Posted on 3/15/18
Virginia Beach Wants Your Opinion On A New "Entertainment District"
Instead of looking at new development projects for the Oceanfront piecemeal, the city is eyeing the larger picture. And it wants to hear from the public . . .
Posted on 3/5/18
The Virginia Beach Surf Park Idea Started As A College Thesis Project
Alec Yuzhbabenko had just parked his car at the North End last summer and was about to get his surfboard out when the call came.With his . . .
Posted on 3/5/18
Resort Advisory Commission Requests Study On Oceanfront Pier Project
Hold your horses on the pier project. That was the sentiment from members of the Resort Advisory Commission who voted in favor of an independent study . . .
Posted on 2/27/18
Survey Results Show What People Want – And Don't Want – For Virginia Beach's Dome Site
Regardless of what’s built at the former Dome site, a survey shows consensus for one priority: water. And it’s not for a surf park.Refill stations for . . .
Posted on 2/5/18
Hampton Roads' First Carrier-Neutral Data Center To Open Near Subsea Cable Landing In Virginia Beach
A local company will be the first to offer network providers and other businesses direct access to the new subsea cables that land in Virginia Beach.Greg . . .
Posted on 1/29/18
Reclaiming The Cavalier: Saving The Old, Leaky Pool Was Not An Option. So How Did They Build A New One?
Called “The Plunge” when it first opened, The Cavalier Hotel pool once had saltwater piped in from the ocean.Its brush with fame came when author F. . . .
Posted on 1/18/18
Bitcoin-Mining Company To Open Data Center With $500k Cash Investment From Virginia Beach
Is digital currency the next big thing?A local company thinks so and will invest nearly $65 million in a bitcoin “mining” facility.BCause LLC, which launched five . . .
Posted on 1/12/18
A Modern Fishing Pier At The Virginia Beach Oceanfront? Some Council Members Question Its Need
A wooden relic juts out from the resort area’s shoreline. The Virginia Beach Fishing Pier, a landmark near 15th Street, has changed little in nearly 70 . . .
Posted on 1/3/18
Reclaiming The Cavalier: First Floor Being Primped For February Opening Date
When developer Bruce Thompson bought The Cavalier Hotel property in 2013, the place was a mess: The roof was leaking, the basement floor was sinking, and . . .
Posted on 12/20/17
"Green" Battery Maker To Buy Owl's Creek Golf Course Land And Receive $1.8M From Virginia Beach
The Virginia Beach Development Authority has approved the sale of nearly 70 acres of a former golf course and $1.8 million in incentives to a company . . .
Posted on 12/15/17
Cavalier Hotel In Virginia Beach Holding Job Fair To Find 225 Workers
The Cavalier Hotel at the Oceanfront is looking to hire workers as it gears up for its grand opening.Gold Key | PHR will hold a job . . .
Posted on 12/7/17
Idea For New Oceanfront Fishing Pier Is Back. This Time, Virginia Beach Would Build And Own It
A proposal floated nearly two years ago for a new pier on 15th Street at the Oceanfront has resurfaced with a twist: The city would build . . .
Posted on 12/5/17
A Virginia Beach Golf Course Could Become A Manufacturing Facility, And Some Neighbors Have Concerns
Some neighbors of the now-defunct Owl’s Creek Golf Center are trying to wrap their heads around what could be coming to the property across the street . . .
Posted on 11/21/17
Virginia Beach Has Waited Years To Develop The Dome Site. Could A Surf Park Be The Answer?
When the waves at the First Street Jetty are waist-high and choppy, most surfers bail and wait for a better day.But what if nearly perfect waves . . .
Posted on 11/6/17
Lynnhaven Fishing Pier Sold To Virginia Beach Retirement Community
After more than a year of negotiations, the owners of the Lynnhaven Fishing Pier have sold the property to the Westminster-Canterbury retirement community.The pier will close . . .
Posted on 10/13/17
Waterfront Luxury Apartments And Restaurant Would Replace Part Of Virginia Beach Marina Built In 1980s
Plans to raze part of a marina near the Chesapeake Bay to build waterfront apartments are moving forward, but a new proposal includes a restaurant.Last year, . . .
Posted on 7/13/17
Big Plans In The Works For Virginia Beach's Entertainment District, But Where's The Parking?
Several projects are in the works for the 19th Street corridor in the resort area, and all of them require hundreds, even thousands, of parking spaces.But . . .
Posted on 6/22/17
Biomedical "Shark Tank": Virginia Beach Bets $500,000 On Program To Bring In New Businesses
Do you have what it takes to launch a new biomedical company?Think “Shark Tank” with a twist: The opportunity to launch a business around an existing . . .
Posted on 5/1/17
Virginia Beach Leaders Want To Build A $40 Million Sports Field House At The Oceanfront
Two hundred girls basketball teams from around the country are playing on 10 courts inside the Convention Center this weekend. If city leaders have their way, . . .
Posted on 3/29/17
Could Virginia Beach Turn 19th Street Into An Entertainment District?
The arena was just a start for Virginia Beach. It has fueled a broader vision in which the 19th Street corridor becomes the city's engine for . . .
Posted on 3/16/17
Virginia Beach's New Data Center Park Expects To Draw The Likes Of Snapchat, IBM And Uber
A Dutch company wants to create a new data center park to draw the likes of Snapchat, IBM and Uber.NxtVn will spend $1.5 billion to $2 . . .
Posted on 3/8/17
Virginia Beach Council Increases Incentives For Cavalier Development, Pursues Rerouting Atlantic Avenue
Neighbors of The Cavalier property ultimately tipped the scale at Tuesday’s City Council meeting by expressing their support for the project, after a slew of other . . .
Posted on 2/22/17
Cavalier Developers Get Green Light For Another $6.5M To Build 3rd Hotel On Virginia Beach Oceanfront
The developers of the Cavalier property are on their way to borrowing more money to build a third hotel at the Oceanfront – as long as . . .
Posted on 2/9/17
Virginia Beach Wants A Performance Venue And Parking For Dome Site
Entertainment and parking.For city officials, those are some must-haves for 11 acres of prime real estate near the Oceanfront at the old Dome site.The Virginia Beach . . .
Posted on 2/8/17
"We Finally May Have Something": 3 Developers Pitch Ideas For Building On Old Dome Site In Virginia Beach
Big ideas for the old Dome site – 11 undeveloped acres near the Oceanfront – have come and gone over the years. But plans for the . . .
Posted on 1/24/17
Cavalier Developers Want More Public Money, But For Another Hotel On The Same Property
Bruce Thompson, the developer of The Cavalier Hotel project, is asking for more public money. This time, it’s to build a beachfront hotel on the oceanside . . .
Posted on 1/6/17
Cavalier Hotel Renovation Is Over Budget – Again – And Delayed, Developer Bruce Thompson Says
The Cavalier Hotel won’t be ready by April as previously thought.Restoring the 1927 hotel has been a more complicated and costly undertaking than originally planned, and . . .
Posted on 11/15/16
Craft Breweries In Virginia Beach Can't Sell Food, But That Could Change
Travis Powell had his hands full at Back Bay Brewing Co. A line had formed in front of him at the craft brewery on Norfolk Avenue . . .
Posted on 10/17/16
New Cavalier Residences Begin To Take Shape Around Historic Hotel In Virginia Beach
A new neighborhood is taking shape at the northern end of the resort beach.The construction of Cavalier Residences, a collection of 81 homes on The Cavalier . . .
Posted on 7/7/16
Would-Be Developers Of Virginia Beach Dome Site Blame Norfolk Outlet Mall For Derailing The Plan
The company that had pitched a sprawling, multi-use entertainment center for the old Dome site said Wednesday it put the kibosh on the plan because of . . .
Posted on 7/6/16
Dome Site Developer Misses Deadline On Entertainment Venue In Virginia Beach
Yet another plan to develop 11 acres of land near the Oceanfront is fizzling.The company proposing an entertainment venue at the old Dome site missed a . . .
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