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Real Estate 2025: DONNA MACMILLAN-WHITAKER
FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER, VENTURE REALTY GROUP, VIRGINIA BEACH
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Real Estate 2025: DONNA MACMILLAN-WHITAKER
FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER, VENTURE REALTY GROUP, VIRGINIA BEACH
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
As the development partner to Virginia Beach-raised music and fashion superstar Pharrell Williams, MacMillan-Whitaker has been in the news most recently for the $350 million Atlantic Park project near the Oceanfront, the largest public- private partnership in Virginia Beach’s history.
The Dome, Atlantic Park’s 3,500-seat concert venue, opened in May with a full slate of concerts, and its long- awaited Wavegarden Cove surf facility, Atlantic Park Surf, was filled with water in June. The project is expected to include 100,000 square feet of restaurants and retail, 10,000 square feet of office space, 20 surf bungalows and 300 apartments.
MacMillan-Whitaker founded Commercial Real Estate Services, which merged with Ellis-Gibson Development Group in 2016 to form Venture Realty. She has worked in the commercial retail industry since 1985, representing national retailers in the mid-Atlantic region, and was one of the organizers of Williams’ initial Something in the Water music festival held in 2019 in Virginia Beach.
