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The Central Virginia Training Center closed this year after more than a century. The site is now available for development.
Nov 29, 2020

Amherst aims to redevelop training center campus

Amherst County regional stakeholders are drafting a plan to improve the campus of the former Central Virginia Training Center to attract potential developers. The state-owned facility, which housed Virginians with disabilities for more than a century, shut down this year in accordance with a 2012 agreement between the state and [...]

Will Pearson, owner of Sportlanes in Martinsville, says he’s still seen activity at his bowling alley from NASCAR fans in town for races.
Nov 29, 2020

Pandemic puts Martinsville Speedway on slower track

Over Halloween weekend, Martinsville Speedway welcomed fans back to NASCAR Cup Series races for the first time since the pandemic began. However, occupancy was limited to 1,000 people for a race series that normally attracts more than 40,000 fans. And for some area businesses that depend on race fan dollars, the limited-attendan[...]

Fairfax Peak, an indoor skiing center, is proposed to be built on a former landfill in Lorton.
Nov 29, 2020

Fairfax indoor ski resort plan may spur economic flurry

Vail. Breckenridge. Aspen. Fairfax? You read that right. Skiers — someday — could swoosh over fresh powder at an indoor ski resort if everything falls into place for a proposed public-private partnership project on portions of the I-95 Landfill Complex in Lorton. Fairfax Peak, as the project is known, would feature a 450,000[...]

Kristie Meyers. Photo courtesy Catholic Diocese of Arlington
Nov 23, 2020

Catholic Diocese of Arlington announces new virtual school principal

The Catholic Diocese of Arlington‘s Office of Catholic Schools announced Monday that Kristie Meyers has been hired as the principal of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, a new virtual K-8 school that opened this fall. She will start her position on Jan. 4.  With more than 20 years of educational experience, M[...]

Nov 20, 2020

Two Va. companies land spots on $496M Washington Headquarters Service contract

Arlington-based Washington Headquarters Service awarded two Virginia companies spots on a potential five-year, $496 million contract to support the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Thursday. Chantilly-based engineering and tech contractor American Systems Corp. and Alexandria-based Modern Technology Solutions Inc. (along with Albuquerque, New […][...]

Chesapeake Family Dollar. Photo courtesy Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer
Nov 16, 2020

Chesapeake Family Dollar property sells for $1.78M

A Family Dollar store property in Chesapeake sold for $1.78 million, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group announced Monday. Located at 3736 Ahoy Drive, the 8,320-square-foot retail property was net leased to Family Dollar. TRC Chesapeake sold the property, which it bought in July 2019, according to C[...]

Nov 16, 2020

Commercial real estate lease roundup

Northern Virginia L3Harris Technologies Inc. renewed its lease of 6,357 square feet of office space at 17021 Combs Drive in King George County. Chris Russotti and Jamie A. Scully of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the landlord. Floors by Design leased 9,900 square feet of industrial space at […]

Nov 11, 2020

Raytheon Intelligence & Space to acquire Colo.-based satellite provider

Arlington-based aerospace and defense contractor Raytheon Intelligence & Space announced Tuesday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Lafayette, Colorado-based Blue Canyon Technologies, a provider of small satellites and spacecraft systems components. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 2008, Blue Canyon Technologies currently has more than 90 satellites in production […][...]

Rendering of new Iowa facility. Courtesy BAE Systems
Nov 6, 2020

BAE Systems announces $100M investment in Iowa facility

Arlington-based defense contractor BAE Systems Inc. announced Thursday it is investing more than $100 million to construct a facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for its newly acquired navigation and sensor systems business, which makes mission-critical military GPS products. “Our world-class military GPS business is built on the r[...]

Nov 6, 2020

Cincinnati consulting firm buys McLean tech contractor

Cincinnati-based engineering, consulting and technical services company Belcan LLC announced late last week it has acquired McLean-based tech contractor Telesis Corp. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.  This marks Belcan’s 15th acquisition under its ownership by AE Industrial Partners LP, a private equity firm that specializes in aerospace, defense and government services, power […][...]

Nov 4, 2020

Neustar to acquire DNS service

Sterling-based identity management company Neustar has agreed to acquire Verisign Public DNS, a free domain name system, from Reston-based Verisign. The DNS is essentially a phone book of the internet, translating domain names into internet protocol addresses, allowing browsers to access internet resources. The acquired service provides security and threat blocking on the internet. The […]

Nov 2, 2020

Dominion closes on sale of majority of natural gas assets

Richmond-based Dominion Energy Inc. announced Monday that it has closed on the sale of the majority of its gas transmission and storage assets to Berkshire Hathaway Energy (a Berkshire Hathaway Inc. affiliate) for approximately $2.7 billion in cash and the transfer of approximately $5.3 billion of related indebtedness. In July following the cancelation of the […]

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