Norfolk Projects and Construction v 2.0

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Norfolk Projects and Construction

(courtesy spark317)

• A: Rowhouses are currently being planned as an extension of the project detailed below. They would be
  connected to the main project by a pedestrian bridge.
  B:

Brambleton Tower
C:Granby Tower
D: Federal Courthouse Expansion
E: 388 Boush Street
F:Harbor Heights
G: Wright condominium development. Go to Wright condominiums
for details.
H: St Pauls Place
I: Courts Building - 14- or 15-stories; approved (update:$85 million has been appropriated from the city
budget towards construction of this facility 3-5 years in the future.
J: Office Tower - 35- to 40-stories; proposed
K:Trader Tower
L: Westin Hotel
M: Norfolk Conference Center - 60,000-square-feet; to be built in conjunction with the Westin Hotel.
N:Cruise Ship Terminal

Other Norfolk projects not shown on aerial photo:

• Ghent South Towers
  
  
• 201 Twenty-One
  
  
• Harbors Edge
  
  
• Ocean View Projects
  
  
• Cosmo 418
  
  
• Virginia Arts Festival
  
  
• TCC Student Center
  
  
• ODU Innovation Research Park
  
  
• Hoffler Tower
  
  
• LRT
  
  
• The Row at Ghent/Bristol at Ghent
  
  
• Tanners Landing
  
  
• NSU Rise Center
  
  
• HRT Headquarters
  
  
• 401 Granby
  
  
• Rivers Edge at Berkley
  
  
• Wachovia Center
  
  
• The Residences at Taylors Landing
  
  
• East Beach Villas at Pretty Lake
  
  
• River House Apartments
  
  
• Residence Inn
  
  
• Hampton Inn and Suites
  
  
• Ghent Station
  

Arena

Norfolk City Council will hold a three-day retreat in February 2005 to discuss building a new downtown arena adjacent to Harbor Park stadium

Atlantic City Redevelopment status: Under Construction

Multi-million dollar housing, commercial, and retail project. Harbor's Edge project (see below) is part of the project.

Church Street Corridor

Revitalization of African-American centric community adjacent to downtown Norfolk. Multi-million and multi-year project. Includes renovation and re-opening of the Crispus Attucks Cultural Center (theater) in October 2004.

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Brambleton Tower Belmont @ Freemason (TOD)

Discuss this Project

Status:Approved

Type: Residential

Location: Brambleton Avenue and Duke street

Floors: 20

Height: unknown

Units: 250

Office space: No

Retail space: yes

Developer:Kotarides

Architect: Humphreys and Partners

Website: N/A

Additional Renderings: redesigned

Newest rendering as of 2/15/2007:

Newest rendering as of 3/29/07

Project Description: "Kotarides Developers is planning an 18- to 20-story apartment tower on what's now a city parking lot between Brambleton Avenue and York Street near the YMCA. The project was first proposed in 2003 as two seven-story apartment buildings. Now the developer has an agreement with the city to refine the proposal over the next four months and negotiate the sale of the land. There could be as many as 250 apartments, depending on whether the developer can acquire the land that is not owned by the city."

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Granby Tower

(update 1/9/07: utilities being installed. Developer claims pile driving will start in February)

Discuss this project

Status:Stalled

Type: Residential

Location: Corner of Granby Street and Brambleton Ave.Status: Under Construction

Floors: 34 (31 occupied, 3 mechanical *subject to change)

Height: 490ft

Units: 303

Office space: Yes

Retail space: Yes

Developer:Buddy Gadams

Architect: Humphreys and Partners

Website: http://www.granbytower.com

Additional Renderings: N/A

Project Description: This building will be 34-stories (31 floors of condos and 3 mechanical), and will rise 365ft into the sky with a 125ft spire on top for a total of 490ft. The building will be surrounded by 4-story buildings with 300 total condos selling from $250,000 to $2,000,000. Includes parking (wrapped around the building not under it) 17,000-square-feet of retail. Construction to begin February 2007 with the tower completed by summer 2009. A 4,000-square-foot sales pavilion, to be erected on a vacant lot at the intersection of Boush and Charlotte streets near the site of the proposed high rise, will have a decorated prototype home as well as touch screens where visitors can see floor plans and views. A grand opening for the sales pavilion is expected to take place in September. This will be Norfolks tallest building and the second tallest building in the state.

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388 Boush Street

Status: Completed

Type: Residential

Location:Corner of Boush and Freemason

Floors: 5

Height: Unknown

Units: 94

Office space: No

Retail space: No

Developer:Collins enterprises

Architect: CMSS

Website: http://www.norfolkliving.com/388Boush

Additional Renderings: N/A

Project Description:"94 condominiums in a four-story building wrapped around the exterior of the city's new Boush Street garage."

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Harbor Heights

Discuss this project

Status: Completed

Type: Residential

Location:Corner of Boush and Tazwell

Floors: 15

Height: 190.1 ft

Units: 99

Office space: Yes

Retail space: Yes

Developer:Robinson Development

Architect: CMSS Architect

Website: http://www.harborheights.net

Additional Renderings: N/A

Project Description: 16 story building that will house consolidated and relocated TCC administrative functions into a single location. There will be condos on the upper floor and a fresh market on the bottom.

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St. Pauls Place

Status: Completed

Type: Residential

Location: Corner of Bank and Freemason

Floors:3-4

Height: Unknown

Units: 90

Office space: No

Retail space: No

Developer:Wermers Development

Architect: Unknown

Website: http://www.stpaulsplace.com

Additional Renderings:

St. Paul's Place Lofts:

St. Paul's Place Flats:

St. Paul's Place Map

Courtesy of CaliTransplant

Project Description: "The condominium homes at St. Paul's feature two distinctive designs. The Flats are three-story, mansion-like buildings. Each contains six units. The style is decidedly traditional with crown mouldings, pedestal sinks, old-style windows, friendly over-sized porches and three-panel doors.In contrast, The Lofts are four-story, sixteen unit warehouse-style buildings. True loft units have been built with concrete floors, lots of large windows, open living/ sleeping spaces, exposed ceilings and duct work. These homes are finished in an industrial style."

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Trader Tower

Discuss this project

Status: Completed

Type: Office

Location:Corner of Granby Street and City Hall ave.

Floors: 20

Height: 270 ft

Units: N/A

Residential space: No

Retail space: Yes

Developer:Trader Publishing Company

Architect: CMSS Architects

Website: http://www.tradenational.com

Additional Renderings: N/A

Project Description: $55 million office tower that will eventually house 1600 workers. Named Trader Square this Tower will also include ground floor retail and is scheduled for completion in Fall of '06. This building will be the headquarters for Traders internet division but will also house other tenants.

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Hilton Westin Hotel and Conference Center

Discuss this project

Status: Under construction

Type: Hotel

Location:Main Street across from Trader Tower

Floors: 26

Height: 315 ft

Units: 300

Office space: No

Retail space: No

Residential space: 10 condos

Developer:Fulco development/LTD management

Architect: Unknown

Website: N/A

Additional Renderings:

Older Hilton renderings

Project Description: This 26 story $150 million hotel and condominum project is scheduled to start construction by the beginning of 2009 and be completed by late 2011. The hotel and condominium will be adjacent to the conference center and parking garage. There are 12 condos on floors 20-25 and they have already sold out. The hotel will be a full-service Westin Hotel with 300 rooms.

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Cruise Ship Terminal

Discuss this project

Status: Completed

Type: Tourist

Location:Waterside drive next to Nauticus

Floors: 2

Height: N/A

Units: N/A

Office space: No

Retail space: No

Developer:City of Norfolk

Architect: Unknown

Website: N/A

Additional Renderings: N/A

Project Description: 80,000-square-feet, $41 million project with construction to begin in December 2004 or January 2005; opens Fall 2006 (update: This project is currently under construction and is in its pile driving phase).

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Ghent South Towers Fort Norfolk Plaza

Status: Under Construction

Type: Hotel/Residential/Medical

Location:Riverview ave. across from Sentara Norfolk General Hospital

Floors: 24 Condo portion killed. Height reduced to 14 stories

Height: unknown

Units: 118

Office space: Yes

Retail space: Possibly

Developer: Dr. Keith H. Newby Sr.

Architect: Clark Nexsen

Website: www.fortnorfolkplaza.com

Additional Renderings: Redesigned to this:

And then to this:

Project Description: (Information no longer accurate, I'm working on getting an update) $70 million project along the Elizabeth River will be Norfolks first medical tower in years. A 24-story complex at its highest point comprised of medical office, residential condominiums, amenities and retail in a building with an innovative design, marking the gateway to Fort Norfolk and Downtown. Plans are for two towers. The office medical tower includes a story each for retail, a conference facility and a health club in addition to 7 stories for medical offices above 6 stories of parking. The residential tower will have 118 units, approximately 200,000 net square feet, and rise 18 stories above parking." (if the extended stay hotel deal goes through then there will only be 20 condos and the rest hotel).

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201 Twenty One

Status: Approved

Type: Residential

Location:21st Street, Omuhundro Ave, Llewellyn Ave, and 20th Street

Floors: 5

Height: unknown

Units: 244 212

Office space: No

Retail space: Yes

Developer:Roseland Property Company

Architect: Galiani, Jackson

Website: N/A

Additional Renderings:

Project Description: "Roseland Property Company and the partnership of Galiani, Jackson, Galiani are developing an urban apartment community named "201 Twenty One", a five-story building with an enclosed parking garage. The building will have a total of 244 high-end urban apartment homes, surrounding a central courtyard, and pedestrian friendly retail on 21st Street. The apartment homes will be served by numerous elevators and feature an extensive clubhouse and state of the art amenities. The development will occupy the city block bounded by 21st Street, Omuhundro Ave, Llewellyn Ave, and 20th Street. Construction will commence in the second quarter of 2006. The total investment will be in excess of forty million dollars"

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Harbor's Edge

Status: Completed

Type: Residential

Location:

Floors: 17

Height: unknown

Units:

Office space: No

Retail space: No

Developer:

Architect:

Website:

Additional Renderings:

Project Description: 17-story retirement community in the Atlantic City project; $107 million; an opening planned for 2006

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Oceanview Projects

Condominium projects will remake Ocean View skyline

article

1.) The Spectrum at Willoughby Point

A $125 million condominium development that would remake the landscape at the entrance to the Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel. The 327 condos, to be built on nearly 15 acres, would replace the Days Inn Hotel and The Pointe Restaurant and include an existing marina at the southwestern tip of Willoughby Spit. Developers say condos would sell for between $300,000 and $1 million.

2.) The Shoals

A 168-unit condominium and hotel development at the old Harrison’s Fishing Pier site at 4th View Street.

The $50 million development around the pier will include condominiums, a small convention center, another restaurant and a hotel. Four buildings are planned and will contain a mixture of condominiums and hotel rooms. The tallest could be eight stories, and they are designed to resemble the old Nansemond Hotel, the historic Ocean View hotel that once stood about 300 yards away. (obtained from the pilot)

3.) Pretty Lake Village Condominiums

From the developers website: "Pretty Lake is an established community that is undergoing redevelopment. It is to the west of the new East Beach Community on Norfolk's Chesapeake Bay and provides a delightful contrast and destination for residents. Residents of the new village enjoy the deep channeled lake front access, with direct connections for boaters to large established marinas, marina amenities, and the Chesapeake Bay.

Mature "live oak" shade trees, sculptural like in nature, address the small scaled neighborhood's rolling streets. The marinas, located further along Pretty Lake Avenue, create the back drop of a mixed use waterfront district. The architectural pattern of the 64 unit residential development combines traditional coastal details with innovative expressions of materials and color palettes."

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Cosmo 418

Status: Denied

Type: Residential

Location:Granby Street between Freemason and Webster

Floors: 11

Height: 130ft

Units: 16

Office space: No

Retail space: No

Developer:Ahmed Hassan

Architect: ARC Studios in concert with Studio Quattro (members:Jimmy Stevens, Matt Pearson, Neal O'Neill, AHmed Hassan, AIA)

Website:http://www.cosmo418.com

Additional Renderings:

Project Description: "The 11-story building will have 16 condos and a ground-floor restaurant about 1,600 to 2,000 square feet in size, a rooftop garden and a clubhouse. Residents will enter a lobby from Monticello Avenue. Some of the condos are designed for two floors. The elevator will open on the 10th floor, which is the penthouse." If the approval process goes as planned this building could be ready in 10-12 months.

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Virginia Arts Festival

Status: Proposed

Type: Entertainment

Location:

Floors:

Height: unknown

Units:

Office space: No

Retail space: No

Developer:

Architect:

Website:

Additional Renderings:

Project Description: "The 10,000-square-foot Clay and Jay Barr Education Center would house a rehearsal studio and an office for the festival staff." The project will be built on the site of the Cofer Building on Olney Road. Ground Breaking will occur this summer.

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TCC Student Center

Status: Proposed

Type: Academic

Location:

Floors:

Height:

Units:

Office space: No

Retail space: No

Developer:

Architect:

Website:

Additional Renderings:

Project Description:

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ODU Innovation Research Park

Discuss this Project

Status: Completed

Type: Academic/research

Location:

Floors:

Height: unknown

Units:

Office space: No

Retail space: No

Developer:

Architect:

Website:www.irpodu.com

Additional Renderings:

Project Description: "Old Dominion University announced the creation of Innovation Research Park @ ODU, an $80 million economic development project that will bring together university intellectual capital, faculty and students with private-sector companies to pursue research, technology development and business-creation opportunities."

Innovation Research Park

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Hoffler Tower

Discuss this project

Status: Proposed

Type: Residential

Location:549 E. Brambleton, corner of Brambleton and Posey Lane.

Floors: 30-35

Height: unknown

Units: 300

Office space: Yes

Retail space: Yes

Developer:Oswald Hoffler Jr.

Architect: Unknown

Website: N/A

Additional Renderings:

Project Description: This $30 million 35-40 (est.) story structure will include 300 luxury apartments. The first floor will have 10,000 square feet of retail space, including a bank and a restaurant. There are also plans for a gynasium facility on the 2nd floor and a 250 space 4 story parking garage.The parking garage will be located on Tulip lane with the tower itself fronting Brambleton. Grounbreaking is scheduled to occur sometime in 2006.

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The Row at Ghent/Bristol at Ghent

Status: Completed

Type: Residential

Location: 21st street and Granby

Floors: 5

Height: unknown

Units: 352

Office space: No

Retail space: No

Developer:Bristol Development Group

Architect:

Website: www.therowatghent.com, http://thebristolatghent.com/

Additional Renderings:

Project Description: Several 5-story buildings with 268 apartments and 84 condos, includes a 5-story parking garage; $29 million project

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Tanners Landing

Status:Completed

Type: Residential

Location: Foot of Granby Street Bridge

Floors: 4

Height: unknown

Units: 27

Office space: No

Retail space: No

Developer:Axis Development Co.

Architect: Commonwealth Architects

Website: N/A

Additional Renderings:N/A

Project Description: This project will have 27 luxury, waterfront condominiums. "The four-story complex will offer two-and three-bedroom condominiums, each with views of the Lafayette River, and featuring nine-foot ceilings, hardwood floors, granite counter tops and ceramic tile bathrooms."

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NSU Rise Center

Discuss this project

Status:Under Construction

Type: Academic/Research

Location: Near Brambleton Ave 264 On Ramp

Floors: 6

Height: unknown

Units: N/A

Office space: Yes

Retail space: No

Developer:Norfolk State University

Architect: Livas Group

Website: http://www.geo-usa.com/rise/

Additional Renderings: N/A

Project Description: "Located adjacent to the Norfolk State University Research and Innovation to Support Empowerment (RISE) Center, which will serve as an intergenerational, multipurpose education and research facility that will enable and promote innovative applied technology development, business incubation and economic development activities. The RISE Center Technology Park will serve as the hub for a digital village that will facilitate digital opportunities in this region. Through private/public partnerships, the potential growth for this project is unlimited."

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HRT headquaters (plume street station)

Status:Proposed

Type: Office (TOD)

Location: Plume street, site of the current kirn memorial library

Floors: 12

Height: unknown

Units: N/A

Residential space: No

Retail space: Yes

Developer:unknown

Architect: unknown

Website: N/A

Additional Renderings:N/A

Project Description: 12-story building with ground level retail. The building will sit at the beginning of the light rail line and there will be a transit station inside. Constuction likely will not begin until the end of 2007. This structure is in the predevelopment phase.

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Federal Courts Expansion (tower annex option)

Status:Proposed

Type: Office

Location: Granby Street, current site of federal court house

Floors: 11

Height: 230 ft

Units: N/A

Residential space: No

Retail space: No

Developer:GSA

Architect: unknown

Website: N/A

Additional Renderings:

Project Description:

mods note: This is only one of several options being considered for the courthouse annex and is by no means the final word on this issue. This is, however, the option with the least detrimental impact on its surroundings.

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401 Granby

Status:Proposed

Type: Mixed/Hotel

Location: Current Master Opticians site

Floors: 14-20

Height: unknown

Units: unknown

Office space: Yes

Retail space: Yes

Developer:

Architect: unknown

Website: N/A

Additional Renderings:N/A

Project Description: Mixed-use office/hotel building with 155 hotel rooms and/or 100,000+ SF of Class A office space.

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Rivers Edge at Berkley

Status: Approved

Type: Residential

Location: Vacant industrial land in Berkley, on the edge of the Elizabeth River across from downtown

directly next to the Berkeley Bridge.

Floors: 31, 15, 15

Height: unknown

Units: 310

Office space: No

Retail space: No

Developer: Sunsations Realty

Architect: CMSS Architects

Website: N/A

Additional Renderings:

Project Description: A 31-story tower that would be the city's second-tallest building. Two towers would be 15 stories high and prices would start in the mid-$200,000s. Project will include a public walkway and there is talk of adding a ferry stop at the development to link it with downtown Norfolk and Olde Towne Portsmouth.