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LL Flooring to sell 219 stores; 211 other stores set to close
Henrico County’s LL Flooring, which declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month, has signed an agreement to sell 219 stores and other assets to F9 Investments, the company announced Sept. 6. LL Flooring plans to close 211 other stores nationwide, up from 94 stores previously announced. With this agreement, F9 Brands owner To[...]
ACI doubles its Chesterfield HQ
Commercial and industrial contractor Atlantic Constructors Inc. (ACI) is doubling its headquarters in Chesterfield County, a roughly $25 million project. The contractor, which provides mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection products and services, plans to open a second 170,000-square-foot building on 18 acres besid[...]
Peterson Cos. names president
Daniel McCahan, most recently chief operating officer of Madison Marquette, will become president of Fairfax-based real estate developer Peterson Cos. on Sept. 9. McCahan worked at Washington, D.C.-based real estate investment firm Madison Marquette for 13 years, first joining as a senior vice president. “We are pleased to wel[...]
Pump, valve manufacturer to expand in Henrico
KSB USA/North America, a Henrico County-based pump and industrial valve supplier, will invest $25 million to more than double the square footage of its facility there, a project expected to create 32 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Thursday. As part of the expansion, KSB will add another loading dock office space and update its shipping […]
Richmond Flying Squirrels’ new stadium will be CarMax Park
With confetti flying and a DJ playing walk-up music for Richmond‘s mayor and other luminaries, the Richmond Flying Squirrels announced Wednesday that Fortune 500 company CarMax will be naming sponsor for the Squirrels’ new ballpark starting with the 2026 season. The replacement for the Richmond Diamond will be known [...]
Peraton taps new chairman, president and CEO
Stu Shea, Peraton’s chairman, president and CEO, has stepped down, and Steve Schorer has been named to succeed him at the Reston-based federal contractor owned by Veritas Capital. According to Tuesday’s announcement, Schorer will start Sept. 9. “On behalf of Peraton and Veritas, I’d like to thank Stu for his [...]
VACUL announces intent to merge with regional group
The Virginia Credit Union League has signed a letter of intent to consolidate with the League of Southeastern Credit Unions & Affiliates, the trade organization representing credit unions in Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Virginia credit unions will decide this fall whether to merge VACUL’s associations, foundations and[...]
LL Flooring sells Henrico distribution center for $104M
Read more: LL Flooring to sell 219 stores; 211 other stores set to close LL Flooring has sold its eastern Henrico County distribution center to a limited liability company for $104.75 million, according to documents the Henrico-based flooring company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. Formerly known as[...]
Health Wagon CEO’s pay gains attention
Once best known outside the region for its role in an annual Remote Area Medical pop-up clinic at the Wise County Fairgrounds, Southwest Virginia’s Health Wagon has gained new notoriety — and lost state funding — over executive pay. After Cardinal News reported in May that Health Wagon President and CEO Teresa Gardner [...]
For the Record September 2024
CENTRAL The City of Richmond is progressing on the new Diamond District baseball stadium for the Richmond Flying Squirrels. The city announced July 25 it had sold about $130 million worth of bonds to fund construction of the stadium, a pivotal step toward building the minor league ballpark that will anchor the new district. The […]
Culpeper tech zone attracts data centers
A Dallas-based developer seeking to build its fourth data center campus in Virginia had a problem. Finding sites large enough was getting difficult in Northern Virginia, where DataBank has two locations in Ashburn’s Data Center Alley and one in McLean. “Virginia is still a solid data center market,” says DataBank Chief[...]
Taubmans give $25 million for Carilion cancer center
Carilion Clinic will soon break ground on a new building for an expanded cancer program thanks to a $25 million gift from a Star City family, the largest ever made to the nonprofit health care system. The gift from former Advance Auto Parts CEO Nicholas Taubman, also a past U.S. ambassador to Romania, and his […]
