Virginia Beach Town Center is a group of offices, hotels, stores, and restaurants in

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Location

The Virginia Beach Town Center is located in the Central Business District of Virginia Beach across the street from

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. Although the city had planned a "downtown" project for decades, clearance of land, and building construction did not begin until around 2000. The first building, the

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, opened in 2003. Town Center is located 9 miles from the

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Services

The Virginia Beach Town Center has commercial space, living space, hotels, dining, shopping and entertainment. Major commercial tenants in Town Center include Armada Hoffler, HBA Architects, Troutman Sanders, Clark Nexsen, Divaris Real Estate. Restaurants include Keagan's Irish Pub,

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, Bravo!, Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, Quirks, Taste, Cantina Laredo, and

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. Notable stores include

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, and a number of boutiques. Entertainment venues include the

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, the Zeiders American Dream Theater, and Apex Entertainment. Living spaces include

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, The Cosmopolitan Apartments, Encore 4505, and Premier Apartments.

, located across Virginia Beach Blvd, is anchored by

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Development

Phase I

Included the

, a

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, a Towne Bank office, parking garages, and surrounding office and retail. Phase I added , and consisted of a $75 million private investment and a $25 million public investment.

Phase II

Included the Cosmopolitan Apartments, a public plaza, parking garages, the Apex Entertainment Building, (originally a Galyan's and then a

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, it is now under refurbishment to open as Apex Entertainment in late 2020), and surrounding office and retail. Phase II added with a $90 million private investment and a $26 million public investment.

Phase III

Included

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hotel and residences, Studio 56 Lofts, The Sandler Center for the Performing Arts, a 5-story office building, office, retail, and more parking. Phase II added with a $173 million private investment and a $28.8 million public investment.

Phase IV (On Hold)

Was scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2008 but was moved to 2009. In the summer the Virginia Beach branch office of the ''

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'', the Beacon Building, was cleared to make way for the

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; the paper's Virginia Beach operations moved nearby to the Westin Hotel building. Groundbreaking for the tower was to take place in 2010, then moved to early to mid-2011 but for unknown reasons the phase has been put on hiatus as of 2011. Phase IV and additional phases, if any, are scheduled to include an additional space. Ground broke on phase V in early 2013 and construction began in spring 2013. The developer has noted that Phase IV is still on hold and will begin after construction of phase V.

Phase V

Included 4525 Main Street Tower, Encore Apartments, and 23,000 SF of retail. Phase V added 236,000 sq ft with an $84 million private investment and a $21 million public investment.

Phase VI

Included Premier Apartments, Premier retail, and the Zeiders American Dream Theater. Phase VI added 55,000 sq ft with a $38 million private investment and a $4 million public investment.

References

External links

Virginia Beach Town Center (official page)
{{Virginia Beach 2000 establishments in Virginia Communities in Virginia Beach, Virginia