“If we don’t solve this issue, companies and people are going to go elsewhere where they have solved this issue and do have housing,” Hampton Roads Workforce Council President and CEO Shawn Avery said during a workforce housing summit at Chartway Arena’s Big Blue Room on Oct. 19.
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Mayor Donnie Tuck says a proposed $130 million development comes as Langley Air Force Base is preparing to bring 2,500 additional servicemen and women to the area.
The development will also have a central park area, a dog park, a clubhouse with a pool and fitness center, an independent childcare center and a salon spa.
Norfolk city officials and the developer reached an agreement requiring the developer to provide four affordable housing units in the building less than half of what was planned.