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[varider]

I went to Old Town/Downtown Portsmouth this evening for my cousin's graduation at the nTelos Pavillion.. I was impressed.. I've really never been down there except High Street, and I really like it.. it also looks like quite a bit of construction activity.. & the views along the waterfront of downtown Norfolk are GREAT.

[mikeas]

New apartment developments planned for downtown Portsmouth.




Hints at possibly getting rid of the near waterfront jail...

http://hamptonroads....-waterfront#rfq

[calwinston]

mikeas, on 27 July 2010 - 09:14 AM, said:

New apartment developments planned for downtown Portsmouth.




Hints at possibly getting rid of the near waterfront jail...

http://hamptonroads....-waterfront#rfq

Hopefully this proposal goes through and it is built. Unfortunately we know how many proposals have sprouted up and then vanished into no mans land in Portsmouth.
P.S. Who's ides was it to put a jail on the waterfront?!  

[metalman]

Ground is broken for court complex.

http://hamptonroads....plex-portsmouth

I am surprised to see it started now.  Seems soon to me.  I was also surprised to see it on the other side of 264 from Old Town.  Maybe it'll transform that side of the interstate.  That also leaves room for those great new towers that we've seen renderings of, right?  

[ronsmytheiii]

Edited by ronsmytheiii, 28 December 2010 - 10:54 PM.

[varider]

http://www.wavy.com/...000&status=true

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The plan is to build two separate buildings.

"The building will be a fantastic addition to the architecture and the appearance of downtown, but more important are the residents returning to the city's downtown," said Small.

Local shop and restaurant owners that WAVY.com spoke with were excited about the plans. To have almost 300 apartment units within walking distance means potentially much more business for them.

"Definitely bring more people down, down here to the restaurants and in going to the restaurants. They're going to see our business," said Downtown merchant Madeline Grimes.

The hope for the city leaders is to close the deal by early 2012.

[vdogg]

Anyone know anything about this?



http://www.wrtdesign...ensive-Plan/131

[vaceltic]

This looks to be a rendering from the Portsmouth Master Plan and the area is between Greenwood Avenue and I-264 fronting a redesigned Victory Boulevard. It will compliment the TCC Portsmouth campus nearby, which was constructed a few years back.

[vdogg]

Anybody know what the tower crane over by the naval hospital is for? It's pretty tall but I can't find anything about it.