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Here is a new Townhome community being developed in Newport News. It is near Jefferson and J Clyde, just south of Port Warwick and Oyster Point. It looks like a good infill project. http://deerparkcommons.com/index.html

This looks like a very nice project in Hampton. The whole Coliseum Central area is really making efforts towards building a nice cohesive area incorporating the Peninsula Town Center/Coliseum mall and the Power Plant... http://www.dailypress.com/business/local/d...mostemailedlink

They already started the Warwick Blvd construction last month..they are widening the road from 4 to 6 lanes from J Clyde to Nettles, which is only three miles; however the project is to continue until 2009. The traffic tie ups in the afternoon around Warwick and J Clyde are ridiculous. I am not aware of any Jefferson Ave construction. I suppose they could widen Jefferson from Denbigh to the city/county line.

I am waiting for them to announce I 64 widening again on the Peninsula. Now that the Coliseum Central project is wrapping up, the segment of the interstate from Bland Blvd towards Williamsburg is going to be slated for construction, including a new interchanges at Bland and another road between Denbigh and Ft Eustis. It is never going to end...arent they talking about redoing 64/264 interchange? that should go smoothly

Here is a link to the Daily Press article about the New Town development http://www.dailypress.com/business/local/d...ness-localheads Funny how the Pilot had an article about the City Center and the DP had an article on New Town

Here is the link for the "Marquis", the lifestyle center planned for the Williamsburg area http://www.ppusa.com/williamsburg/

Shouldn't this post be in the Peninsula Section?

I still feel that the real estate market is very hot in certain areas...in Port Warwick houses are being resold, and they have not even gone on the market yet. They just sold the model home, 2500 square feet for 540,000 dollars. The condo I just bought there was not even on the market and there were three other competing bids. Yes, the market may be slowing, but in certain areas, it will stay very active

I would have to pay FOUR tolls a day when they get implemted, for the MMMBT and the High Rise.. if you look at it, the Hampton Roads beltway would be tolled in three different places, which is a bit ridiculous

I drove through the New Town developement yesterday and I actually was impressed.. I was a little skeptical about it since JCC and Williamsburg have sprawled out immensly, but this project definitely has a good mix of residential and retail, more so than Port Warwick. they have a 12 screen movie theatre, billiard hall, several restaraunts, civilian services (law office, insurance, bank, travel agent) ect

Not yet, but they are working on it inside of their unit...my brother just opened his college deli/bar in the same complex two weeks ago, called Schooners. They have done really well and have filled a void at CNU with providing an enivironment for both students and locals in the area with a college-type bar/ hangout. I am sure that when Bottoms Up opens in a few weeks it will do very well and compliment the other retail/restaraunts in the complex

Hey guys, check out this link....very favorable for expansion in the Norfolk area http://www.bizjournals.com/specials/2006/0...xpansion/8.html

This is the type of store I was talking about earlier that would keep attracting customers and other exclusive retail to MacArthur center. Definitely a big boost to the center, and in my opinion, preferable to Lynnhaven mall

I saw this in the daily press today...this is the development that is going in the extreme northern end of the city bordering York county and James city county...not entirely urban, however a nice mix of homes, condos and retail...A little background, the developer of Port Warwick, Bobby Freeman, and Sandler both presented their ideas to the city to develop this area. Freeman envisioned an "equestrian themed" development, where as Sandler proposed a more traditional approach. The city sided with Sandler, much to my surprise since Port Warwick has become such a success and almost a catalyst to all the develoment in NN. Here is the link to the article today.. http://www.dailypress.com/business/local/d...ness-localheads About ten years ago, there were plans to develop this area with another mall, the "Endview Mall" . This was opposed by both preservationists in the area and Patrick Henry Mall, which is eight miles to the southeast...after a fierce debate, the Endview mall idea was scrapped and now, I believe the area is being developed responsibly.

All of this develoment will truly keep the momentum of downtown norfolk going....we need to see the retail component now catch up, both the street level, and at Macarthur center. The mall is now seven years old, and no longer the "new mall"... Norfolk needs to make sure that the retail mix there stays stable and improves a bit more to keep people like myself from the Peninsula coming there. I was impressed that this holiday season the mall seemed very busy, moreso than last year. Hopefully they can keep their existing retail mix, add a few more "exclusive" ones, and in a couple of years have a third anchor, which I feel is needed. The "big box" bookstore can go somewhere else in DT Norfolk

seeing all of the construction and urbanization in Norfolk truly makes me proud of the region....As multinucleated as Hampton Roads is, Norfolk will always be the true center of the region

I know that they were mentioned in the treads, but I am talking about on the tv media, and in the pilot...again highlighting the fact that the peninsula tends to get glossed over by people on the southside. When I tell people in Chesapeake,where I work part time, that I live in Newport News, they give me this horrific look that I live in the worst ghetto, and that I should move to C-peake or VB. I mean the perception and reality of the "Bad Newz" is really black and white. Most of the crime in NN is in a small area in the southeast area, known as the "East End". For a city of 185,000, NN had 20 murders, still high, but in terms of per capita, much lower than Norfolks and Portsmouths. 15 of those murders happened in the East End, which hopefully one day will turn around as well. Even Chesapeake, with a population of 215,000 had 15 murders, not that much lower than NN

Two days a week, I commute from Newport News (Hidenwood area) to the Great Bridge section of Chesapeake ussing 664 to 64, and it can be grueling. 664 is not the problem but once I get to the Bowers Hill interchange towards the High Rise Bridge, it is dreadfull, 20 minutes sometimes to travel four miles. I am surprised that no one really talks about the traffic on that stretch of 64 in Chesapeake. I feel as if the back ups on the HR bridge rival those on the HRBT sometimes. Interesting to note, I have started to see back ups on the MMBT, going towards the Peninsula in the AM and going towards Suffolk PM, especially summertime. Also 664 in the PM heading north from Bowers Hill to wards Suffolk can slow to a crawl. In time that whole area will need to be widened.

When Worsley, the parent company of Ferguson based in London, announced that Ferguson will be consolitating their headquarters in Newport News, it seemed like not much attention was given to it by the local tv media and the Virginian Pilot, whereas the Daily Press gave it front page headlines. This move in time should give Hampton Roads a third Fortune 500 company, bringing in a highly educated and skilled workforce with high incomes as well. This hopefully will act like a catalyst in that more companies will take note and set up on the Peninsula, or anywhere else in HR

Hampton is definitely slow off of the starting blocks in terms of redevelopment and urbanization, however I think it will happen for them also. They have a beautiful, picturesque downtown, which is probably their greatest asset. In time, that area will boom also. What we need again is an influx of good paying white collar jobs to the area, and I think that the peninsula is having greater success than the southside in this area. It seems like no one has noticed this company setting up in Oyster Point: Alion Science and Technology Joining the list of tenants at City Center Alion Science and Technology, headquartered in McLean, Virginia and with offices around the world has added City Center at Oyster Point as their latest location. Alion Science and Technology will occupy over 17,000 square feet in the new One City Center building scheduled for completion in February of 2006. Alion is an employee-owned technology solutions company delivering technical expertise and operational support to the Department of Defense, civilian government agencies, and commercial customers. In 2004, Alion reported 282 million dollars in revenue and has 2,600 employees. Learn more about Alion at: www.alionscience.com For One City Center leasing information please contact, Alex Stern, NAI Harvey Lindsay Commercial Real Estate at 757-873-2020.

You guys, Dont forget the "Villages of Stoney Run" development by the Breeden company, a Virginia Beach based company...This is the web address to their site: http://www.thebreedencompany.com/newdev_stoneyrun.html

I think it was either in Oct or Nov... almost the entire minutes of the meeting were devoted to Patrick Henry Marketplace....actually the development has officially commenced with the openning of both Cheeseburger in Paradise and Carrabas, in addition they have begun cutting down more trees..

I was born and raised in Newport News, then left for ten years to complete my education, and have since moved back a year and a half ago, thus my interests have always revolved around the Hampton Roads area. I am amazed at the amount of development that has occurred throughout the whole area from Williamsburg down the VB. I am particularly impressed at the changing face of Newport News in the past five years or so, almost rivaling the amount of development in Norfolk

Hello everyone, Long time lurker, first time poster. I live in Newport News, so I am very familiar with all of the projects and developments. First of all, Jefferson Commons is just a mega retail complex, with no plans for any mixed-use or office. Patrick Henry Marketplace was conceived as another retail complex, but because of the expansion of Patrick Henry mall and Jefferson Commons, they became squeezed out of the retail race, thus Kahn Development decided to reconfigure their plans and have turned the project into a true mixed-use with retail, offices, rental units, condos for sale and a couple of hotels with a planned light rail station. You can see their plans on www.kahndevelopment.com. Also, if you search under Newport News' home page and under city council minutes, representatives from the development presented their new plans to the city a few months ago, and the city council members were overwhelming for the project, the only main concerns being traffic of course. And actually there will be new infrastructure connecting the development to both Jefferson Ave, and Oyster Point road. Finally, I do not think those trailer parks are lasting long. In Newport News' "Framework for the Future" plan, it explicitly states that the trailer park there and another one off of Jefferson and Oyster point are planned for "redevelopment"..... Sorry for the long post...