Hampton Roads projects under construction or recently delivered

Bon Secours Harbour View Medical Center, Suffolk

In May, Bon Secours opened its three-story, 100,000-square-foot Harbour View Medical Center in Suffolk. The facility, which adjoins the existing Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View, came with a price tag of about $85 million.

Harbour View Medical Center, which includes 18 private inpatient rooms and four operating rooms, is Bon Secours Mercy Health’s first “smart” hospital. Each of its inpatient rooms has an electronic whiteboard that displays information including the patient’s care plan, medications and tests that their physicians have ordered, as well as when results are available. Sensors in the room can detect potential safety risks, such as falls, in real time.

Bon Secours brought on board about 100 new staff members for the hospital. The architect for the facility was Cincinnati -based Champlin Architecture, and Richmond-based Hourigan Group led construction.

LS GreenLink USA, Chesapeake

On April 28, LS GreenLink USA, a subsidiary of South Korea’s LS Cable & System, broke ground in Chesapeake on a roughly $700 million advanced cable manufacturing and port facility. It will produce high-voltage direct current submarine power cables used by offshore wind farms.

Phase one of the project includes a pier, a 750,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing facility and a 660-foot tower to support the production of the massive subsea cables. Once completed, the tower is expected to be the tallest structure in Virginia. There are also future plans for additional investment in the site, according to a company spokesperson.

The facility is being built on about 50 acres of a 96.6-acre brownfield property that the company purchased for an undisclosed amount. Phase one is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2027, with the site anticipated to be operational in the first quarter of 2028.

Norfolk Casino, Norfolk

After years of shifting plans, construction began on Norfolk’s $750 million casino resort in February. A month earlier, partners Boyd Gaming and the Pamunkey Indian Tribe announced that Virginia Beach-based S.B. Ballard Construction and Mississippi-based Yates Construction — the companies that built Rivers Casino Portsmouth — will lead construction on the project.

In August, construction workers were focusing on efforts “to drive the concrete pilings that will serve as part of the foundation” for the casino resort, according to Ron Bailey, vice president and general manager of Norfolk Casino.

The new resort will feature a 45,000-square-foot amenity deck, a 200-room hotel and eight food and beverage outlets. It will offer 1,500 slot machines and 50 table games.

A temporary facility, named the Interim Gaming Hall, is expected to open in November, with the permanent casino expected to open to guests by late 2027.

Pembroke Square Tempo by Hilton, Virginia Beach

Pembroke Square Associates first announced plans to redevelop the aging Pembroke Mall in 2021, with three initial projects planned: a retirement facility, a hotel and apartments.

Aviva Pembroke, the senior living community, opened late in 2024. Work is slated to begin on luxury apartments in July 2026. As for the seven-story Tempo by Hilton hotel, construction began in May.

The 163-room, 176,299-square-foot hotel is expected to open in summer 2027, about two years later than originally announced. The delay was attributed to unanticipated setbacks such as increased costs and rising interest rates. As of August, the hotel’s structural piers had been completed and footings were being installed, according to a project spokesperson.

Developed through a partnership between Pembroke Square Associates and Virginia Beach-based Landmark Hotel Group, the hotel will feature a bar and restaurant. Virginia Beach-based Core 22 Design Build is the contractor.

Old Dominion University Biological Sciences Building, Norfolk

Old Dominion University broke ground April 28 on its $184 million, five-story Biological Sciences Building near the Mills Godwin Life Sciences Building.

The 162,586-square-foot Biological Sciences Building will house classrooms, teaching laboratories and a 120-seat lecture hall. Additionally, the Arthur and Phyllis Kaplan Orchid Conservatory will be relocated within the building with an added water feature and a two-story tropical display house. The building’s exterior will incorporate an existing pond and feature a terraced seating area.

In August, workers were busy with site and utility work and were installing precast driven piles for the building’s foundation, according to a spokesperson.

Newport News-based W.M. Jordan Co. is serving as general contractor on the Biological Sciences Building, which was designed by a team that includes Charlottesville-based VMDO Architects, Pennsylvania-based Ballinger and Charlottesville-based O’Shea Wilson Site Works. It’s expected to be ready by spring 2028.

Virginia Natural Gas operations headquarters, Chesapeake

Virginia Beach-based Virginia Natural Gas broke ground May 27 on its $50 million operations headquarters in Chesapeake. The facility is being built on a 30-acre property and will feature 39,000 square feet of office space and a 30,000-square-foot warehouse. A compressed natural gas fueling station for Virginia Natural Gas vehicles is also part of the plan.

The first phase of constructing the operations headquarters, which included demolition of dilapidated structures, is complete, according to company spokesperson Morgan Chase. The next phase will be sitework. In August, Virginia Natural Gas expected to choose a contractor for the project by early October.

The building will house Virginia Natural Gas’ field operations, customer solutions and economic development, customer care center, construction operations and engineering departments. About 160 employees are expected to work at the facility. Virginia Natural Gas expects the Chesapeake facility to be completed in the first quarter of 2027.