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[Surferheel]

http://content.hampt...?...36&ran=1986

Looks like the P-Town skyline is about to get a little more attractive.  Given the activities of the past few months, I really think the downtown area is going to be something special in the next few years.

[urbanvb]

Wow, a 25 story tower ? Sounds exciting. I can't wait to see a rendering.

[vdogg]

Excellent news! We've been waiting a long time for some news on this. I'm guess this is the first of the 6 proposed towers. Hopefully the others come to fruition as well.

[gosscj]

Actually, the article says this development will include five eight-story office/residential buildings along with the 25-story tower. Sounds good to me! Lincoln says the entire project will take four years to complete but there is no word on how soon they will start. Given the city already owns the land and has been planning for the development of this site for a long time, it should be able to begin without much hassle. This will be great for the city!

[rusthebuss]

I don't think we will see the 6 tall towers. I think this is the development that they chose over the 6 tower proposal.

[cpeakesqr]

Holiday Inn site to be redeveloped!!!

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The company's initial proposal calls for a first phase of five eight-story waterfront buildings that will house roughly 200 apartments and 12,000 square feet of ground-level retail shops and restaurants.

The second phase will involve a tower about 25 stories high. The lower floors would house 130,000 square feet of Class A office space – the largest amount of high-end office space in Portsmouth. The upper floors will house 100 condominiums.

oops... already been posted

Edited by vdogg, 15 June 2007 - 04:54 PM.

[vdogg]

That is spectacularly awesome! Great addition to Norfolk and Portsmouths shared skyline.

[Downtowner]

That is gonna be an awesome addition to Portsmouth congrats on a sweet development.

[vdogg]

gosscj, on Jun 12 2007, 05:51 PM, said:

Sounds good to me! Lincoln says the entire project will take four years to complete but there is no word on how soon they will start.

That's ok. Plenty of time to grow. I imagine the condos are coming in the second phase anyway so that they can give the market a chance to heat back up.

[cpeakesqr]

At the Seawall Festival (P-town's HarborFest), I heard some inside info from someone (in the loop) that in two years, the Sembler project will have changed that area as to make it "unrecognizable".  So with both projects hopefully going through without a hitch... Portsmouth will definitely be in a 'renaissance' as they like to say.

[gosscj]

Awesome rendering! I had no idea the Holiday Inn site included that much land!

[wrldcoupe4]

Cool news... is it just me though or does that man tower look a little like Richmond's City Hall?

new tower:


Richmond's City Hall


If not, forget I said anything.

Edited by wrldcoupe4, 12 June 2007 - 05:22 PM.

[vdogg]

Hmm...  Generally yeah but not that similar. It looks like there is a lot more to it than that. It's got quite a modern look though, which I like. Glad they didn't just settle for something colonial looking, which they could've easily done in that part of town.

[scm]

Portsmouth OKs $158 million downtown redevelopment project

City leaders today announced that a Texas-based company will redevelop what has been called Portsmouth's most desirable downtown spot into a mix of office space and residential units worth $158 million.

WOW!!! LPC are heavy hitters, and if they say they are doing it, they already have the credit lines to make it happen.

Look out, Norfolk -- as pilots say, fight's on.

[okinawatyphoon]

Wow. That will really help the Portsmouth skyline, but I think the tower is quite ugly.

Edited by okinawatyphoon, 12 June 2007 - 06:40 PM.

[tombarnes]

The tower is a bit disappointing.  Looks like any old box with a sort of pre-fab Prairie Style house on top.  Maybe that's being too generous.  In any event, it's better than the old Holiday Inn.  Kudos to Portsmouth for getting this thing off the ground.

[rusthebuss]

I don't think the building is ugly! I think we need some more modern looking buildings.

[vdogg]

You guys think this is ugly? I love it. Could use a little more touch up but in general it's not that bad. I'd love to have one of these in Fort Norfolk actually.

[okinawatyphoon]

vdogg, on Jun 12 2007, 07:59 PM, said:

You guys think this is ugly? I love it. Could use a little more touch up but in general it's not that bad. I'd love to have one of these in Fort Norfolk actually.

VERY. it looks way out of place. it would fit a lot better in hawaii on the ocean than here. it's a good development and it will really change the Portsmouth skyline though.

[vdogg]

okinawatyphoon, on Jun 12 2007, 09:32 PM, said:

VERY. it looks way out of place. it would fit a lot better in hawaii on the ocean than here.

So you're not so much objecting to the design of the building as you are the design of the building for this location correct? I can see where you come from where this may look out of place but this is still quite early. Hopefully subsequent renderings will finesse this view a bit. We have time. Since they're still ironing out the details with the city I wouldn't expect to see this start construction until next year at the earliest.