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April 2021

Alexandria’s shuttered Landmark Mall served as a set for “Wonder Woman 1984.” It’s slated for demolition to make way for a mixed-use development anchored by a $1 billion Inova Health System hospital. Photo courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
Mar 30, 2021

Saving the day

Running from police, an unremarkable bad guy with sandy hair suddenly grabs a little girl and dangles the young hostage from the third floor of a mall atrium. As a gaggle of nonplused bad guys decked out in ’80s pastels and John Oates mustaches look on, the skylight above shatters. It’s Wonder Woman, swooping into […]

Jared Chalk, Norfolk economic development director, says Military Circle is a top redevelopment site for the mid-Atlantic region. Photo by Mark Rhodes
Mar 30, 2021

Military Circle redevelopment could include arena

Four groups — including mid-Atlantic developers, entertainment and sports figures, concert promoters and arena operators — are competing for a chance to redevelop Norfolk’s aging Military Circle Mall into a mixed-use community. Overhauling the struggling mall has long been on the city’s to-do list, but the project was ju[...]

Danville developer Jason Wilson plans to refurbish a nearly century-old apartment building that’s currently uninhabitable. Photo by Hannah King
Mar 30, 2021

Developments perk up Danville

Danville City Council members faced a dilemma three years ago. Council members could pay up to $185,000 to demolish a crumbling stucco apartment building on Jefferson Avenue, or they could spend $75,000 in matching funds to augment a $125,000 grant from the Virginia Housing Development Authority to stabilize the property, which [...]

Ya Xiao is a third-year computer science Ph.D. candidate studying cybersecurity at Virginia Tech. Her research focuses on deep learning solutions for software security. Photo by Peter Means, Virginia Tech
Mar 30, 2021

Virginia Tech aims to fill cybersecurity jobs gaps

The U.S. Department of Defense in January awarded Virginia Tech a $1.5 million grant to prepare students for careers in cybersecurity — a field facing a critical shortage of skilled professionals. The need for a pipeline of skilled cybersecurity professionals is regularly emphasized whenever a major hack is uncovered. In Decem[...]

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