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Port, Army Corps formalize dredging cost-share agreement
Norfolk Harbor project set to finish in 2024
The Port of Virginia and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed an agreement Friday that formalized their collaboration on the Norfolk Harbor dredging project to deliver the East Coast’s widest and deepest channels by 2024. The Army Corps also will use federal funding to award its first construction contract for the project, which started
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255-apartment complex coming to Suffolk
Gallery at Godwin set to open in 2023
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The Cathcart Group, a Charlottesville-based real estate developer, is building a 255-unit apartment community in Suffolk planned to open in 2023. The Gallery at Godwin will be on nine acres at 3061 Godwin Blvd. in Suffolk and will have one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with rents ranging from $1,200 to $1,900. The complex will also
Castle, Pembroke partner on Va. Beach apartments
12-story building will have 324 units
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In a joint venture, Charlottesville-based Castle Development Partners and Virginia Beach’s Pembroke Square Associates will build a 12-story apartment complex as part of Pembroke Mall’s $200 million redevelopment in Virginia Beach. The complex will be on top of the existing Stein Mart building, with about 35,000 square feet of ground-level retail, a four-story parking garage
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Gilbert Bland to receive Civic Leadership Institute award
Urban League of Hampton Roads CEO will receive award in November
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Urban League of Hampton Roads President and CEO Gilbert T. Bland will receive the Civic Leadership Institute’s 2022 Individual Darden Award, the Norfolk-based nonprofit organization announced Thursday. “Over the last three decades, I have joined with many to build upon the efforts of countless, often unsung, past leaders to help improve the lives and build
Meet SBA’s Va. small biz person of year
IntellecTechs CEO Jeri Prophet honored
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Jeri Prophet joined the Navy on a whim. She had been attending Arizona State University, saw a recruiter sign, and headed for the office. “Some people buy new shoes. I joined the Navy,” she recalled. She served 10 years in the Navy, first as a data systems analyst and left as an information systems technician.
Four Va. businesses to receive flood solutions funding
RISE challenge winners could receive up to $300,000 each
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Four Virginia-based small businesses focused on coastal resiliency and flooding will receive funding to develop their products, Norfolk-based nonprofit RISE Resilience Innovations announced Thursday. Divided between rural and urban projects, there were eight winning projects, with the other four based in North Carolina. More than 70 projects were submitted. The urban winners will receive up
Ferguson parent company moves primary listing to NYSE
U.K.-based Ferguson PLC still has standard shares on LSE
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The U.K.-based parent company of Newport News plumbing, HVAC and industrial product distributor Ferguson Enterprises LLC has transferred its primary stock listing from the London Stock Exchange to the New York Stock Exchange, Ferguson PLC announced Thursday. “We are excited to achieve this key milestone as our listing structure is now fully aligned with our
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