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DESTINATION: NORFOLK – THE 2017 JOURNEY

The City of Norfolk Department of Economic Development l NorfolkDevelopment.com

4TH QUARTER 2017

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DESTINATION: CITY LIFE

ADP and Icon at CityWalkCityWalk is bringing the work/live/play experience

to the Downtown Norfolk financial district. The

project converts the One and Two Commercial Place

office buildings into a residential and office mixed-use

development encompassing 5.5 acres, spread out over

three historic city blocks.

The Atlantic at CityWalk is the former Two Commercial

Place building. It has been transformed with over 288,000

SF of Class A office space leased to ADP, a comprehensive

global provider of cloud-based Human Capital

Management solutions. ADP brings 1,800 new jobs with a

capital investment of approximately $32.5 million. This is

the largest job creation project in Norfolk for more than

two decades.

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Icon at CityWalkThe Icon at City Walk, site of the former 24-story Bank

of America building is a 275-unit, luxury apartment

development. Amenities include a rotating art gallery,

jazz lounge, movies in the vault, and a 24th floor rooftop

lounge. Street level you’ll find a restaurant which also

provides room service.

VIA design architects

VIA design architects, pc

is converting the former

Quality Shop building at 319

East Plume Street into their

new headquarters.

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DESTINATION: LUXURY

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Hilton Norfolk The Main Hotel and The ExchangeHilton Norfolk The Main Hotel and The Exchange opened

to great fanfare in Downtown Norfolk in March 2017.

The 23-story, $164 million, 300 room Hilton project

includes a luxury Hilton hotel and The Exchange, a 41,000

SF conference center. The hotel includes Grain, which

is a rooftop lounge; Varia, an Italian Trattoria; and Saltine,

a seafood restaurant. Fruitive, an organic fast casual

restaurant, is also located inside The Main.

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DESTINATION: ENTERTAINMENT

Waterside District Waterside District opened May 4, 2017 as an entertainment

venue with a full range of culinary options, nightlife, and

activities for all ages offering live music, festivals and other

community events.

Waterside District is anchored by The Market, an eclectic

and vibrant food hall featuring local and regional favorites

such as Starr Hill, Rappahannock Oyster Company, Carolina

Cupcakery, Cogan’s Pizza, The Fudgery and Stripers.

Waterside District also features premier national restaurants

such as Guy Fieri’s Smokehouse, Blue Moon TapHouse, and

PBR Norfolk. Waterside District represents a $40 million

investment by the Cordish Companies and is bringing over

1,000 new jobs to Downtown Norfolk.

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DESTINATION: REVITALIZATION

824 Military brings Movement Mortgage and Optima Health

Movement Mortgage and Optima Health are the first

two tenants of 824 Military, the former JCPenney

building at Military Circle. The Norfolk Economic

Development Authority purchased the 16 acre site

and the City’s $18 million investment renovated the

building to 135,000 SF of new office space.

Movement Mortgage is leasing 90,000 SF on

the first floor and will have approximately 750

employees by 2019.

Optima Health is leasing 45,000 SF on the second

floor adding 200 new jobs in Norfolk in support of a

statewide contract recently awarded to them by the

Commonwealth of Virginia.

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DESTINATION: SHOPPING

Simon Premium Outlet MallSimon Norfolk Premium Outlets features 85+

designer and name brand stores. This 331,000 SF

premium outlet center is located on Northampton

Boulevard off I-64 on Lake Wright. Stores include

The Michael Kors store is one of only seven in the

country to carry the men’s line.

IKEAOn June 21, 2016 Governor McAuliffe announced

that IKEA, the international retail superstar, will be

building a new 332,000 SF store at Lake Wright East

near the new premium outlet mall on the other side

of I-64. The new IKEA location is on 18+ acres and

will employ 250 at its scheduled opening in 2019.

The Commonwealth of Virginia is making I-64

access improvements at Northampton Boulevard to

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DESTINATION: COLLECTIONS

Marriott’s Autograph Collection Hotel

The Royster Building, built in 1912 and formerly the home

of the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority,

is being redeveloped into a premier 120 room boutique

hotel with a glass art theme. The hotel will be part of

Marriott’s Autograph Collection, and will include a rooftop

bar, as well as gallery and event space. After a $27 milion

investment, the hotel is expected to open in 2018. The

exhibit gallery will include iconic commissioned and one-

of-a-kind pieces by Chihuly, Peter Bremers, Stephen Powell,

Lino Tagliapietra and others.

Perry Glass Studio

The Perry Glass Studio of the Chrysler Museum of

Art is performing a feasibility study for a possible

expansion.

ODU Barry Art Museum

The ODU Barry Art Museum is a new 2-story,

24,000 SF building underway on the corner of

Hampton Blvd and 43rd Street, adjacent to the Ted

Constant Convocation Center.

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Hamilton Perkins Collection has been

featured in Fast Company, Wall Street Journal

and more, after his Kickstarter Campaign

went wild and set him on his path to produce

fashion bags from recycled bottles and

billboard wraps. Yep, that’s a Shark with him.

PC&A in Norfolk’s Central Business Park

has partnered with West Elm Workspace, the

sought-after contract furniture brand that’s

revolutionizing the workplace. The West Elm

Workplace showroom brings the collection to

the Norfolk market.

ARDX is an award winning healthcare

management and IT consulting firm. Angela

Reddix, its founder, is spearheading a multiple

U.S. cities campaign to inspire entrepreneurism

and education for girls and young women with

the help of business mentors.

BizConnect is a woman-owned business

and one of the area’s best networking

groups for building quality

relationships.

Jollity & Co. is a new party

boutique located in Ghent.

Prince Ink is a high quality,

artisanal, retro printing company that

recently relocated to Granby Street.

DESTINATION: STYLE

The Selden Market, which opened in the historic city-owned Selden Arcade in Downtown Norfolk, is an innovative space for retail entrepreneurs to develop new street-level business ideas. The market is comprised of 12 retail spaces and 7 pop-up booths including Doughminion, Flutterby Soap Company, Food Clothing & Shelter, Hummingbird Tea & Chocolate Room, Lorak Jewelery, Merchant’s Reserve, P.O.P toys, Thank You Gift Shop, Velvet Witch, Vessel Craft Coffee, Werrell Woodworths, and Werther Leather Goods.

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DESTINATION: LIFESTYLE

River Tower at Harbor’s Edge

Harbor’s Edge, in Fort Norfolk, is a full-service,

premier Life Plan Retirement Community on

the Elizabeth River. Harbor’s Edge recently

announced plans for an expansion. When

completed in 2020, the 27-story River Tower at

Harbor’s Edge will add 138 luxury residences

and more than 95,000 SF of common space.

Amenities include a ballroom, movie theaters, four

new dining venues, all with chef-prepared meals, a

heated pool, world-class spa and wellness center.

RENDERING CORNER OF ST. PAUL’S AND WOOD STREET

151 and 161 Granby Extensive renovations are underway for the former Savoy hotel, which is being converted into 36 units. 151 Granby is being converted into 8 apartments, and will include store front retail. $10 million investment.

The Edge@450 at 450 Boush Street includes 140 apartments with ground floor retail space.

Saint Paul’s Apartments will be located in Saint Paul’s Quadrant east of Saint Paul’s Boulevard. The $20 million project being developed by S.L. Nusbaum will include 126 apartments. Construction began Fall 2017.

First Colony Located on West 22nd Street in the former First Colony and Tea company complex, the $9.5 million project is being developed by Monument companies and includes 51 apartments.

Linde building Located on Colonial Avenue at the former Linde Air Products Company site (the Dagenhart building), the $3.5 million project will include 15 loft style apartments.

The Brightleaf Building Located on 22nd Street in the former British-American Tobacco warehouse, the $15 million project will include 88 apartments.

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Front Street Flats Located in Fort Norfolk at the former Security Storage and Safe Deposit Company Warehouse built in 1916.

Bell Diamond A $13.9 million renovation is now under construction to transform Bell Diamond Manor Apartments in the Berkley neighborhood. All 128 apartment units will be updated.

Cove Pointe At The Landings This $18.3 million property is complete and features 122 apartments in the Larchmont area.

Westport Commons New waterfront townhomes under construction on Crab Creek. The $60 million investment includes 68 townhouses and 70 condominiums in addition to the 180 Watermark Apartments already completed.

Coastal Villas By The Bay 40 Condos in East Ocean View featuring rooftop living spaces.

Villa Marina Mixed use project including 106 apartments in a four-story building. Project includes 13,000 SF of retail space.

Pinewell Station 146 apartments to be developed Breeden Investment Properties in Ocean View at the site of the Ocean View Senior Center and former Ramada Inn hotel.

Church Street Station Studios 81 studio apartments with supportive services.

Clairmont at Campostella Station Franklin Johnston development in Campostella. 150 apartments, $20 million investment.

Banks at Berkley The Banks at Berkley is a new mixed use and affordable housing complex in the Berkley neighborhood. Completed by The Woda Group, Inc. in December 2016, the $9.3 million facility honors local civil rights leader George Banks. It combines 50 apartments with two commercial suites that will house medical services to residents and the Berkley neighborhood.

Norfolk’s Beach. Ocean View

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DESTINATION: HEALTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

CIRS

CIRS will be relocating from Norfolk Commerce

Park building a new 50,000 SF headquarters and

laboratory at Central Business Park. CIRS is

recognized world-wide for tissue simulation

technology and the manufacturing of phantoms

and simulators for quantitative densitometry,

calibration, quality control and research in the field of

medical imaging and radiotherapy.

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is underway with a 5-year expansion and modernization project which includes additional floors on two existing wings, expansion and modernization of emergency department and operating rooms, replacement of a forty eight bed ward-style Special Care Nursery with a state-of-the-art unit with private and semi-private rooms, and consolidation of the hospital’s 54 ICU beds onto two floors. The $199 million project to be completed in 2020.

Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters recently announced an alliance with University of Virginia Children’s Hospital to improve the CHKD heart surgery program. CHKD Health System offers a network of comprehensive pediatric services in more than 40 locations that stretch from Williamsburg to Elizabeth City, North Carolina. CHKD is a 206-bed teaching hospital with special units for neonatal and pediatric intensive care, cancer care, acute inpatient rehabilitation, medical and surgical care, and transitional care. Shown is a concept rendering of the CHKD Medical Tower II.

EVMS made headlines around the world in 2017 with the announcement of Dr. Paul Marik’s findings of a possible cure for sepsis. Plans are in the works for a new Education and Administration building.

EOS Surfaces, a leading surfaces technology manufacturer, launched the world’s largest clinical trial in cooperation with Sentara Leigh Hospital, to test the efficacy of their copper-infused hard surface in reducing the bioburden and the hospital acquired infection rates in a healthcare setting.

Bon Secours DePaul Earns Prestigious Designation as Comprehensive Stroke Center from DNV GL Healthcare. Bon Secours Virginia is the only health system on the east coast with two comprehensive stroke centers.

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Camp Allen School

Elementary

Southside STEM

Larchmont Elementary

Ocean View Elementary

Richard Bowling

Elementary

Southside

Norfolk’s Public Libraries are

community assets for all to enjoy.

Broad Creek Library will be

completed in 2017 beside the new

Richard Bowling Elementary School.

Southside Library will include the

Nature Explorium, an outdoor

learning classroom to expand STEM

programming and is the first in

Virginia. The award-winning Slover

Library hosts just about everything,

from NASA exhibits to PixelFest

to fashionable fundraisers. City

Council invested $133.1 million in

the construction of five schools. No

other municipality in the country has

followed through on a commitment

to build five new schools and new

libraries in the span of 3 years. The

Department of Defense provided $23

million toward the new Camp Allen

Elementary.

DESTINATION: THRIVE

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DESTINATION: STREET BIZ

Governor’s School

BottleBOX

BenchTop Brewing

Jessy’s Taco Bistro

Starving Artist Cafe

Lamia’s Crepes

Muddy Paws Downtown

Bonchon

Pinot’s Palette

Smartmouth Brewery

Coffee Tree

Rustic Tart

Mr. Shawarma

Bakehouse at Chelsea

Dead Reckoning

Bearded Bird Brewery

Leone’s On The Side

Buah Bistro

the birch

People’s Pharmacy

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O’Connor Brewing Co.

Longboards

Decorum

Orapax

Steak N Shake

Fuddruckers

Quixotic Arts

Coaster Coffee

Handsome Biscuit

Barking Dog

Croakers Spot

Taste

Fruitive

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What Works Cities launched by Bloomberg Philanthropies in April

2015, is helping 100 mid-sized American cities enhance their use of data

to improve services, inform local decision-making and engage residents.

Norfolk’s focus will be on Open Data and Performance and Analytics.

Norfolk’s new Technology Zone was launched in 2017 and includes

incentives for technology-based businesses located in the zone.

Ampified IT assists schools and partners to develop actionable road

maps for Google Apps for Education technology and to enable them to

achieve their vision.

Norfolk named one of America’s Top Ten Digital Cities for

2016 by The Center for Digital Government.

TechArk Solutions is a privately held web and mobile

apps company in the Freemason area.

757 Makerspace Workshop and Co-working Studios provides a “gym for inventors” – a community

workspace for education, creation, entrepreneurial, and prototyping

endeavors. It features a wood shop, metal shop, 3D printers, laser cutters,

DNC machines, textiles, robotics, electronics and more.

The HUD National Disaster Resilience Grant project is

underway. The City signed an agreement with the Commonwealth in

March 2017 to implement the Ohio Creek Watershed Project. Residents

are working with City staff to ensure that the grant does more than

just improve the infrastructure, but ensures connectivity, economic

opportunity and amenities for all the residents of the neighborhood and

the city.

ODU Innovation Center opened its doors in July 2016 in

partnership with the City of Norfolk. The center provides working space,

business incubation and acceleration services for entrepreneurs.

DESTINATION: INNOVATION

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DESTINATION: INTERNATIONAL

First Two Mid-Atlantic Subsea Transoceanic Cables Connecting Here

MAREA is a trans-Atlantic cable for digital bandwidth data

from Bilbao, Spain to Hampton Roads connecting network

hubs in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. Facebook and

Microsoft are partners.

BRUSA is stretching from Brazil to San Juan to Hampton

Roads. It is slated for completion in early 2018.

In May 2017 thirty countries participated in the ODU Resilience Collaborative, joining the City and NATO, in the world’s first conference exploring the interdependence of the military, private and civil sectors in building urban resilience. Norfolk NATO fest presented The Patrouille de France this year with a flyover of the Scope-Chrysler Hall plaza at the beginning of the NATO fest Flag Raising Ceremony, and performed to large crowds at NATO fest’s parade downtown. As tradition, the Virginia Arts Festival’s production of the Virginia International Tattoo took place during NATO fest and featured an extraordinary cast of over 1,000 performers from many nations.

The Patrouille de France this year with a flyover of the Scope-Chrysler Hall plaza

NATO member nations – Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Rep, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

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DESTINATION: BUSINESS LOCATION

In July 2017 the General Assembly approved a $350 state-

backed bond deal to expand cargo capacity at Norfolk

International Terminals. The project will increase capacity

at the terminal’s south berth by 46%. NIT is the port’s

largest terminal. The expansion project is expected to add

$16 billion in additional spending, more than $460 million

in state and local taxes and create 120,000 additional jobs

across the Commonwealth.

Norfolk is themost intermodal city

in Virginia.

Norfolk’s Institutional Network (iNet) is advancing a

regional broadband strategy. The $4.1 million project

to replace the perimeter backbone and switches will

provide opportunities to connect communities and

strengthen opportunities for economic development

particularly for biomedical research and advanced

manufacturing as well as facilitate partnerships with

institutions of learning.

CENTRAL BUSINESS PARK

INNOVATION RESEARCH PARK NORFOLK

COMMERCE PARK LAKE WRIGHT EXECUTIVE PARK

NORFOLK INDUSTRIAL PARK

INTERSTATE CORPORATE CENTER

RIVERSIDE CORPORATE CENTER

VIRGINIA RENAISSANCE

CENTER

Norfolk’s Business Parks

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DESTINATION: CONNECTIONS

Pilot Bike Loop Project with the goal of promoting safe, healthy and inclusive neighborhoods, this project implements a portion of the Bike/Pedestrian Master Plan with a 4-mile Pilot demonstrative loop of various bicycle facilities along 35th Street, Llewellyn Avenue, W. Olney Road, 26th Street and Colley Avenue.

Elizabeth River Trail

Friends of the Elizabeth River

Trail Foundation aim to enhance

and expand the Elizabeth River

Trail as a recreational, social,

and educational destination that

improves environmental awareness,

neighborhood connectivity, and

innovative economic development

in Norfolk.

The I-564 Intermodal Connector project is a collaborative transportation partnership project. The new high-speed roadway will connect the existing I-564 through two of the region’s economic powerhouses – Naval Station Norfolk (NSN), the largest naval base in the world and the area’s largest employer, and to Norfolk International Terminals (NIT), the Virginia Port Authority’s largest terminal in Hampton Roads. Completion is Fall 2018.

Willoughby and Vicinity Beach Nourishment - A $34.5 million project by the Army Corps of Engineers for beach nourishment has been recently completed. The project consisted of placing 1.2 million cubic yards of sand along the entire 7.3 miles of shoreline, widening the beach by about 60 feet.

I-64/I-264 Ramp Improvements Project includes a ramp widening and new system of collector-distributor roads to be built from I-64 at the twin Bridges (over the Elizabeth River) to I-264 before the Newtown Road interchange. The $158 million project is slated for completion in 2019.

Military Hwy CFI will be first Continuous Flow Intersection in Virginia with completion in 2018.

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DESTINATIONS

Virginia Zoological Park

Norfolk Botanical Garden

Hermitage Museum and Gardens

Harbor Park – Home of the Norfolk Tides

Spirit Cruise Ship

Nauticus

MacArthur Memorial

MacArthur Center

Wells Theatre – Home of the Virginia Stage

Company

Harrison Opera House – Home of Virginia Opera

Chrysler Museum of Art

Perry Glass Studio

Glass Wheel Studio

The Plot

Slover Library

Nauticus and Half MooneCelebration Center

Town Point Park – Festival Headquarters

Ocean View Beaches

Ocean View Park

Hague SailBot Launch

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Berkley Family Reunion

NSU Football Games

Pagoda

Hurrah Players

Kroc Center

Scope

Hurrah Players

Pridefest

Little Theatre of Norfolk

American Rover

Holidays in the City

TCC

Attucks

Chrysler Hall

Historic Homes

Wisconsin

Virginia Arts Festival

Smartmouth

Ted Constant Center

The Norva

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Visit the Calendar of Events:Norfolk.gov/Navy100