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Navy selects Hunt Military Communities for downtown Newport News unaccompanied housing; city seeks $40 million relief
Summary
The Navy and Newport News staff outlined a $350–$400 million downtown unaccompanied-housing project with Hunt Military Communities as developer. The plan includes about 752 units (about 1,500 beds), support space, and a requested $5.5 million local appropriation tied to a $40 million Commonwealth loan.
Florence Kingston, a city staff presenter, told the Newport News City Council at an Aug. 12 work session that the Department of the Navy has designated downtown Newport News as a priority site for investments tied to its nationwide “quality of service” initiative.
Kingston said Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command and the Navy selected Hunt Military Communities to implement a major unaccompanied-housing project downtown. “This is the same group that manages the existing Homeport Hampton Roads project downtown,” Kingston said.
City staff described the unaccompanied-housing component as a $350 million to $400 million investment. Kingston outlined project elements that include roughly 752 bedroom apartment…
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