Va. Farm Bureau to buy N.Y. insurance firm (Times-Dispatch) The Virginia Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. is venturing outside of the state in property and casualty insurance by acquiring a New York-based company. Obama OKs JFCOM closure; new cuts imperil 160 more jobs (Virginian-Pilot) Gates said he plans to decommission the Navy’s Norfolk-based Second Fleet,… Read more »
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New colors for Thalhimer
Thalhimer signs have a new look this year. Several of these red and white real estate signs have gone up in the West End recently, quite a different look from their previous yellow and black look.
NewsFeeds 1.6.11
Capitol Floors liquidation sale proceeds to go to bank (Times-Dispatch) Marc Vest defaulted on his mortgage loan with SunTrust after the bank in May called in a $2.4 million loan on his building and a line of credit. Four-truck heist of beauty products was organized job (Roanoke Times) A state prosecutor in Botetourt County hopes… Read more »
The Herd: New hires and promotions for 1.5.11
Tons of moves this week, especially in the legal world. Plus new hires in banking, local government and health care.
NewsFeeds 1.5.11
Kluge lenders pour it on (C-Ville) If local land were local wine, then Vineyard Estates—a luxury real estate development envisioned by Patricia Kluge and Bill Moses—might be corked. Months after the Virginia winery owners bought back one foreclosed lot for a price of $3.67 million, five more lots in the project’s Meadows Estates subdivision on… Read more »
The Docket: Court Roundup for 1.4.11
A jammed packed docket this week. A local engineering firm wants a judgment of $375,000 against the Nature Conservancy. And in a fascinating case, another engineering firm wants its money back from a Richmond non-profit that it says received an enormous donation by an employee who stole those funds from it. Plus, municipalities are going after businesses that are late on business license fees.
NewsFeeds 1.4.11
Capitol Floors & Decorating closes business (Times-Dispatch) Capitol Floors & Decorating, a flooring and home furnishings supplier since 1969, is closed and is liquidating inventory at its showroom in western Henrico County. Blogger sues Fluvanna over seal (Daily Progress) The owner of The Fluco Blog, a Fluvanna County-based news site, has filed a lawsuit over… Read more »
Blood ties and bankruptcy turmoil
A sibling feud over a trust fund and a failed family business is spilling into the courts.
Monday Q&A: Cleared for takeoff
Thomas Mickel Jr. started Dominion Aviation almost three decades ago, when he was 22. This week, BizSense chats with Mickel about being in an industry that can be a whipping post for Congress, the business behind the private charter industry and how much passengers hate turbulence.
Foreclosures: 1.3.11
Scattershooting around the region: more houses in the $300,000 range than a typical week. Plus an industrial property in Scott’s Addition.
