The Herd: Promotions and departures for 3.3.10

Commercial Real Estate:
Susan F. Jones, a vice president at Grubb & Ellis|Harrison & Bates, was elected to the board of directors. Jones has been with the firm for nine years and is a retail brokerage specialist. Jones is a Virginia Tech graduate.

Banking:

Virginia Business Bank has named a new president. J. Jordan O’Neill will take over immediately, according to a news release issued last week. He replaces Terrie Spiro, who had been at the helm since September 2009. She took over from Merlin Henkel, who stepped down last fall. O’Neill, who went to UVA as an undergrad and to Georgetown for his MBA, was serving as the vice president and chief lending officer since October. Prior to working at Virginia Business Bank, O’Neill worked at First Horizon Bank in Northern Virginia.

Also of note at Virginia Business Bank, Geoffrey Warner was named chief financial officer and chief operating officer. Warner is a William and Mary graduate. Mark Hourigan, who owns Hourigan Construction, has been elected chairman of the board of directors.  Hourigan is an investor in the bank.

Supermarkets
A former Ukrop’s vice president will be a regional vice president for the Giant-Carlisle Division of Ahold USA. Jim Scanlon will oversee store operations for the 25 Ukrop’s stores purchased by parent of Giant/Martin’s. Scanlon attended the University of Southern Maine.

FBI
Michael Morehart has been appointed special agent in charge of the FBI’s Richmond division. Morehart was most recently a director in the security division at FBI Headquarters, according to a news release. Morehart, a Petersburg native, went to John Tyler Community College and VCU. He is also a CPA.

Nonprofits
Cindy A. Mims will take over as executive director of Neighborworks Resource Group, a nonprofit that works to help lower income families purchase homes. Mims was formerly a manager at SunTrust. Mims went to Radford, UVA and the University of Richmond.

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The Herd: New hires and promotions for 10.21.09

This is our new feature, The Herd, where we let you know who’s taking a new job where. Please send HR notices in the body of the email to TheHerd@richmondbizsense.com. Please do not send PDF attachments.

Real Estate
John R. Hauserman has joined Grubb & Ellis|Harrison & Bates as an associate specializing in retail and land commercial real estate brokerage. Hauserman has a B.S. from VCU in business and real estate development.

Legal
Neil E. McCullagh has joined Spotts Fain’s Richmond office as Of Counsel to the firm and a member of the Creditors’ Rights, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section. McCullagh is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law (1995) and of Radford University (1991).

Kevin D. Holden has joined the law firm of Jackson Lewis as a partner. Previously, Holden led the employment law practice group at the Richmond office of Kaufman & Canoles. Holden has a bachelor’s degree and law degree from Indiana University.

Thomas R. Frantz, the president and chief operating officer at the law firm Williams Mullen will become Chief Executive Officer on Feb. 1. Julious “Joey” P. Smith, Jr. will remain in the position of Chairman and James V. Meath will remain in the position of Vice Chairman. Frantz has both an undergraduate and law degree from The College of William and Mary. Frantz was elected president and chief operating officer of Williams Mullen in 2004.

Small Business:

Jeff Collins has been named a senior account manager at Sklar Technology Partners.

Lauren Nardone has been hired as vice president of marketing for Sklar Technology Partners. Previously, she worked in marketing at Philip Morris USA and The Martin Agency.

David Rayner has become a partner at TBL Networks.

Travis Witmer has joined GroundWork Design as director of special projects.

Other
Peter J. Regan has been named director of sales & marketing at The Wyndham Virginia Crossings Hotel & Conference Center.

Elephant Insurance (a new insurance company based here) has a host of new hires:

Eight Insurance Sales Representatives:
Kevin Jackson
John Mobley
Shelia Calloway
Kevin Calhoun
Kelley Harrell
Cynthia Sykes
Tristan Lipscomb
Nicole Lester

Briana Boyer-Call Center Supervisor
Cindy Twitchell-Quality Assurance Analyst
Chip Howard- Claims Associate
Cindy Grebas-Accounting Associate
Jack Reichner-Accounting Associate
Bill Mensch-Help Desk Analyst
Arun Bose-Graphic Artist

Aaron Kremer is the BizSense Editor. Please send news tips to Editor@richmondbizsense.com.

The Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 9.18.09

Thalhimer reports the following deals:

Jackan L.C. purchased the 9,100-square-foot office building at 7 N. 25th St. in Richmond from Sadie Scamper for $470,000.

The Scooter Store leased 5,200 square feet at 8570 Magellan Parkway in Henrico. Read more

The Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 6.26.09

Thalhimer reports Dr. Laura Regan, doing business as James River Dermatology, purchased the 3,000 square feet office condo at 1316 Alverser Drive in Chesterfield from Village Bank for $575,000.

Grubb & Ellis | Harrison & Bates reports Health Diagnostic Laboratory leased 8,300 square feet at 737 N. Fifth St. in Richmond. Read more

The Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 5.15.09

Porter Realty Company reports Beadletter LLC purchased the 5,000-square-foot office/warehouse at 10994 Leadbetter Road in Henrico from Arbor Recycling Company.

The Commonwealth of Virginia Department of General Services leased 24,800 square feet at 1601 Sherwood Avenue in Richmond.

Clemons Courier leased 18,000 square feet at 4269 Carolina Avenue in Henrico.

Stop Hunger Now leased 4,830 square feet at 5022 Byrd Industrial Drive in Henrico.

CB Richard Ellis reports Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel leased 12,000 square feet at 2007 Tech Park Place in Henrico.

US Census Bureau leased 5,800 square feet at 8751 Park Central Drive in Henrico.

Grubb & Ellis | Harrison & Bates reports Owens Properties LLC leased 8,000 square feet at 104 Chimneys Court in Ashland.

Henrico Educators leased 5,450 square feet at 2201 E. Parham Road in Henrico.

Dora’s Brazilian Grill leased 2,900 square feet at 1323-1333 E. Cary St. in Richmond.

Harper’s Appliance, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration leased 2,600 square feet at 4200 Eubank Road in Henrico.

Virginia Graphics Systems leased 2,500 square feet at 11341 Business Center Drive in Chesterfield.

Steven’s Jewelers leased 1,000 square feet at 10877 W. Broad St. in Henrico.

Liberty Property Trust reports Sona MedSpa , a laser hair removal and botox clinic, leased 4,000 square feet at 4198 Cox Road in Henrico.

Taylor Long Properties report Bed, Bath & Beyond leased 25,000 square feet at Hancock Village Shopping Center on Hull Street Road in Chesterfield.

Mattress Warehouse leased 5,000 square feet at Hancock Village Shopping Center on Hull Street Road in Chesterfield.

The Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round up for 4.3.09

Q-T Realty LLC purchased the 18,000 square foot flex building at 10520 Lakeridge Parkway in Ashland for $1.2 million from sellers Frederick and Margaret Reames. The buyer does business at Milos America, Inc, a manufacturer of aluminum trusses. Read more

The Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 2.20.09

Justin French of French Consulting purchased the 14,400 square foot Summit Building at 3018-3022 W. Clay St. in Richmond for $825,000 from Viking Investment. Read more

Op/Ed: Bottom Falls Out of Baseball Plan

Op/Ed by Brian Glass:

From September 2003 until March 2008, I wrote a monthly real estate opinion column for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. On nine occasions I wrote about the renovation or replacement of the Diamond. This is obviously a story that won’t go away, as I discovered on the morning of Jan. 14 with a front-page article on the newest scheme to finance a Shockoe Ballpark with state sales tax dollars, for what appears to be a Class A or Class AA minor league baseball stadium that will cost approximately $60 million dollars. The idea is being proposed by State Del. Manoli Loupassi, who obviously hasn’t done the research to know that this is a non-starter, even though it may sound good in theory.

Before this goes any further, I am asking that Del. Loupassi as well as State Sen. Henry Marsh and Mayor Dwight Jones pick up the phone and call the City of Aberdeen, Md., to find out the risks of a baseball complex being an economic generator. Read more

Op/Ed: No holiday cheer for retailers

“The American consumer is a train wreck.” So says Howard Davidowitz, an industry veteran who spoke at the International Council of Shopping centers earlier this month.

Editor’s Note: BizSense will be adding occasion guest columns on Fridays. This week Brian Glass talks about what a retail slow-down will mean for commercial real estate. Read more

Pipeline: Commercial Real Estate Round Up for 12.11.08

Thalhimer reports Classic Construction Exteriors purchased a 2,500 square feet office/warehouse building in the Crossroads Business Center at 11624 Busy Street in Chesterfield from DSST Holdings for $315,000. The exterior remodeling company is moving from a smaller facility elsewhere in the county.

Grubb & Ellis | Harrison & Bates reports Manakin Holdings purchased the former Hon manufacturing facility (total of 375,600 square feet) at 11200 and 11300 Old Stage Road in Chesterfield County from HNI Corporation for $5.3 million. The facility is currently tenanted by Virginia T’s, an imprintable clothing distributor, with 200,000 square feet and Jacobson Companies, a third-party logistics provider, with 50,000 square feet. Read more

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