Hey all - this is Mike aka Neourban_Pariah on SkyscraperPage and SkyscraperCity ...
I can personally vouch for the 23 story office tower in a later phase because I emailed Florence Kingston, the Director of Development (or something, I forget the exact title) in the city who basically told me it'll be in a later phase.
To correct some other stuff, the name of the 18 story condo is The Meridian, not to be confused with The Point. Both are condo developments but the latter is low rise.
I encourage everyone to look at the City Center Newsletter website since it seems that it is the only place where you can find reliable updates on the project. Occasionally the the Daily Press and the the Virginian Pilot have articles, but those are relatively infrequent.
If you notice on this month's newsletter, there is a section referring to a "Corporate Campus opportunity". This is what it says:
It has a picture of the Langley Federal Credit Union HQ building, Fountain Plaza III, next to it, but its caption tells a story quite different. The current pride of the development, Fountain Plaza I, has only about 100,000 sqft of space in it, which is about 10 stories. By our calculation, a building 200-300 thousand square feet would be in the 20-30 story range! Now this, of course, much depends on its dimensions, but it is eerily in range of that fabled 23 story office building we've been discussing.
Oh it makes me excited...
I should go and take pictures sometime soon of the developments. The construction there is pretty intense and is in fairly advanced stages, at least regarding the hotel. It's definitely impressive.
I'm going to Port Warwick this evening to go to their weekly free outdoor jazz concerts (they're amazing), so maybe if I can find my camera I'll take some shots of picturesque Port Warwick and maybe City Center.
Nice to be back.
