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Virginia Beach office building sells for $10.45M
A building in the Reflections Office Park in Virginia Beach sold for $10.45 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Monday. Built in 1999, the building, Reflections IV, is 79,946 square feet and sits on 4.51 acres. It is located at 2901 S. Lynnhaven Road, and its tenants include Timmons Group, RK&K, Midgett Pr[...]
Virginia Beach neighborhood center sells for $6.43M
A neighborhood shopping center in Virginia Beach sold for $6.43 million, Colliers’ Retail Investment Group announced last week. Located at 3208 Holland Road, the center, Buckner Plaza, is 63,500 square feet and sits on 5.48 acres. It is 95.4% leased and anchored by Food Lion and Dollar General. Food Lion has been a tenant [...]
Virginia Beach restaurant building sells for $1.6M
A restaurant building in Virginia Beach sold for $1.6 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Monday. Located at 1784 General Booth Blvd., the building is 5,105 square feet. Mahant Enterprise LLC bought the building from El Tapatio III for a Fuddruckers restaurant. Rob Wright with Thalhimer handled the sale on beh[...]
Tigercomm to acquire Florida clean energy PR firm
Vienna-based Tigercomm, a clean energy-focused public relations firm, is acquiring Tampa, Florida-based Chase Media Services LLC, in a deal that is expected to be completed by Nov. 1. Mike Casey, the Tigercomm founder and president, said the acquisition will help Tigercomm meet growing demand from clean economy sectors. “This acquisition is a strong fit with […]
Roanoke plant still empty after FreightCar America exit
More than two years after FreightCar America left town, eliminating about 200 assembly jobs, the buildings once occupied by the railcar manufacturer in downtown Roanoke remain empty. Chicago-based FreightCar America opened its Roanoke plant in 2005, leasing space at the East End Shops, a locomotive workshop and maintenance compl[...]
Valley Health tells workers to get vaccinated
Nicole Clark wants the nurses she supervises to do everything they can to keep themselves, their patients and co-workers safe from COVID-19. That means wearing personal protective equipment, social distancing, frequent hand washing — and getting vaccinated against the disease. Valley Health, a nonprofit health system that incl[...]
Pittsylvania, Danville governments see labor gap, too
Businesses aren’t the only organizations finding it difficult to hire employees. Amid dropping state unemployment rates and a nationwide labor shortage, Danville and Pittsylvania County have been seeking new ways to interest people in working for local government. Pittsylvania’s Board of Supervisors approved $1,000 e[...]
Theater project aims to put Wytheville in limelight
Soon after Todd Wolford became executive director of community revitalization nonprofit Downtown Wytheville Inc. in 2015, he began seeking pictures of the Soda Shop, the Main Street hotspot his grandfather owned in the late ’50s and ’60s. After locating a couple photos of his grandfather’s packed establishment,[...]
Boosters seek federal protection for Chesapeake Bay recreation
For decades, conservationists have lobbied for the Chesapeake Bay to become a national park. During the past year, a new twist on that old idea has gained momentum: establishing the Chesapeake Bay as a national recreation area, stretching from Hampton’s Fort Monroe north to Annapolis, Maryland. National recreation areas ex[...]
GreenCity arena hopes to draw sports, music acts
When developers unsuccessfully pitched Navy Hill, a $1.5 billion mixed-use project and arena that sought to reinvent Richmond’s downtown, they posed a question: If a major draw like Beyoncé came to town, where would she perform? Now those same developers are aiming to host artists like Justin Timberlake, Green Day and Joh[...]
Tech Innovation Campus sets groundbreaking for Sept. 14
Virginia Tech is set to break ground Sept. 14 on the first building for its $1 billion Innovation Campus in Alexandria. National Geographic Society Chairman Jean Case, wife of American Online co-founder Steve Case, will be the keynote speaker at the groundbreaking ceremony. A graduate school for computer science and computer eng[...]
Inova Loudoun Hospital names permanent chief
Inova Health System announced that Susan Carroll will be its permanent president of Inova Loudoun Hospital, effective Monday. Carroll has been serving in the interim role since July, while also serving as the president of Inova Fair Oaks Hospital. Carroll will work to establish areas of clinical growth and participate in the rec[...]
