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WEB5 days ago — Sales projected to rise 2.9% from 2023 by end of year. Virginia Realtors forecasts a 9.8% year-over-year increase in home sales in 2025, according to its 2025 Economic & Housing Market Forecast, released Thursday. So far …
Buc-ee’s starts construction on Rockingham center
WEBJan 30, 2024 — Glenn Youngkin was there, as well as Buc-ee’s founder and CEO Arch “Beaver” Aplin III. Local officials attended as well. Located at the intersection of I-81 and Friedens Church Road, the center will be 74,000 square feet and have 120 fueling positions. Buc-ee’s expects construction to take about …
Caesars Virginia ‘tops off’ Danville casino - Virginia Business
WEBJan 18, 2024 — Caesars Virginia is a step closer to opening its permanent casino in Danville after a topping-off ceremony Thursday. Though the temporary casino opened in May 2023, work on the permanent Caesars Virginia casino and 12-story hotel has been ongoing.The floor of the casino has been poured, metal framing is in place and the hotel structure has been fully built, with windows being placed onto the ...
Perspecta to be acquired for $7.1B in all-cash deal
WEBJan 27, 2021 — Photo courtesy Perspecta. Chantilly-based federal contractor Perspecta Inc. will be acquired for $7.1 billion by Herndon-based national security contractor Peraton, an affiliate of private investment firm Veritas Capital, in an all-cash deal, the companies announced Tuesday. Perspecta will combine with Peraton under the transaction, which is ...
The Port of Virginia
WEBApr 30, 2021 — The Port of Virginia Published April 29, 2021 by Kate Andrews B y 2024, the Port of Virginia expects to be the deepest port on the East Coast at 55 feet, with room for two-way traffic for some of the world’s largest vessels. The port has six terminals and has invested more than $1 billion in infrastructure since 2015, producing 390,000 port-related jobs across the state, $23 billion in ...
Caesars Virginia casino opens in Danville
WEBMay 31, 2023 — On May 15, the first bets were taken at the 40,000-square-foot temporary Caesars Virginia casino in Danville, while a $650 million permanent resort casino is being built next door. The temporary casino looks like a simple white tent on the outside, but the inside feels “very much like you’re in any casino in the country,” says Chris ...
Amazon to open fulfillment, delivery facilities in Va. Beach
WEBSep 25, 2023 — 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, an Amazon spokesperson. The fulfillment center will be located at the intersection of Harpers and Dam Neck roads, and ...
Woods Rogers, Vandeventer Black law firms to merge July 1
WEBApr 20, 2022 — Woods Rogers PLC and Vandeventer Black LLP announced Wednesday that the two law firms have agreed to merge as Woods Rogers Vandeventer Black, creating the state’s fifth-largest firm, with more than 130 attorneys and a total workforce of 250 people. The merger will go into effect July 1. Daniel Summerlin, president of Roanoke-based Woods ...
CoStar Group breaks ground on $460M Richmond expansion
WEBNov 1, 2022 — Washington, D.C.-based CoStar Group Inc., a commercial real estate data and analytics provider, broke ground on its $460 million downtown Richmond expansion Tuesday. Announced in December 2021, the campus will include a LEED platinum certified 21-story, 425-foot tower, 750,000 square feet of …
These 39 Va. companies made the 2024 Fortune 1000
WEBJun 4, 2024 — Thirty-nine companies headquartered in Virginia are on Fortune magazine’s 70th annual Fortune 1000 list, with 24 Virginia companies again making the elite Fortune 500.. Several of the Virginia companies saw their fortunes rise this year on the list, with top-ranked Virginia company Freddie Mac moving up nine spots to No. 36 on the overall Fortune 500, posting $108.05 billion in revenue for 2023.