Monthly Archives: July 2009 »
Commercial brokerage disbanding
Seven GVA Advantis brokers left the troubled firm last week and are starting an affiliate of a new firm. Leading the pack is Charles Polk, who was GVA’s all-time top-producing broker
Read More »Tech Review: Drop a link like it’s hot
Businesses used to have to pay dearly for a system that would let a worker at one computer save a story on a company-wide network that another worker could pull up. It was just
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Council looks at landfill sale (Petersburg Progress-Index) City Council could sell the landfill tonight. Several questions were raised about the possible sale, including the impact on the environment, the impact on citizens and whether
Read More »Millionaires, thank you very much
For most businesses and consumers in this economy, it may not feel as if Virginia is rolling in cash, but a recent survey says differently
Read More »GVA boss says he didn’t see the slow-down coming
The man who bought GVA Advantis last year didn’t foresee such a severe recession — one that has hammered the sort of real estate transactions that drive profits at commercial brokerages. With surprisingly frank
Read More »Area apartment vacancy rising
Real estate researcher Reis Inc. reported last week that the national apartment vacancy rate reached 7.5 percent in the second quarter; the rate for Richmond was higher at 8.1 percent. But Patrick McCloud, president
Read More »Monday Q&A: Starting a law firm with 30 days notice
After getting laid off from one of the larger firms in town, Eric Perkins weighed the options and then started his own firm. Now he has a new appreciation for some of the challenges
Read More »NewsFeed 6.20.09
New set of problems for Marquis (Virginia Gazette) York County may take control of a Williamsburg shopping enter and sell it to pay off the bonds that helped build the infrastructure. The current lender
Read More »Kaine urges all to work from home Aug 3
This week Gov. Tim Kaine declared Monday August 3 to be Telework Day. Businesses and employees can pledge to work remotely from their homes on the Telework Exchange website. The goal is to reduce
Read More »Virginia Life Science Investments LLC acquires Virginia BioSciences Commercialization Center
Virginia Life Science Investments, LLC (VLSI), a newly formed company established to invest in life science companies, has acquired the Virginia BioScience Commercialization Center (VBCC), a company formed in 2007 to support the commercialization
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