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06 SepSpotsylvania County Building Permits Issued August, 2012
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Read More ...06 SepSouthpointe II Shopping Center building sold for $2.45M
A McLean-based real estate investor on Wednesday purchased a multi-tenant retail building adjacent to the Lowe’s store in Spotsylvania County’s Southpoint II shopping center. Mohtasham Mobarakeh, through an LLC, paid $2.45 million for a 13,500-square-foot building that is 100 percent leased to tenants including Bark ‘N Bubbles, Mystic Ice Gelato and Hair Cuttery. Read More…
Read More ...03 SepArea Jobless Rate Stable at 6 Percent
The Fredericksburg-area jobless rate stayed steady in July, according to Virginia Employment Commission data released Wednesday. The region had a 5.6 percent unemployment rate in July, the same as the month before. It was down from 6 percent the year before. The region comprises Fredericksburg and Stafford, Spotsylvania, Caroline and King George counties. Stafford, at […]
Read More ...31 AugShoe Dept. Encore Coming to Spotsylvania Towne Center
The Shoe Dept. Encore will open at Spotsylvania Towne Centre early next year. It will be “an expanded concept” of The Shoe Dept. store currently in the mall, according to Joe Bell, spokesman for mall developer Cafaro Co. He said the new store will be 11,472 square feet compared to The Shoe Dept.’s current, 6,800-square-foot […]
Read More ...28 AugSpotsylvania Getting New Cafe and Bakery Soon
A bakery and cafe will open in a few weeks in Spotsylvania County’s Bowman Center. Kelly Hunt is making final preparations for her Mason-Dixon Cafe & Baking Co. at 3318 Bourbon St. Hunt’s husband, Nick, who is the boathouse manager at Hope Springs Marina in Stafford County, will help run the business. It will be […]
Read More ...07 AugState Officials Launch I-95 Express Lanes Project
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and other elected officials kicked off the nearly $1 billion Interstate 95 express lanes project Tuesday at the Dale City rest area, the spot on I-95 known as the worst bottleneck in the region. McDonnell said on Tuesday that the project will support thousands of construction jobs and create more than […]
Read More ...24 JulSpotsylvania sells bonds for record-low rate
Spotsylvania borrowed $17.4 million last week at an interest rate of 1.905 percent, the lowest rate in the county’s history. The county raised the money through a general obligation bond sale July 19. The money will be used for the planned Virginia Railway Express station and parking area project, and to refinance other debt that […]
Read More ...20 JulGM Powertrain Plant Holds Auction
An auction was held Thursday morning at the former GM Powertrain plant in Spotsylvania County to sell many of the machines and tools that were once used to make torque-converter clutches for vehicles with automatic transmissions. GoIndustry DoveBid Inc. conducted the auction, which was also available by webcast. The parking lot at the 300,000-square-foot Tidewater Trail […]
Read More ...18 JulLarge residential development proposed near Lee’s Parke in Spotsylvania
An Arizona-based real estate investment group is proposing a large new residential development off U.S. 1 near Lee’s Parke in Spotsylvania County. Walton International Group has proposed a total of 1,060 residential units on about 378 acres it purchased last year for about $11.6 million. The land is just south of the Lee’s Parke subdivision and the […]
Read More ...12 JulPratt Medical Center purchases space at Spotsy complex
Pratt Medical Center last month purchased an almost 20,000-square-foot office suite directly across Interstate 95 from the Spotsylvania Regional Medical Center. Pratt occupies the entire second floor of the 40,000-square-foot building at 4701 Spotsylvania Parkway. Its office has been open since the beginning of the year, but Pratt had been leasing the space. The company […]
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