In the Media

By Alissa Skelton – The Virginian-Pilot Virginia Beach — Virginia Beach would like to sell nearly three acres in Historic Kempsville for $1.4 million to a local company to build a mixed-used development. Robinson Development Group has proposed building a restaurant, retail shops and a medical or dental office on the property, located on the…

By Mary Alice Russell – Richmond Times-Dispatch Innsbrook Corporate Center has been known for decades as a large office park in western Henrico County, but now it is being transformed into a place where you also can live. Several projects from different developers are expected to bring more than 3,000 apartments and town homes over…

By Jonathan Spiers – Richmond BizSense The first phase of a massive mixed-use development that’s set to add hundreds of apartments in Innsbrook is getting underway. Robinson Development Group is starting work on Metropolis at Innsbrook, the first part of a two-phased project that’s planned to fill a 14-acre site between Dominion Boulevard and Sadler…

Nearly four years after its slightly larger neighbor changed hands in a $45 million deal, a recently built apartment complex in Midlothian has sold to a local buyer for a few million more.

CVP Physicians has fully leased a new medical office building that is scheduled to open this summer in Norfolk, Virginia. A network of ophthalmology practices providing eye care in Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, CVP will occupy all 46,154 square feet at the two-story build-to-suit underway at 200 Corporate Blvd.

CHESAPEAKE — The assumption might have been that a global health pandemic would be a boon for medical industries. While that may be the case for companies working on a vaccine for the COVID-19 virus, the pandemic led to layoffs among medical professionals, and providers sought government relief to stay afloat as they ramped up…

Construction crews are working to carve a new apartment complex into the landscape on Charter Colony Parkway in Chesterfield County, making way for Sapphire at CenterPointe, where road signs point in the direction of a future pocket park and a saltwater pool for renters. “We’ve got about 20 residents there [at Sapphire] right now.. Read…

A Hampton Roads-based developer hopes to begin building a 700-unit apartment community in Henrico County’s Innsbrook office park early next year. Robinson Development Group plans to build the apartments and roughly 28,000 square feet of commercial space on a 14-acre site between Sadler Road and Dominion… Read more »

A townhome development taking shape in Midlothian is introducing a new product from one of the region’s more active homebuilders. Construction has started on CenterPointe Townes, a 90-unit development by Reston-based Ryan Homes that the builder describes as the area’s first urban-style brownstones. Those are the traditionally sandstone-sided rowhouses popularized… Read more »

With a zoning approval in hand for a dense mixed-use project in Innsbrook, a Norfolk-based firm has closed on the purchase of the land on which the development will rise. Robinson Development Group last month purchased 14 acres at 4359 Sadler Road for $7.4 million. The seller was Wells Fargo, which has a campus next…

Three apartment deals totaling more than $115 million closed out 2017 with a bang in Chesterfield County. Priciest among them was Oxygen at Centerpointe, a 255-unit complex along Charter Colony Parkway in Midlothian that sold Nov. 22 for $45.83 million. The buyer was Atlanta-based Preferred Apartment Communities, a publicly traded real estate investment trust making…

The newest grocery store in the Ghent section of Norfolk opened Wednesday. The 21st Street location opened at 8:00 a.m. with a “Cracking of the Parmesan,” gourmet version of a ribbon-cutting. Other grand opening activities included food sampling, demonstrations, and giveaways. In a news release, a spokesperson for The Fresh Market said 90 new jobs…

Fresh Market plans to open its new store in Norfolk’s Ghent neighborhood near the end of 2014. The specialty grocer has signed a lease on space in Ghent Station, a development planned for West 21st Street between Hampton Boulevard and Colley Avenue. The mixed-use plaza, anchored by the grocer, will include 4,200 square feet of…

Norfolk city officials and developers broke ground for the new Ghent Station Monday. The shopping center will be anchored by The Fresh Market grocery store and will also contain a Bon Secours Medical Facility. Norfolk city leaders, including Mayor Paul Fraim, who were on hand for the groundbreaking say they hope other businesses will follow.…