THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Monday, July 18, 1994 TAG: 9407160155
SECTION: BUSINESS WEEKLY PAGE: 19 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: - By Juanita Raisor
LENGTH: Medium: 81 lines
EXPANSIONS
Ethan Allen, the home-furnishings retail chain, opened a Virginia Beach store at 1554 Laskin Road in Hilltop East Shopping Center. The new store will have a staff of seven designers. Ethan Allen operates stores in Williamsburg and Norfolk.
AD NOTES
Goldman & Associates, a Norfolk-based advertising and public-relations agency, received a contract to market the Hofheimer's shoe-store chain. Hofheimer's, based in Chesapeake, has 69 stores in five states and the District of Columbia.
CONTRACTS
Basic Construction Co. in Newport News received a $774,062 contract from the state Department of Transportation for street paving in York County.
E.V. Williams Co. Inc. in Norfolk received a $15 million contract from the city of Newport News for work on widening Route 17 in Newport News, including grading, paving, signs, lights and utilities.
Henry S. Branscome Inc. in Williamsburg received a $1.9 million contract from the city of Hampton for roadway work.
Blueridge General Inc. in Norfolk received a $701,900 contract from NASA to modify the Materials Research Laboratory building at Langley Research Center in Hampton.
Precon Construction Co. in Chesapeake received a $1.2 million contract from the city of Virginia Beach for improvements to the Laurel Manor/Dogwood Acres sanitary-sewer system.
Mid Eastern Builders Inc. in Chesapeake received a $7.7 million contract from the Navy for electric-energy systems and peaking-generator systems at various locations.
BANKRUPTCIES
Business bankruptcies filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Norfolk:
James M. Morris, Morris Masonry Tile & Marble, filed a Chapter 13 debt repayment on June 22, with assets of $139,932 and liabilities of $114,027.
John F. Rixey, attorney, filed a Chapter 11 reorganization on June 23. Assets and liabilities were not available.
Mohamad Ahmad Afify, trading as Bayview Plaza Apartments and The Islander Motel Apartments, filed a Chapter 11 reorganization on June 23. Assets and liabilities were not available.
Metropolitan Key & Lock Co. Inc., Robert T. Moore, owner, filed a Chapter 11 reorganization on June 24, with assets of $3,552 and liabilities of $74,000.
John C. Horak and Mary Ann Horak, trading as J&H Floor Service, filed a Chapter 7 liquidation on June 27, with assets of $6,872 and liabilities of $30,976.07.
TALC Associates, operating as American Classic Self Storage and American Classic Car Wash, filed a Chapter 11 reorganization on June 29, with assets of $4,048,449.00 and liabilities of $2,901,906.78.
Donna A. Jeter, operating as a cleaning company, filed a Chapter 7 liquidation on July 1, with assets of $1,883 and liabilities of $15,192.99.
Willie Davis, seafood restaurant, filed a Chapter 7 liquidation on July 6. Assets and liabilities were not available.
William A. Oakley, Bill Oakley Construction, filed a Chapter 7 liquidation on July 6, with assets of $103,683 and liabilities of $118,265.01.
Fine's Men's Shops Inc. filed a Chapter 11 reorganization on July 7, with assets of $6,902,159.28 and liabilities of $20,096,277.03.
Azalea Acquisition Corp. filed a Chapter 11 reorganization on July 7, with assets of $10,800 and liabilities of $13,172,000.
H.M. White Transportation Co. Inc. filed a Chapter 11 reorganization on July 12, with assets of $12,600 and liabilities of $38,218.
Herman Manley White, trucking, filed a Chapter 11 reorganization on July 12, with assets of $90,950 and liabilities of $62,815.91. MEMO: Digest reports news of record about businesses in Hampton Roads. Items
accepted include reports of mergers, acquisitions, leases of more than
20,000 square feet, government contract awards of more than $500,000,
significant expansions, new locations, and appointments or elections of
chairpersons or presidents to professional organizations.
Information should be sent to Juanita Raisor, Business News, 150 W.
Brambleton Ave., Norfolk, VA 23501.
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