Va. Tech names 2 engineering department heads
Atkins and Kodambaka to start in July, August
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Two departments in Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering will have new leaders beginning this summer, the university announced this week. Suneel Kodambaka has been named head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and will start July 1, and Ella Atkins will be head of the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace starting Aug.
Metro CEO, COO resign, effective immediately
Paul Wiedefeld, Joe Leader resign immediately
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Paul J. Wiedefeld, general manager and CEO of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, is stepping aside, effective immediately instead of June 30, as he had planned, according to a statement he released Monday night. “I have decided to make my retirement effective today to provide a more timely transition to Interim General Manager Andy
Chesapeake office park sells for $5.7M
Poplar Hill is 94% leased
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Poplar Hill Medical Center, a four-building medical office park in Chesapeake, has sold for $5.7 million, Divaris Real Estate Inc. announced Thursday. Texas-based real estate fund manager Woodside purchased the park in December 2020 and sold it to Charlottesville-based Seminole Trail Properties in a deal that closed May 6. When Woodside bought the property, it
Va. Beach’s Frank Lloyd Wright house is for sale
The Cooke House is on Crystal Lake
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A Virginia Beach house designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright is back on the market for just under $3 million. The 3,020-square-foot home at the city’s North End, on Crystal Lake, was designed in 1953 for Andrew and Maude Cooke and completed in 1959. Maude Cooke wrote a letter to Wright seeking a design
Publix to open first South Hampton Roads store
Location will employ 140 workers
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Publix Super Markets Inc. will open its first grocery store in South Hampton Roads in Suffolk, the company announced Thursday. The 45,000-square-foot Publix will be on the southwest corner of Godwin Boulevard and Kings Fork Road, according to a news release. Publix has not given a timeline for the store’s opening. It will hire about
Clark Construction to expand in NoVa
Company helping build HQ2 to open McLean office
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Bethesda, Maryland-based Clark Construction Group LLC, the general contractor for several phases of Amazon.com Inc.’s HQ2, announced plans Tuesday to expand the company’s footprint in the mid-Atlantic region, including building a 128,000-square-foot office in McLean. The office will be at 7900 Westpark Drive in Fairfax County, and will “provide a modern and collaborative hub for
Cobalt Real Estate Solutions names new CIO
Tim McCann has 35 years in real estate
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Virginia Beach-based investment fund Cobalt Real Estate Solutions has named Tim McCann as its chief investment officer, the company announced Tuesday. Cobalt, an affiliate of Divaris Real Estate Inc., is seeking to raise $50 million in equity to add $150 million in properties to its portfolio. and McCann will seek investment opportunities, develop investment strategy
Capital Square names VP of marketing
Sydney Hockaday promoted
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Capital Square has promoted Sydney Hockaday to vice president of marketing, the Henrico County-based real estate investment firm announced May 9. Hockaday joined Capital Square in 2018 as the firm’s marketing coordinator and has been promoted three times, first to marketing manager in 2019, then to assistant vice president of marketing in 2021 and most
Skanska to construct $69M Va. Tech building
Undergraduate Science Laboratory will be complete in 2024
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Virginia Tech’s $69.5 million Undergraduate Science Laboratory Building will be constructed by Skanska and completed by April 2024, the Swedish builder announced Monday. Virginia Tech announced plans for the building in late March, and construction started in April. The 102,000-square-foot building will provide teaching and laboratory space on the university’s Blacksburg campus. It will be
Metronet names Va. market leader
Andrew Brummette is based in Norfolk
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Fiber optic company Metronet hired Andrew Brummette in April to be its Virginia market leader, the company announced Monday. Evansville, Indiana-based Metronet is expanding to Norfolk, its first foray into Virginia, where it will build a fiber optic network and offer internet service to city residents. Brummette is based in Norfolk, where Metronet has 11