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Site Analysis
• The Hampton Road’s region provides long-term favorable growth
fundamentals, and the
subject area is in a strong location to
receive a fair amount of that growth.
• The study area is approximately 10,000 acres in the City of
Study Area Relative to the MSA and the City of Chesapeake
Chesapeake. It is located southwest of the Steel Bridge, and is
along the Dominion Boulevard corridor. It is east of The Great
Dismal Swamp.
• The
City of Chesapeake is a well-regarded place to live and do
business
. It is home to two of the region’s employment cores
(Greenbrier and Cavalier), and has some of the region’s newest
and nicest housing stock.
• The Dominion study area should see additional development as the
new bridge over the Elizabeth River is constructed, eliminating the
Steel Bridge. The new bridge will have a toll. Since many bridges in
the region are tolled, and some projected to be at a higher rate,
the
toll should have limited impact on the desirability of the area
for new construction.
• In addition, Dominion Boulevard is being widened to a four lane
divided highway all the way into North Carolina. There is
speculation that at some point it will be turned into an interstate
highway. All of these items are promising for the future
development of the area.
• The study area itself has some development at the northern end,
primarily residential and retail. Throughout the study area there are
large lot single-family homes. Tidewater Community College has a
new facility as well as the new Grassfield High School. To the
southern end of the study area is the Chesapeake Regional Airport.
Source: Google; RCLCO
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