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Shamin Hotels purchases Va. Beach Hampton Inn
Chesterfield County-based Shamin Hotels has purchased the 120-room Hampton Inn property on Virginia Beach’s Oceanfront, Grand Bay Advisors, which represented the seller in the transaction, announced Friday. The sale amount was not disclosed, but the land and building are assessed at $20.6 million, according to city records[...]
Medical office in Chesapeake sells for $3.05M
Battlefield Medical Center in Chesapeake has sold for $3.05 million, Colliers announced Friday. The 12,253-square-foot building at 905 N. Battlefield Blvd. is across the street from Chesapeake Regional Medical Center. Michael D. Sifen Inc., represented by Colliers’ Ricky Anderson and Don Crigger, sold the building to Roil [...]
Dickenson IDA gets $1.1M loan to purchase former mill site
The Dickenson County Industrial Development Authority received a loan of up to $1.175 million from the Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority to purchase the former Mountain Forest Products mill site, a 433-acre property in Dickenson and Wise counties, for future economic development. The site, which is adjacent to th[...]
Norfolk industrial building sells for $1.6M
An industrial building that houses Hampton Roads Church’s Norfolk location has been sold to an investor for $1.62 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced last week. Stenke’s Homebase LLC, represented by Samuel W. Scott of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, purchased the 13,500-square-foot building at[...]
SAIC to acquire Arlington-based tech contractor
Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Arlington-based Halfaker and Associates LLC, a technology solutions provider to the federal government’s health, intelligence, defense and security sectors. Financial terms of th[...]
BDO USA names Hampton Roads market leader
Accounting firm BDO USA LLP announced Thursday that Edward Amorosso has been named market leader for the company’s Hampton Roads market, a promotion from his previous position as the Norfolk office’s managing partner and national co-industry leader in government contracting. Before joining BDO, Amorosso served as CEO[...]
W.Va.-based United Bankshares to acquire Essex Bank for $303M
Henrico County-based Community Bankers Trust Corp., the parent company of Essex Bank, has entered into a $303.3 million deal to be acquired by Charleston, West Virginia-based United Bankshares Inc., United Bank’s parent. After the companies announced the agreement Thursday, Community Bankers Trust’s stock rose 29.78% as of mid-afternoon to $11.94 per share and United Bankshares’ […][...]
Booz Allen Hamilton wins $674M DOD contract
McLean-based Fortune 500 global management consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. was awarded a five-year, $674 million contract from the General Services Administration to maintain and support the growth of the Department of Defense’s Advana data analytics platform. “In response to increasingly advanced threats from global adversaries, the Department of Defense has placed a clear […][...]
Global manufacturer to move U.S. HQ to Danville/Pittsylvania area
Walraven Inc. will invest $7.15 million to relocate its U.S. headquarters and manufacturing operation from Cadillac, Michigan, to the Danville-Pittsylvania County area, creating 46 jobs, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. A manufacturer of installation systems such as pipe hangers and in-wall solutions for plumbing and mechanical applications, Walraven will move into the Cane Creek […][...]
Sentara, Cone Health call off merger
Sentara Healthcare and Greensboro, North Carolina-based Cone Health have abandoned plans for a merger first announced in August 2020, according to a joint statement released Wednesday from the two health care systems. The Sentara Healthcare Board of Directors and the Cone Health Board of Trustees came to the mutual agreement to [...]
39 Virginia companies make 2021 Fortune 1000 list
Thirty-nine Virginia-based companies made Fortune magazine’s 67th annual Fortune 1000 list, which was released Wednesday. The list ranks the 1,000 largest United States corporations by total revenue. Twenty-two companies made the elite Fortune 500 list, including Fortune 500 newcomer CACI International Inc., which was ranked at No. 473 this year. It was ranked No. 549 […]
Accenture Federal Services to acquire Novetta
Arlington-based Accenture Federal Services (AFS) has entered into an agreement to acquire Novetta, a McLean-based federal contractor specializing in advanced analytics, machine learning, cyber services and cloud engineering. Terms of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory review, were not disclosed in the announcement released Tuesday by AFS. With 1,300 employees, Novetta is a subsidiary of […][...]
