolk plant. It is also committing to additional growing opportunities for Virginia peanut producers, a news release said. Additional details about those opportunities and whether the […][...]
West Creek Medical Park land sells for $3.7M
Emerson Ventures LLC has purchased 7.68 acres of land within the West Creek Medical Park in Goochland County and plans to develop a medical office building. Lingerfelt Commonwealth Partners sold the land, located at 1612 Wilkes Ridge Parkway, for $3.7 million, according to Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, which announced the[...]
Carilion receives $1M gift for cancer program
Roanoke real estate developer Maury Strauss has donated $1 million in honor of his late wife to support the expansion of Carilion Clinic’s cancer program, Carilion announced Tuesday. Sheila Strauss died of bladder cancer in 2016; the couple were married 65 years. Maury Strauss is the founder of Strauss Development Corp. �[...]
Fairfax medical building sells for $21M
Prosperity Plaza, a medical office building less than a mile from Inova Fairfax Hospital, has been sold for $21 million, Avison Young announced last week. Bethesda, Maryland-based Global Medical REIT purchased the 96,070-square-foot building at 3020 Hamaker Court in Fairfax from the original developer, The Tomares Cos. Built in [...]
Port, Army Corps formalize dredging cost-share agreement
The Port of Virginia and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed an agreement Friday that formalized their collaboration on the Norfolk Harbor dredging project to deliver the East Coast’s widest and deepest channels by 2024. The Army Corps also will use federal funding to award its first construction contract for the proje[...]
Capital Square promotes two executives
Capital Square has promoted Michael Ollinger to senior vice president of construction and development, and Victoria Coates to vice president of acquisition and development, the Henrico County-based real estate investment firm announced Thursday. Both started at Capital Square in 2020, Ollinger as vice president of construction a[...]
Castle, Pembroke partner on Va. Beach apartments
In a joint venture, Charlottesville-based Castle Development Partners and Virginia Beach‘s Pembroke Square Associates will build a 12-story apartment complex as part of Pembroke Mall’s $200 million redevelopment in Virginia Beach. The complex will be on top of the existing Stein Mart building, with about 35,000 squar[...]
