WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Shops at High Street, a 58,434-square-foot retail village located at 1430 High St. in Williamsburg. The Khoshbin Co., a privately held real estate investment and management firm based in Costa Mesa, Calif., sold the center for an undisclosed price. CBRE’s National Retail Partners Mid-Atlantic team represented the seller in the transaction, while White House Realty Group represented the buyer, an undisclosed private investor. Shops at High Street was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Movie Tavern, Five Guys, Subway, Orangetheory Fitness, The Learning Experience and 1-800 Flowers.
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Subtext, Kayne Anderson Break Ground on 1,332-Bed Student Housing Development Near University of Virginia
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — A joint venture between Subtext and Kayne Anderson Real Estate has broken ground on VERVE Charlottesville, a 1,332-bed student housing project located adjacent to the University of Virginia campus at 100 Stadium Road in Charlottesville. The 12-story community will span 729,262 square feet and offer 463 units in studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom floorplans. Amenities will include a fireside lobby lounge, coffee café, two-story fitness and wellness center, multi-sport gaming lounge, F1 driving simulator, pool terrace, dog spa and pet park, makerspace, an outdoor fitness lawn and dedicated library and study spaces. The joint venture will also contribute $6.8 million to the Charlottesville Affordable Housing Fund as part of its development agreement with the City of Charlottesville. The development team for the project includes John Moriarty & Associates, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., ESG Architecture & Design, Wolf Ackerman Design, AJC Design Group, SK&A and Timmons Group. VERVE Charlottesville is slated for completion in summer 2027.
NORFOLK, VA. — The Breeden Co. has completed Lake Taylor Pointe Apartments, a 198-unit multifamily community located at 1060 Kempsville Road near Norfolk International Airport. Breedon Construction served as the general contractor for the $43 million development. The apartment complex features carriage house and garden-style buildings, with one to three-bedroom floorplans ranging in size from 723 square feet to 1,425, according to Apartments.com. Amenities at the complex include a resort-style swimming pool, poolside fitness center, outdoor gathering areas, arcade room, electric vehicle charging stations and a bark park. Rental rates for the property begin at $1,750.
Fairstead Invests $10M for Renovation of Affordable Housing Community in Chesapeake, Virginia
by John Nelson
CHESAPEAKE, VA. — Fairstead has invested nearly $10 million for the renovation of Peaceful Village Apartments, a 65-unit affordable housing community located at 3000 Welcome Road in Chesapeake. Fairstead is partnering with the Chesapeake Redevelopment and Housing Authority, which manages the community, for the renovation through HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program. The overhaul will include new energy-efficient appliances, renovated kitchens, new exterior siding and the construction of a new community center. All renovations are expected to be complete by fall 2026. Built in 1995, Peaceful Village offers a mix of three- and four-bedroom townhomes reserved for households earning below $32,000 annually to $63,900 (60 percent of the area median income). Capital partners on the renovation include Berkadia, Freddie Mac, U.S. Bank and Woodforest Bank.
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA. — PNK Group has broken ground on PNK Ashton Park, an 846,000-square-foot industrial facility situated on 86.6 acres in metro Richmond’s Chesterfield County. The facility is designed for flexible use by either a single tenant or multiple occupants. Details about the project’s construction timeline were not disclosed.
MANASSAS AND HAMPTON, VA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the ground-lease sales of two single-tenant retail properties in Virginia net-leased to Chase Bank. The assets include 9560 Liberia Ave. in Manassas and 1700 W. Mercury Blvd. in Hampton, which combined to sell for more than $8 million. Both buyers were based in California and purchased the bank branches in 1031 exchanges. Andrew Fallon, Patrick Nutt and William Wamble of SRS represented the seller in the Manassas deal, an investment firm based in New York. Matthew Mousavi, Patrick Luther and Fallon of SRS represented the seller in the Hampton transaction, a developer based in Dallas. SRS is currently marketing two more retail properties net-leased to Chase Bank in Rockville, Md., and Washington, D.C.
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer Arranges Sale of 221,189 SF Industrial Portfolio in Fredericksburg, Virginia
by John Nelson
FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has arranged the sale of a four-property industrial portfolio within Four Mile Fork Industrial Park in Fredericksburg, a city in Virginia’s Spotsylvania County. Virgil Nelson of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the seller, an entity doing business as Longwood Holdings LLC, in the transaction. The buyer, an entity doing business as Longwood Owner LLC, purchased the portfolio for $38 million. Situated on 35.7 acres at U.S. Route 1 and Courthouse Road, the 221,189-square-foot portfolio comprises Longwood 1 at 230 Industrial Drive, Longwood 2 at 11001 Houser Drive, Longwood 3 at 10934 Houser Drive and Longwood 5 at 11200 Houser Drive. The portfolio was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Flowers Bakery, Midsouth Building Supply, F.H.Furr, Capital Electric, Lennox and Blossman Gas.
NORFOLK, VA. — Greysteel has brokered the sale of Sherwood Forest, a 173-unit apartment community located at 2803 Early St. in Norfolk. Otto Snell of Greysteel represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer, seller and sales price were not disclosed. Jack Whitman of Greysteel arranged a $16 million acquisition loan through an undisclosed credit union that was underwritten with a fixed interest rate, 80 percent loan-to-value ratio, two years of interest-only payments and no prepayment penalty. The loan includes funds for property improvements at Sherwood Forest, which was originally delivered in 1965.
SRS Arranges $6.8M Sale-Leaseback of Retail Property in Manassas, Virginia Leased to The Learning Experience
by John Nelson
MANASSAS, VA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale-leaseback of a single-tenant retail property located in Manassas, roughly 35 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., for $6.8 million. The Learning Experience, an early childhood education and childcare center, occupies the two-story, 11,150-square-foot property on a triple net lease basis. Originally built in 2023, the facility is operated by one of The Learning Experience’s largest franchisees. Situated at 10219 Dumfries Road, the property sits at the center of a retail corridor that includes a Walmart Supercenter, Harris Teeter, LA Fitness, Chick-fil-A, Raising Cane’s and Wawa convenience store. Andrew Fallon and Philip Wellde Jr. of SRS’ Washington, D.C. Capital Markets team represented the seller, an entity doing business as Ganges Manassas LLC, in the transaction. The 1031 exchange buyer was a Northern Virginia-based private investor. SRS has also listed a second site occupied by The Learning Experience in Northern Virginia for $7.6 million.
ARLINGTON, VA. — HNTB Corp., an infrastructure solutions firm, has relocated and expanded its office footprint in Arlington, a Northern Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. The company will now occupy 48,046 square feet across two full floors at 1812 North Moore, a 35-story office tower spanning 537,000 square feet. HNTB will move from its current space at the nearby Shirlington Tower in spring 2026. The move represents a 13,000-square-foot expansion for HNTB. Savills represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Yorke Allen, Herbert Mansinne and Lee Brinkman of JLL represented the undisclosed landlord.
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