Gray promoted from Navy Region Mid-Atlantic commander
After less than a year as the Norfolk-based commander of the Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Christopher “Scotty” Gray is being promoted to lead the Navy Installations Command in Washington, D.C., pending U.S. Senate confirmation. Gray, who will be promoted to vice admiral after approval by the Senate, [...]
SAIC announces CEO transition
Nazzic S. Keene, CEO of Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), will retire in October, the Reston-based Fortune 500 contractor announced Thursday. She will be succeeded by former Microsoft Corp. executive Toni Townes-Whitley, also formerly president of CGI Federal. Townes-Whitley will become CEO-elect on June 12, takin[...]
Richmond loft apartment community sells for $14.8M
A 70-unit apartment community in Richmond’s Manchester neighborhood sold for $14.8 million May 12. Putnam Mill LLC, an entity connected to First Priority Management of Washington, D.C., purchased The Mill at Manchester Lofts, a former paper mill and warehouse that now consists of studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom loft [...]
Bowman acquires Ga., Fla. engineering firms
Updated May 18 Reston-based engineering services firm Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. completed two acquisitions early this week, its 19th and 20th purchases since going public in May 2021. The company announced Monday it had acquired Georgia-based Fisher Engineering Inc. and followed it with a Wednesday announcement it had acquired Florida-based civil engineering firm Hole Montes […]
Carilion Clinic promotes COO Arner to president
Carilion Clinic has promoted its executive vice president and chief operating officer, Steve Arner, to president of the Roanoke-based nonprofit health system. He will remain COO while taking on new duties as president, Carilion said in its announcement Tuesday. Nancy Howell Agee, who has served as CEO and president since 2011, w[...]
Va. casinos report $35.4M in April revenue
Gaming revenues from Virginia’s two casinos open in April totaled $35.4 million last month, according to data released Monday from the Virginia Lottery. Rivers Casino Portsmouth, which received its casino license in November 2022 and opened Jan. 23, reported $21.3 million in adjusted gross revenue (wagers minus winnings) in Ap[...]
Shenandoah Valley SBDC names new director
Shenandoah Valley’s Small Business Development Center, based in Harrisonburg, has named Allison Dugan its newest director. Dugan started with the regional SBDC as a part-time program manager in 2014 and became a business adviser in 2015, adding the title of assistant director in 2019. She took on the leadership role May [...]
Markel to change name
Glen Allen Fortune 500 insurance and investment firm Markel Corp. will change its name to Markel Group Inc. on May 26, the firm announced Tuesday. The change is to “provide greater definition around the nature of [the] holding company, which includes three engines of insurance, investments and a group of diverse businesses in Markel Ventures,” […]
Caesars Danville opens temporary casino
Virginia’s third casino opened its doors Monday in Danville to hundreds of guests lined up to take a look inside Caesars Virginia’s 40,000-square-foot temporary casino. While the $650 million permanent resort, which is expected to open in late 2024, is being constructed next door, the temporary facility will offer gu[...]
NG receives $244.6M for ballistic missile work
Falls Church-based Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a $244.6 million modification to a previously awarded contract to continue work on ballistic missile defense system capabilities, the Pentagon announced May 9. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quality contract continues development, integration, testing and fielding of complex advanced discrimination techniques, operation and sustainment of complex modeling, and simulation techniq[...]
Hampton Roads housing inventory rises, listings still low
Residential inventory in Hampton Roads has risen slightly from last year, although active listings remain below pre-pandemic levels, according to April data from the Real Estate Information Network Inc. (REIN). Active listings in April were down 0.97% year-over-year from the 3,187 listings that REIN recorded in April 2022. Pending sales stood at 2,363, down 21% […]
Two execs take on new roles at Harvey Lindsay
Harvey Lindsay Commercial Real Estate President Robert M. King will add chairman of the board to his responsibilities, and Robert M. Beasley Jr. is now executive vice president for brokerage services, the Norfolk real estate firm announced Monday. King is taking over the role from Harvey Lindsay Jr., who died on April 19. He has[...]