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Harbor Group Buys Virginia Beach Apartments for $86M

by John Nelson

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Affiliates of Norfolk, Va.-based Harbor Group International (HGI) have acquired Reflections at Virginia Beach for $86 million. The 480-unit, garden-style property was built in 1986 and spans 19 two- and three-story buildings across 30 acres. Units are offered as one- and two-bedroom floorplans. The seller was not disclosed. A $7 million renovation was recently completed at Reflections at Virginia Beach, updating amenities including a clubhouse, outdoor pool, 24-hour fitness center, business center with meeting rooms and outdoor grilling stations.

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Vantage Data Centers to Invest $2B for New Campus in Northern Virginia

by Abby Cox

STAFFORD COUNTY, VA. — Vantage Data Centers will invest $2 billion to develop a 929,000-square-foot data center campus in Stafford County, which is situated near Fredericksburg, Va., and approximately 40 miles south of Washington, D.C. The new 192-megawatt (MW) campus, dubbed VA4, is situated just roughly 54 miles from Vantage’s three existing Virginia campuses in Northern Virginia’s “Data Center Alley” and brings the company’s statewide capacity to 782 MW with a combined investment of approximately $8 billion. Development of the new campus is expected to create 1,100 construction jobs and at least 50 permanent operations jobs. The first building at VA4 is scheduled to open in late 2027. VA4 will be built to achieve LEED Silver certification, in alignment with Vantage’s “sustainable by design” blueprint. The center will also utilize a closed-loop chilled water system that minimizes the need for large volumes of water. Additionally, VA4 will feature liquid-to-liquid cooling with coolant distribution unit (CDU) equipment, which can handle 100 percent of critical IT workloads.

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Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer Negotiates $8.9M Sale of Retail Strip Center in Chester, Virginia

by Abby Cox

CHESTER, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has negotiated the $8.9 million sale of The Shoppes at River Forest, a 30,070-square-foot, unanchored retail center located along Iron Bridge Road in Chester. Catharine Spangler of Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group represented the seller, Prudent Growth Partners, in the transaction. Originally constructed in 2007 on roughly 3.7 acres, the property was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to 12 tenants including GameStop, Sweet Frog, State Farm and the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $142M Sale of Eastport Industrial Park in Richmond

by Abby Cox

RICHMOND, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale and financing of Eastport Industrial Park, a nearly 1.1 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in Richmond. Rockpoint purchased the property from Equus Capital Partners for $142 million. Jonathan Carpenter, Graham Savage, Dawes Milchling and James Check of Cushman & Wakefield, alongside Eric Robison and Bo Mckown of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, represented the seller in the transaction. John Alascio, T.J. Sullivan, Chris Meloni and Michael Zelin, also with Cushman & Wakefield, arranged acquisition financing through an unnamed global alternative investment firm on behalf of Rockpoint. Situated near the Richmond International Airport, Eastport Industrial Park comprises eight buildings with 25-foot clear heights, 182 loading positions and modern infrastructure to support a diverse tenant base. The property was 97 percent leased to 19 tenants at the time of sale.

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IKEA to Open 110,000 SF Store in Chantilly, Retailer’s Third Location in Virginia

by John Nelson

CHANTILLY, VA. — IKEA U.S. has announced plans to open a nearly 110,000-square-foot store in Chantilly, making it the Swedish retailer’s third location in Virginia. Set to open in spring 2026, the new store will be located at 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center Drive, about 28 miles west of Washington, D.C. IKEA says that the store will feature its popular fully furnished room settings and display more than 7,700 products, with more than 4,400 products available for immediate takeaway, including home furnishing accessories and approximately 500 smaller furniture items. The store will also offer free in-store pick-up for online orders, as well as its famous in-store restaurant and a central planning area where shoppers can get design consultation from an IKEA staff member. In addition to the Chantilly store, the retailer recently announced a new 93,000-square-foot IKEA store coming to Webster, Texas, as well as its second store coming to Manhattan.

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Crescent Communities Sells 500,000 SF Industrial Property in Metro Richmond to LaSalle

by John Nelson

COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA. — Charlotte-based Crescent Communities has sold AXIAL Gateway 95, an industrial property located at 16401 Walthall Industrial Parkway in Colonial Heights, a city near Richmond in Chesterfield County. The property spans more than 500,000 square feet and was fully leased at the time of sale to Hillphoenix, a subsidiary of Dover Food Retail and a leading manufacturer of commercial refrigeration systems. JLL represented Crescent Communities in the sale. LaSalle Investment Management purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Hillphoenix’s investment at AXIAL Gateway 95 is expected to add more than 320 new jobs to the region. Financial partners for AXIAL Gateway 95 included Kyuden Urban Development America LLC, the U.S. subsidiary of Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc. (equity) and Santander Bank (lender). The design-build team included DMA Architecture (architect), Timmons Group (civil engineer), KBD Group (general contractor) and JLL (leasing agent and capital markets advisor).

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Joint Venture to Purchase Sotherly Hotels REIT in All-Cash Transaction

by John Nelson

WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — A joint venture between Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners LP and Ascendant Capital Partners LP, doing business jointly as KW Kingfisher LLC, has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Sotherly Hotels Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHO), a hospitality REIT based in Williamsburg. Sotherly owns 10 upscale hotels in the Sun Belt and Mid-Atlantic totaling 2,786 hotel rooms, as well as interests in two condominium hotels and their associated rental programs. Sotherly’s portfolio includes:– The Georgian Terrace in Atlanta– The Whitehall in Houston– The DeSoto in Savannah, Ga.– Lyfe Resort & Residences in Hollywood, Fla.– Hyde Beach House in Hollywood, Fla.– DoubleTree by Hilton Hollywood Beach Resort in Hollywood, Fla.– Hotel Ballast in Wilmington, N.C.– Hotel Alba in Tampa, Fla.– Hyatt Centric Arlington in Arlington, Va.– DoubleTree Jacksonville Riverfront in Jacksonville, Fla.– DoubleTree by Hilton Laurel in Laurel, Md.– DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Airport “This transaction is a testament to the high-quality portfolio that Sotherly has built over the past 20-plus years as a publicly traded company, and we are confident this will pave a path toward future success for our hotels and the associates and guests who enjoy them every day,” says David Folsom, CEO of Sotherly. Under terms …

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JLL Negotiates Sale of 1 MSF Industrial Portfolio in Metro Richmond

by John Nelson

RICHMOND, VA. — JLL has negotiated the sale of a six-building industrial portfolio spanning more than 1 million square feet near Richmond International Airport. The portfolio comprises Class A and B buildings that were constructed between 1971 and 1999 across three sites. The assets are situated on the eastern side of Richmond’s metropolitan area near the intersection of I-295 and I-64. Bill Prutting, Pete Pittroff, Craig Childs, Chris Dale, Dave Andrews and Ginna Wallace of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The sales price was also not disclosed. The buyer, Silverman Group, has tapped SL Industrial Partners to manage the portfolio.

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Whole Foods Market Daily Shop Opens Fourth Location in Arlington, Virginia

by Abby Cox

ARLINGTON, VA. — Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, the grocer’s smaller format retail concept, has opened its fourth location in the Crystal City neighborhood of Arlington. The grocery store spans 10,000 square feet of retail space, which makes it the largest Whole Foods Market Daily Shop to open and the first location to open outside of New York City. The store features more than 250 local items from the broader Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia (DMV) areas. The Arlington store officially opened on Thursday, Oct. 23. Information about the landlord was not released. 

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Prudent Growth Partners Acquires Retail Center in Chesapeake, Virginia for $5.4M

by John Nelson

CHESAPEAKE, VA. — Chapel Hill, N.C.-based Prudent Growth Partners has acquired Castle Shops, a 37,309-square-foot retail strip center located in Chesapeake, for $5.4 million. Dollar Tree anchors the two-building property, which was fully leased at the time of sale. Additional tenants include CHKD Thrift Store, Boost Mobile and Liberty Tax. Jeff Fritz and Jay O’Donnell of Colliers represented the seller in the transaction. George Fox, also with Colliers, served as the leasing agent at Castle Shops.

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