Commission backs rezoning to convert Days Inn into workforce apartments despite neighbor pushback

Apr 1, 2026

The commission recommended rezoning and a conditional use permit to convert the Days Inn at 5701 Chamber Street into roughly 160 workforce apartments, after neighbors raised concerns about crime and property impacts and applicants said they will use tenant screening and on-site management.

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The Norfolk City Planning Commission on March 12 recommended approval of a conditional rezoning and conditional use permit for Good Homes Communities to convert the Days Inn at 5701 Chamber Street into roughly 160 apartment units intended as market-rate, ‘‘naturally affordable’’ workforce housing.

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