- A coffee shop with a drive-through is planned at the Jarrell Properties’ Cowan Station project on the east side of U.S. 1 near Cowan Boulevard in Fredericksburg. The shop is planned on a 1.14-acre parcel at the northern end of the project, where a bank had once been planned. James Jarrell IV said the shop isn’t a Starbucks but is a large operator with multiple locations. The project requires a special-use permit and will be before the Fredericksburg Planning Commission on Wednesday (Oct. 8). This would be the first building at Cowan Station, which was formerly a mobile-home park.
- There were 111 homes sold in the past week in the Fredericksburg area, according to the Fredericksburg Area Association of Realtors, including four for more than $1 million. Check back weekly for the new list.
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This home at 1401 Washington Avenue in Fredericksburg recently sold.
The roughly 6,000-square-foot home at 1401 Washington Ave. in Fredericksburg sold late last month for $2.825 million, according to the City’s monthly land-transfer report. That’s the third-highest sales price for a home in the City on record (the other two occurred this summer — a $2.95 million sale of the home at 213 Caroline Street and a $3.75 million sale of the home at 307 Amelia Street). Patrick Gay bought the Washington Avenue home from Jackie Payne.
- A data center campus with about 900,000 square feet of buildings is proposed on about 100 acres at 6178 Macedonia Road in Spotsylvania County near the Caroline County line. The property is off Pairmont Lane, southeast of Amazon’s Summit Crossing data center project and along the Dominion Energy electric transmission corridor. A rezoning is required for the project.
- Fredericksburg Main Street’s upcoming A Downtown Affair event is the subject of this week’s Biz Beat Clips video.
- Curry Roberts, who is retiring in April as president of the Fredericksburg Regional Alliance at the University of Mary Washington, is the guest on this week’s edition of the Biz Beat Banter podcast.
- The 0.36-acre property at 1314 Princess Anne St. in Fredericksburg that includes the Falls Run Care Care Center sold last month for $1.1 million, according to the City’s monthly land-transfer report. Eubank Enterprises LLC sold the property to Richard Alton Pitts Jr.
- Kai-D Thai & Sushi Restaurant has opened at 26 Doc Stone Road in North Stafford.
- MyEyeDr. has opened a location at 805 Wonder Road in Stafford’s Embrey Mill commercial center.
- The Free Lance–Star, the Fredericksburg region’s long-standing daily newspaper, will publish a print edition just six days a week — on Tuesdays through Sundays — starting Nov. 3.
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- The Fredericksburg Planning Commission on Wednesday (Oct. 8) will hear a request to rezone the 0.24-acre property at 98 Caroline St. to allow the structure to be renovated as a single-family home.
- There are thee finalists to become the next president of Germanna Community College (Dr. Janet Gullickson retired earlier this year): Dr. David Ferreira of New Britain, Conn.; Dr. Tashika Griffith of Tampa, Fla.; and Dr. Thomas Walker Jr. of Durham, N.C. Each candidate will participate in a series of open forums and meet-and-greet sessions at Germanna this fall.
- A new National Park Service report shows that 819,000 visitors to the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park in 2024 spent $57.6 million in communities near the park. That spending had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $78.1 million, according to the report.
- Scottish boutique FLYKUP has opened its store at 810 Caroline St. downtown.
- Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin plans to attend an Oct. 24 ceremony to celebrate the Rappahannock Area Community Services Board’s (RACSB) purchase of the 79,420-square-foot building at 4701 Market St. in Spotsylvania that formerly belonged to Rappahannock Goodwill Industries. The facility will be renovated into a 24-hour RACSB crisis center that will provide a safe, calming space for individuals experiencing psychiatric emergencies.
- 9017 Patriot Highway LLC leased 2,280 square feet of industrial space at 9017 Patriot Highway in
Spotsylvania from JAK LLC, according to Coldwell Banker Commercial Elite. - Cavery Properties LLC purchased the 1,482-square-foot medical-office condo at 10708 Ballantraye Drive, Suite 208, in Spotsylvania from WEK LLC for $375,000, according to Coldwell Banker Commercial Elite and Johnson Realty Advisors.
- Trang Pharm and Khanh Doung have purchased 349 Greenbank Road in Stafford from David and Juanita Adams for $500,000, according to Coldwell Banker Commercial Elite.
- Johnson Realty Advisors reports the following recent commercial leases:
- Stickman Tattoos, 1,600-square-foot retail lease at 282 Deacon Road (Suite 111) in Stafford.
- Steele Insurance Agency, 2,800-square-foot office lease at 419 Chatham Square Office Park in Stafford.
- The Durbin Group, 15,100-square-foot industrial lease at 3475 Lee Hill Drive in Spotsylvania
- Golden Steps ABA Therapy, 4,076-square-foot office lease at 111 Olde Greenwich Drive in Spotsylvania
- Home Instead, 2,414-square-foot office lease at 1701 Fall Hill Ave. (Suite C) in Fredericksburg
- Greensite Concrete purchased 3.5 acres of industrial land at 9715 Ashley Dawn Court in Spotsylvania from Gene and Peggie Withers for $525,000, according to Johnson Realty Advisors.
- Blaze Realty LLC purchased a 2,500-square-foot medical-office condo at 450 Garrisonville Road in North Stafford from Garrisonville Holdings LLC, according to Johnson Realty Advisors.
Biz Beat Roundup runs every Wednesday and includes a roundup of business news from around the Fredericksburg region. Send submissions to: bill.freehling@fredericksburgfreepress.com
