HarryVB

Even if the state doesnt pay anything. The city should approve it anyway. The state will just lose out on a opportunity of a lifetime and it will make the idiots in richmond feel stupid when we have the best arena in the mid atlantic and best shows. Bypassing richmond for top concerts like lady gaga and such. I think our city can pay for our own arena. Our city made close to 1.5 Billion in just tourism this past summer. we can do it on our own.

http://hksinc.com/news/sports/press-releases.aspx Is the Architecture firm who designed this state of the art World Class Arena! For the City of Virginia Beach. Now its Virginia Beach's turn to decide to build it or not which I think they will. Mayor Sessoms is working hard to push this through! http://hksinc.com/news/sports/press-releases.aspx

Yes, Cityview lost financing. They are even talking about turning the Midtown apartments into corporate housing because noone can afford the rent at Midtown at Cityview

Yeah I just realized..lol. I guess I had abit too much to drink last night

I do not think its possible for construction to be complete by October 5th. They still have alot of work that is not complete following the big storm that is currently in our area. The rain and wind and such will just delay the project until November at the lastest

New Laser and Cosmetic Center Opens in Town Center. On the corner of Columbus and Market Street

As you can see, CDE is progressing. I will be so glad when this connection is done! Here is a picture I took today!

Constitution Drive Extended • Four-lane roadway from Columbus St to Bonney Rd • Completes a network linkage between Columbus St and Bonney Rd • Cost participation project with developer who is constructing the project • Total project cost: $8.8M • Fully funded • Construction 40% complete • Construction completion October 2010

I rode by Town Center today. I Noticed Dr McDaniel a plastic surgeon/specialist is opening his comestic center on the corner of Market and Columbus street. Which is facing the grassy area of block 9 on the Westin block. Looks like we are getting medical offices in TC.. He can surely afford it! He has one fancy sign up for sure with plenty room to operate on his patients at this new location!.. Laser and Cosmetic Center!

Yeah the lady that said ''Shame on you, All stinking of you''. What a uneducated idiot she was honestly.. She does not understand what the corridor will do for the city. I bet she is the one that voted against lightrail because she thought bringing blacks from norfolk to virginia beach would bring more crime. It should not be about race or what color you are!. This is 2010. we are in the future now. If the babyboomers are going to fuss and live in the past, let them. Don't let them ruin the opportunity for Virginia Beach for a lifetime. Lightrail is a very important project that needs to start as soon as possible. The sooner the lightrail the sooner more developers will come in and build more developments that will help the citys tax base to keep the tax burden off taxpayers.. Lightrail will decrease traffic on our streets, BRT, I think we all know what happen with BRT a couple years ago. The city council, mayor obernorf broke down on the side of the road in PUNGO.. who wants that type of transportation? Lightrail runs on tracks with electric overhead lines and continues to move smoothly. BRT would be a mistake!

The bridge is about 95% Complete. They had about 5 Cement Trucks out there today pouring on the ends of the bridge where it meets the road. The trucks were driving across the bridge. the guardrails are up! and they are starting to lay the foundation for Cityview II Project. . There are at least 2 dozen steel pilings sitting there. That is defiently not part of the bridge! I will stop over this weekend and take pictures

VIRGINIA BEACH City officials said Tuesday that they've struck a last-minute compromise with the state to complete a $40 million deal to buy an old rail line for a possible light rail project. The city expects to close on the 10.6-mile corridor owned by Norfolk Southern later this month. Until Tuesday afternoon, city officials were fretting that state officials might require them to commit to a light rail project to get a $20 million state grant for the rail line purchase. This would have put in an awkward position many City Council members who say they are waiting on completion of an ongoing transportation study before taking a position on light rail. It also leaves the door open for a referendum, which a majority of council members have said they support. Voters rejected light rail in a 1999. The City Council has not taken a stance on it since. Under the agreement with the state, to get and keep the $20 million, the city must use its "best efforts" to pursue light rail. Alternatives, such as a bus rapid transit system on the line, would be temporarily allowed as long as light rail remains the long-term goal, city attorney Becky Kubin told the City Council. Council members, who are scheduled to vote on the issue next week, largely praised the agreement. "We are extraordinarily close," Councilwoman Rosemary Wilson said. "We don't want to lose the ground we've covered." Under the 2009 agreement to buy the corridor paralleling Interstate 264 between Newtown and Birdneck roads, the state will put in $20 million, the city will pay $10 million, Hampton Roads Transit will contribute $5 million, and the remaining $5 million will come from a utility easement on the property. http://hamptonroads....thern-rail-line

FY 2011-2016 Proposed RoadwaysCapital Improvement Program (CIP)Briefing to the City CouncilPublic Works/EngineeringPresenters:John Fowler, P.E., City EngineerPhil Pullen, P.E., Transportation Division April 20, 2010 Constitution Drive Extended • Four-lane roadway from Columbus St to Bonney Rd • Completes a network linkage between Columbus St and Bonney Rd • Cost participation project with developer who is constructing the project • Total project cost: $8.8M • Fully funded • Construction 40% complete • Construction completion October 2010

The commanding view from the 17th floor of the Armada Hoffler building in Town Center is a pretty good sign that the meeting down the hall isn’t your normal grassroots gathering. In the conference room of the law firm Williams Mullen this week, the group Light Rail Now held its first board meeting. It wasn’t just lawyers and the city’s business elite. About 30 people from environmental, neighborhood, biking and running, housing, senior and church groups are on the board of directors. While the business community created and is financing Light Rail Now – $110,000 has been raised so far – it’s creating a broad-based coalition to support light rail, a sort of grassroots group building in reverse. “The reality is most of these groups involved don’t have the financial resources to put it together,” said attorney Steve Davis, a board member of Light Rail Now and past president of Virginia Beach Vision, the business group spearheading the effort. “Where it goes from here is going to depend on the people involved and the direction they decide to take it. The business community has done the initial job to get this thing off the ground.” Here is more on the article Va. Beach businesses raise cash for 'Light Rail Now

Here are updated pictures of CDE!. tell me if you like!

It looks like they updated the website again. Shows the blueprints of the retail portion of the project and the apartments.. Here is the link if you wanna see.. There is also Addresses for each building. 1 constitution, 2, 4, 6. 8. Im guessing the even numbers for the addresses are on the right. Odd Numbers on the left Cityview II Info Site Details: Total Area: +/- 12 acres Zoning: B-4C Central Business Mixed Use District Availability: One Constitution 2 acre site available for build-to-suit or ground lease +/- 32,000 square feet of offi ce space 105 space parking garage Two Constitution +/- 12,000 square feet of ground fl oor offi ce/retail space +/- 55,000 square feet of offi ce space 108 luxury apartments Four Constitution 137 luxury apartments +/- 456 space parking garage serving Two and Four Constitution Six Constitution +/- 11,000 square feet of offi ce/retail 30 loft condominiums +/- 380 space parking garage serving Buildings Five and Six Eight Constitution +/- 100 luxury condominiums for future development

No it opens up in September. I called the one in Chesapeake. The lady told me the one infront of Lynnhaven will open in September

Listen guys.. I will say what i want to say and when.. Just sink in the info and hush it.. next topic!!

Yeah well. I was not posting it because of the date. I was posting it to give you a idea of what will be built on the current dome site lot..

Here is more information i found about the dome site.. Virginia Beach Ideas? Michael Jenkins has loads of them. The Dallas businessman said this week that he has at least 20, maybe 21, ways to transform the former Dome site from an Oceanfront parking lot into the entertainment destination that city leaders have long coveted. Among the plans Jenkins pitched Thursday and Friday: a 2,500-seat performance theater and three smaller venues; an ice-skating rink; a waterfall with Hawaiian cliff divers; a children's diner; maybe even a 17-story Ferris wheel, protruding from a building with a glass facade that will sparkle with nightly light shows. … Times Square with roof where Dome used to be

Yeah my apologies. Dave and Busters a more highend of Jillians. Owned by the same company is moving into town center. There will not be 2 Jillians. Jillians will be in Greenbrier but Dave and Busters. A more upscale type of establishment as Jillians will be at town center... Again sorry for the mixup

Yeah Im sure there is. After the fact he pulled out from the contract to lease space at Greenbrier Mall. They want more foot traffic. do you think greenbrier has that?. haha no.. Its like pembroke mall. a dump.. Town Center on the other hand.. I talked to divaris today. And he did say Jillians will be moving into the town center. so you guys better wake up and smell the coffee.. And i Honestly could careless what you guys think.. Yall are just people that read the forums. I know the inside details with the people i know.. so hush it already.