Rising to the challenges
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Last summer, as I was eating dinner at a Norfolk bar with a group of my Lead Virginia classmates from far Southwest Virginia, one of them asked what decision makers
The bigger picture
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Welcome to the 10th edition of The Big Book. Virginia Business Publisher Bernie Niemeier had the inspiration for this annual issue more than a decade ago when he was retrieving
HII names new president and CEO
Chris Kastner was appointed COO in February 2021
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Christopher D. Kastner will become president and CEO of Newport News-based Huntington Ingalls Industries, the nation’s largest military shipbuilder, on March 1. Mike Petters, who has served as the Fortune
The longest year
Despite pandemic, two hospitals get top marks from patients
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Amid some of the worst days of the COVID-19 pandemic, Virginia’s patient satisfaction rate fell slightly in an annual nationwide survey, and just two hospitals in the commonwealth received top
Radford University chooses new president
Bret S. Danilowicz is provost at Florida Atlantic University
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Radford University’s eighth president will be Bret S. Danilowicz, who’s currently serving as the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida. Danilowicz,
The 22nd edition of the Virginia Business Legal Elite
Legal Elite recognizes leading Virginia attorneys across 20 specialties
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Launched in cooperation with the Virginia Bar Association in 2000, Virginia Business’ Legal Elite polls lawyers licensed to practice in Virginia each year, asking them to identify which of their
Siemens Gamesa to build first U.S. offshore wind blade factory in Portsmouth
Spanish company to invest $200M, create 310 jobs
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Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy S.A., a Spanish wind turbine company, will invest $200 million to build the first U.S. offshore wind turbine blade manufacturing facility in Portsmouth, creating 310 jobs,
Amentum to acquire PAE for $1.9B
All-cash deal for Falls Church contractor expected to close in Q1 2022
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Falls Church-based government contractor PAE Inc. (Pacific Architects and Engineers) has agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of Germantown, Maryland, aerospace defense contractor Amentum in a $1.9 billion all-cash
Ellucian acquisition deal closes
Reston higher ed tech company bought by private equity firms
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The acquisition of Reston-based higher education software company Ellucian by investment firms Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners has been completed, the companies announced Wednesday. Financial terms of the deal were
Midlothian Crossing Shopping Center sells for $6.6M
Strip mall anchors include Goodwill, Big Lots
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Midlothian Crossing Shopping Center in Chesterfield County sold for $6.64 million on Sept. 9, Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer announced Friday. The 87,938-square-foot strip mall is located at 8501 Midlothian Turnpike