Advance Auto Parts Inc., a Roanoke-based retailer
of car parts and accessories, plans to open a distribution
center in Remington, Ind. to serve a growing Midwest
base. The facility will open in 2008 and employ 600 workers. (News
release)
Allen, Allen, Allen
& Allen, a Richmond law firm, opened its sixth
office In Garrisonville to service clients north of the
Rappahannock River. (News release)
Cardinal Bank, a financial
services firm headquartered in Tysons Corner, opened
its fist Maryland facility, a banking office in Bethesda.
The move is part of Cardinal’s
effort to establish itself in the Montgomery County business
corridor. (BUSINESS WIRE)
Dollar Tree Stores Inc., an operator of single-price
retail stores, plans to expand its corporate headquarters
in Chesapeake by 75,000 square feet. The project will
add more office space, a new data center, training facilities
and create 100 jobs. (News release)
INIT Innovations in Traffic Systems AG, a German
supplier of fare management systems for public transit,
will expand its subsidiary and North American headquarters, INIT
Innovations in Transportation Inc., in Chesapeake.
The move to a larger facility will create 13 jobs, and
INIT is also adding a manufacturing operation as part
of the move. It will work with a German vendor, Altec
GmbH, to create Total Quality Assembly LLC to
manufacture high-end cable assemblies. (News release)
LandAmerica Financial Group Inc., a Richmond-based
provider of real estate transaction services, opened LandAmerica
Commonwealth Title of Central America, a venture
of its subsidiary Commonwealth Land Title Insurance
Company. Headquartered in Costa Rica, the operation
will service a growing real estate market in Central
America, including many retired Americans. (PRNewswire)
Robbins-Gioia LLC, an Alexandria provider of
program management services, opened two offices in Alabama,
in Anniston and Huntsville, to expand management of defense-related
projects there. (News release)