Goodbye, office park; hello, downtown
In the past year or so Fairfax County has approved several massive development projects that will create the long-planned conversion of Tysons from an office park into Fairfax County’s urban, walkable downtown.
Firm borrows business model from TV shows
April Straus and partner Bobby Hicks took cues from two of the network’s popular shows, “Property Brothers” and “Buying and Selling,” to create a business model for their new Richmond-based company, Bobby + April.
Franchises expand the boundaries of Dogtopia
Dogtopia in Tysons Corner grossed more than $1 million in 2004 after only two years of operation.
Museum founder is trying to start medical school
Noel Boaz, president and founder of the Integrative Centers for Science and Medicine, is trying to start Southern Virginia’s first medical school.
Vegetable producer creating jobs in New River Valley
JemD Farms’ greenhouse vegetables are grown in Mexico and Canada. Soon they’ll be produced in Pulaski County.
Startup’s product aims to not let bedbugs bite
Redcoat Solutions develops products to detect and treat infestations by insects, including bedbugs.
Launch is a milestone for Wallops, Orbital
Dulles-based Orbital Sciences successfully launched its 133-foot Antares rocket into orbit in mid-April from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.
CSC to sell business unit to Arlington-based PAE for $175 million
Applied Technology Division had been acquired in the 2003 purchase of DynCorp.
Chick-fil-A opens its newest restaurant in Ashland on Thursday
About 180 people line up for a chance to win a year’s worth of free meals.
Sundog Productions relocates to new 40,000-square-foot plant
Textile facility will show off new center this Saturday.
BAM Architects and Baskervill to merge
Richmond-based companies will combine by July 1.
Episcopal Diocese retains Harvey Lindsay in sale of Norfolk waterfront property
Talbot Hall offers 6.4 acres and several buildings on Lafayette River