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Wells Fargo to launch $87M expansion in Roanoke County
Bank will add 1,100 customer service center jobs
San Francisco-based Wells Fargo will spend $87 million to modernize and expand its Roanoke County customer support center, adding 1,100 jobs in a deal that will make the bank the
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Buc-ee’s buys land for second Va. location
Travel center chain purchased Rockingham land for $6.6M
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A second Buc-ee’s Super Center is coming to Virginia along a busy stretch of highway in Shenandoah Valley near Mount Crawford. Buc-ee’s Mt. Crawford LLC purchased 21.3 acres located at
Dominion offshore wind farm hits next federal benchmark
BOEM could approve project by end of Oct.
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Dominion Energy’s proposed offshore wind farm on Monday hit another major milestone. The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced it has completed its environmental assessment of the project, planned
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Amazon to open fulfillment, delivery facilities in Va. Beach
E-commerce giant expects to create 1,000 jobs
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Amazon.com will launch a fulfillment center and delivery station in Virginia Beach, creating an estimated 1,000 full-time jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Monday. Groundbreaking began Monday, according to Ian Allen-Anderson,
Data centers added $54.2B to Va. GDP over five years
Industry supported 86,000 jobs in Va. in 2021, PwC study says
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The data center industry contributed $54.2 billion to Virginia’s gross domestic product from 2017 to 2021, according to a PricewaterhouseCoopers study released Tuesday. That calculation includes indirect impacts from other
Lyon Shipyard to expand, adding 134 jobs
Ship repair facility in Norfolk spending $8.5M
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Lyon Shipyard, a 95-year-old family-owned ship repair facility in Norfolk, will spend $8.5 million to expand its operations and add an estimated 134 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. The
Va. trade office opens in Taiwan
Virginia-Taiwan Trade Office announced in April
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Virginia has opened its trade office in Taiwan. Announced in April, the office is Virginia’s fourth international trade office and follows Youngkin’s meeting with Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, during the
German yeast upcycler building plant in Rockingham
First U.S. plant for German-based Leiber to add 35 jobs
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Leiber, a German manufacturer that processes brewers’ yeast into animal food, biotechnology and supplements, will invest as much as $20 million to establish its first U.S. operation in Rockingham County’s
Canadian company to spend $22.8M to expand to Suffolk
Location is first in U.S. for Automatic Coating, which is supporting U.S. Navy readiness
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Toronto-based Automatic Coating Ltd., which provides advanced custom powder, liquid, and blasting, will invest $22.8 million to open its first U.S. location in Suffolk, adding an estimated 50 jobs, Gov.
Sandpaper manufacturer to expand in Va. Beach
Hermes Abrasives USA to add 30 jobs
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Hermes Abrasives USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Hamburg, Germany-based Hermes Abrasives, will invest $5.6 million in a Virginia Beach expansion that will add an estimated 30 jobs, Gov. Glenn Youngkin