![]() ![]() ![]() Kingston said the city avoided rushing a development after the recession, choosing to wait until the market felt right to get the type of development it really wanted. In 2016, then-City Manager Jim Bourey revived plans to build at Endview. Newport News had a development agreement for the property about a decade ago, but that fell through because of the recession, Kingston said. In the past, citizen groups helped the city decide high-end housing was the best use for the property, both for revenue and to add new homes to the aging housing stock. She added that there would be a buffer between homes and the plantation house and that the developer would have to be mindful of how it approached the property. This type of project would attract executives and other business leaders who often seek out homes in other localities or on the water, Kingston said. The city doesn’t want tract housing on the property - it wants spacious lots with different styles of houses. The process also offers the city the flexibility to disregard ideas that don’t fit the city’s vision. 7 and will go out to the public next week, Kingston said.īuilding a team rather than asking for development proposals allows for more variety and creativity, Kingston said. The official posting that seeks people for the team was approved by the Economic Development Authority Sept. The city of Newport News plans to seek out a highly experienced team of architects, contractors and other professionals to “plan, design, build and market a premier, predominantly residential community” at the city’s Endview property, which straddles Yorktown Road, Jefferson Avenue and the northern border of Newport News Park. Of all the ideas over the years, the one that’s stuck and that the city believes makes the best sense for the Endview tract is high-end housing, according to Florence Kingston, director of the city’s department of development. Those plans never materialized, but Newport News has not abandoned its desire to see development on its 285 acres surrounding Endview Plantation. There have been numerous ideas over the years to develop the land surrounding historic sites in northern Newport News.Ī golf course. A hotel and conference center. A mall to rival Patrick Henry Mall. And nearby at Lee Hall, city officials once hoped for a Mitsubishi manufacturing plant.
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