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Virginia Business Magazine
P.O. Box 85333
Richmond, VA 23293
Liberty Property Trust,
a Richmond-based commercial real estate firm,
was awarded highest honors in the National Commercial
Real Estate Customer Service Awards Program for
the third year in a row. The annual evaluation
program is co-sponsored by the independent consulting
firm CEL & Associates and the Building Owners
and Managers Association. (04/28/04, Press
release)
Rose & Womble Realty
Co., a Virginia Beach-based brokerage, was
ranked 70th out of 500 realty firms on the 2003
Power Brokers list by National Relocation and
Real Estate Magazine. The company completed
6.910 transactions during 2003 for a closed
sales volume total of just over $1 billion.
(4/28/04, Press release)
The City of Virginia Beach’s
economic development department was named by
Site Selection magazine as among the top 10
non-state economic development agencies for
2003, joining cities such as Boston, Dallas,
and Nashville, Tenn. Capital investment in Virginia
Beach topped $220 million in 2003. (04/27/04,
The Virginian-Pilot)
C. Arthur Rutter III,
co-managing partner of the Norfolk law firm
of Rutter Mills, has been named chairman of
the Association of Trial Lawyers of America,
Admiralty and Maritime Law Section. Rutter’s
practice focuses on personal injury trial litigation.
(04/25/04, Press release)
Neathawk Dubuque, a Richmond-based
advertising agency, won two Crystal Awards, four
Awards of Distinction and three honorable mentions
in the 2004 Communicator Awards, print media,
an international wards competition judged by industry
professionals. (04/23/04, Press release)Science Applications International
Corp., a McLean engineering firm, received
two Nunn-Perry Mentor-Protégé Awards
from the Department of Defense for its technical
assistance and training with protégé
companies GEO Consultants of Kevil, Ky., and Houston
Associates of Arlington. This is the seventh time
SAIC has been chosen for the award which recognizes
major defense contractors for helping smaller
disadvantaged businesses enhance their capabilities
to compete for DoD contracts. (04/14/04, PRNewswire)
