Fort Norfolk is a 30-acre urban waterfront redevelopment area linking Downtown
to the region's medical complex and Ghent community. This prime location is
acclaimed as "the city's downtown open stretch of waterfront." The majority of the land is owned by private businesses and landowners are
working with the City to achieve a cohesive development. The area once known to locals as "Atlantic City" is now known
as Fort Norfolk, for it is here that Fort Norfolk, a brick and earthwork fort,
was constructed in its existing form circa 1810. It has been home to the Norfolk
District, US Army Corps of Engineers since 1923.
Recent investment includes Harbor's Edge - a continuing care retirement facility with Phase II now being marketed; Sentara Heart Hospital - a beautiful $110 million state-of the art facility; a $30 million, 196,000 square foot Public Health
Center. Housed in the center is the region's Biotech Incubator - where Bioelectric
research will soon be conducted: walkway connector from Public Health facility
to Eastern Virginia Medical School; $10 million EVMS Edward E. Brickell Medical
Services Library. Fort Norfolk Plaza is under study at this time to include a medical office tower, 125-room limited service hotel and retail space.
