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Planning commission recommends approval for Westview Plaza redevelopment after developer agrees to added buffers and landscaping

2523071 · January 8, 2025
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Westview Plaza Associates won a Planning Commission recommendation to rezone and redevelop a long-vacant strip center site; commissioners and neighbors pressed for additional landscaping, buffer adjustments and traffic mitigation near Military Highway.

The Virginia Beach Planning Commission recommended approval of Westview Plaza Associates LLC's redevelopment plan for the Westview Plaza site, a mixed-use proposal the developer said will replace an aging strip with new buildings, improved landscaping and upgraded access.

Developer representative Alex Olsen told the commission the team worked through a dozen land-plan revisions since pre-application review in February 2024 and that the current plan exceeds many staff recommendations. Olsen said the team held a December neighborhood meeting with roughly 70 to 80…

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