Commonwealth Commercial Partners Named to RTD Top Workplaces 2024

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Richmond, Va. – April 30, 2024 – Commonwealth Commercial Partners (CCP), a leading commercial real estate firm headquartered in Richmond, Va., is thrilled to announce that the company has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2024 honor by Richmond Times-Dispatch Top Workplaces. This is the second consecutive year that CCP has earned the prestigious award in the Midsize Category (125-399 employees).

The list of distinguished winners is based solely on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage LLC. The confidential survey uniquely measures the employee experience and its component themes, including employee responses on feeling Respected & Supported, Enabled to Grow, and Empowered to Execute, to name a few.

“One of the greatest strengths of Commonwealth Commercial is our talented team of commercial real estate professionals, and they are the reason that our company is being recognized again as a Top Workplace in Richmond,” said CEO Mark Claud. “We are very proud and humbled to be included among the other outstanding businesses in our category.”

“Earning a Top Workplaces award is a badge of honor for companies, especially because it comes authentically from their employees,” said Eric Rubino, Energage CEO. “That’s something to be proud of. In today’s market, leaders must ensure they’re allowing employees to have a voice and be heard. That’s paramount. A Top Workplaces award does this, and it pays dividends.”

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About Commonwealth Commercial Partners, LLC
Commonwealth Commercial Partners (CCP) is a leading full-service commercial real estate firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia with offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Columbus, Greenville, Hampton Roads, Houston, Jacksonville, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Nashville, Norfolk, Raleigh/Durham, St. Louis, and Tampa. CCP has expertise in Commercial Sales & Leasing, Property & Asset Management, Construction Management, Hospitality Management, Project Management, Land Sales, and Forestry Consulting.

About Energage:

Making the world a better place to work together.TM

Energage is a purpose-driven company that helps organizations turn employee feedback into useful business intelligence and credible employer recognition through Top Workplaces. Built on 18 years of culture research and the results from 27 million employees surveyed across more than 70,000 organizations, Energage delivers the most accurate competitive benchmark available. With access to a unique combination of patented analytic tools and expert guidance, Energage customers lead the competition with an engaged workforce and an opportunity to gain recognition for their people-first approach to culture. For more information or to nominate your organization, visit energage.com or topworkplaces.com.

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$80 million mixed-use apartment project planned near Scott’s Addition; Buz and Ned’s would have to move

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Posted on 7/12/2021 by Colbi Edmonds at Richmond Times-Dispatch

A 300-unit apartment complex along with retail space is planned for North Arthur Ashe Boulevard on land where Buz and Ned’s Real Barbecue and other businesses are now.

Level 2 Development and SJG Properties, two development companies based in Washington, have acquired five parcels totaling 3.3 acres for the planned $80 million mixed-use project, the companies announced Monday.

The project would be one of the largest apartment complexes in the Scott’s Addition area.

“Even though we’re Washington developers … we love Richmond, Virginia,” said David Franco, principal and co-founder of Level 2 Development. “We’re very familiar; we’re very excited. There’s a lot of growth opportunity in Richmond. We’ve seen businesses coming to Richmond and population growth in the area. So we’re really excited about the prospect of working in Richmond.”

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Residential boom is about to hit the Innsbrook office park in Henrico

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Posted on 7/18/2021 by Richmond Times-Dispatch

Residential boom is about to hit the Innsbrook office park in Henrico as developers plan for thousands of new apartments.

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 the next 10 years or so, transitioning Innsbrook from mostly an office park to a place where people can work, live and play.

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Developer pays $4.025 million for land in Chesterfield with plans to build 230 apartments

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Posted on 8/21/2020 by Sean Gorman at Richmond Times-Dispatch

A developer has bought 13 acres on Iron Bridge Road in Chesterfield County with plans to build 230 apartments.

Waverton Development Inc. bought the land at 6767 Iron Bridge Road for $4.025 million, according to Commonwealth Commercial Partners LLC, which represented the seller . The sale was completed Thursday.

Construction is underway on the apartment complex, a clubhouse and a pool. The first residents are expected to move in during the second quarter of 2021, Commonwealth Commercial Partners said.

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Six brokers leaving Harrison & Bates real estate firm to join Commonwealth Commercial Partners

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Posted on 4/24/2019 by Gregory Gilligan at Richmond Times-Dispatch

Six top brokers from Harrison & Bates are joining a rival commercial real estate brokerage.

The six — including David M. Williams, the president and CEO of Harrison & Bates; and Steve Gentil, the firm’s chairman who has been a broker since 1980 — are joining Henrico County-based Commonwealth Commercial Partners.

Five of the six will become senior vice presidents of Commonwealth Commercial and one will be a sales and leasing associate. They will join the company June 1.

Besides Williams and Gentil, joining Commonwealth Commercial are Chip Louthan, Bruce Milam and Kit Tyler as senior vice presidents and Colton Konvicka as a sales and leasing associate.

“They are an established brand in the industry,” Mark Claud, the founder and CEO of Commonwealth Commercial, said about the new brokers.

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