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Dewberry acquires Alabama engineering firm
Fairfax-based professional services firm Dewberry has acquired Birmingham, Alabama-based Edmonds Engineering. A mechanical, electrical and plumbing design and facilities engineering company, Edmonds has 75 employees and five offices in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. The new subsidiary will be branded as Dewberry | Edmonds and will continue operating under its existing leadership. Financial terms of the […][...]
Indie movie starring Jon Heder to film in Central Va. this summer
“Tapawingo,” an indie feature film starring Jon Heder and Billy Zane, will film in Hopewell, Petersburg and Richmond this summer, Gov. Ralph Northam announced June 4. Directed by Dylan K. Narang, it’s described as a coming-of-age comedy centered on “a listless oddball who becomes the unlikely bodyguard for a misfit t[...]
Canon Virginia CEO retires after 41 years
Toru Nishizawa, president and CEO of Newport News-based Canon Virginia Inc. and Canon Environmental Technologies Inc., retired June 1 after 41 years with the multinational corporation known for its optical and imaging products such as lenses, cameras and scanners. Canon has tapped Shingo Shigeta as his successor. Nishizawa, who [...]
Charlottesville property sold for $1.35 million
A Charlottesville warehouse and office building sold for $1.35 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced last week. Lobban Place LLC purchased two acres of industrial-zoned land at 3325 Lobban Place, which includes a 7,080-square-foot building, from Sea Grove LLC. The purchaser plans to occupy the property, but other details were not disclosed. Reilly Marchant […]
Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber hires executive director
Andy Bruns, a former regional newspaper publisher for Lee Enterprises, has been tapped as executive director of the Smith Mountain Lake Regional Chamber of Commerce, the chamber announced June 4. Bruns replaces Christopher Finley, who resigned in March to become director of marketing and public relations for LewisGale Regional H[...]
Petersburg sues to demolish old Ramada
The city of Petersburg filed a lawsuit Friday against the company owned by developer and former NFL player Chris Harrison, who promised in 2015 to replace the city’s shuttered and dilapidated Ramada Inn with a brand-new hotel, 100 apartment units and retail space. Six years later, redevelopment has not taken place. In Frid[...]
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[...]
