The city gave Michael Jenkins, president of Leisure and Recreation Concepts Inc. in Dallas, an exclusive eight-month window to deliver the plan for the long-vacant site of the city's entertainment venue, the Dome. After five deadline extensions, officials still are waiting. Some are getting impatient, and the City Council has sent a message.
If Jenkins doesn't deliver in the next two or three months, the council warned, the project would be opened to other developers. The latest contract extension expires on March 31.

That is strange, definitely looks like the owners of the mall have little to no idea what they would do with all that land other than run a suburban mall even through the city has already drafted up a future growth plan for Pembroke.

I am guessing new development is going to be slow coming back to that area which is really a shame because it needs a couple massive growth spurts to really start filling itself out as a downtown for the city.

Target Corp. acquired 9.5 acres in Virginia Beach, VA, where it plans to construct a new location. Pembroke Square Associates sold the land property for approximately $4.75 million or $495,307 per acre.

The parcel was previously used as a parking lot for the shopping center, but the seller said Target would be a perfect fit to existing anchor tenants. The new store is currently under construction with an expected delivery date in October 2012.

That looks like a great development! VB needs more true resorts and less plain hotels. The renderings also look very nice!

The 31 Ocean project hit a major milestone as the Department of Housing and Urban Development promised a critical loan.
Construction is already underway the $70 million plaza, but the timeline for completion faced uncertainty until the guarantee of the loan.
With the financing now in order, 31 Ocean is expected to be completed by January of 2013.

I think this might be typical of almost all local (dying) papers in cities across the country. If you were to base an opinion off the people that post on articles in Portland's paper, you would think Portland was some hardcore republican/libertarian gay hating, whites only city that hated anything that would even remotely use the word "progressive." Thankfully they are a very, very small percentage here and I am guessing the idiots that post on the Pilot probably make up a small percentage of people there.

Has anyone noticed shell is going being bought out by Walgreens on the corner of constiution and vbblvd? Fuddruckers also closed down. they say citywalk is still alive and may be comiing soon

Well, in defense of those calling for referendum (John Moss and the VBTA), they don't support this either

Also, if the city has 61 million for this, then they have 61 million for light rail. Here they are rushing to line a developers pockets, but the minute you say light rail they plant heads firmly in sand and start screaming about referendums. This just burns me up. :/

Proposal seeks $61.8M from Va. Beach for new hotel

I have to admit, as much as I love development in this city, especially down by the Oceanfront, this project seems like a really bad idea. Right now, give the money to teachers and firefighters. Spend less and create better connectivity to the Double Tree. Paying this kind of money for a hotel when there are cheaper more viable alternatives tells me Armada Hoffler owns the city council.

Although I am completely for denser development I don't think an increase in building height (anything above 5 stories) will accomplish much aside from increased rents and not enough people willing to pay for them, and encroachment issues with the military bases. I think the future developments along the "Laskin Gateway" are height appropriate and can appreciate what Bruce Thompson is doing. However I think it would be great if instead of razing the dumpy hotels we keep their retro styling and rehabbed them into apartments/ hotels, that way we retain whatever identity VB had.

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