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r-------------------------------------~-"' THE TIMES-HERAL_D, Newport News, Tuesday, July 22, 1969 -;'-'.~-----~- - - - --- - -- - - - -- --- -.J , DOWNTO\A/N APARTA/4ENTS Tower Plan '-... Bv l\1ADGE WILSON TIMES -HERALD STAFF WRITER Federal Housing Administratio n 'FHA) a pp roval is expected shortly to give a major fo rwa rd thrust to pla ns for high-rise luxury a pa rtme nts on West Av enue overlooking the J a mes River in do wntow n l\ewpo rt Ne ws . A. rc., nge ments h ave bee n und er way since J anua ry whe n Newpo rt Ne ws City Co uncil acc.:epled the propos al / of Ala n A. Il c,ffma n of Norfol k and Leon H. P e rlin , Newport
r,;ews for purchase and <le vel,,. r mnt: ~t of lhe prope rty, wh ich
no w a m tt P.rcd pa rkin g .Jot.
T he ~i le has bPe n inco rp or-
is
ated into Downtown Renewal
Project No . 3, adding resid ential aspects to the r evitaliza tion which has the new City
Hall as its foc al point. ·
Final details toward FHA
clearance of the developers'
loan applica tion we re worked
out last week at a m ee ting in
the offi ce of NNR &HA director J . Allen Ch arles .
Present we re A. R . F e rry,
FHA r epresen tative in No rfol k ; Mrs. Beat ri ce Solomi ne ,
li c1 ison betwee n FHA an d urb a n re newal in th e U.S. Depa rtm e nt of HfJl1 s ing a nd · Urba n Development. a nd ~1iss
Jud ith Lanq, urba n rene wa l
r r pr c~c nta ti1·e of HUD, both
from the Philadelphia r egional
office.
Vice Mayor B. M. Millner
a nd Councilm an 0 . J . Brittingha m, membe rs of the
council comm ittee which negoti a ted th e property s ale
a gr eem ent , also were on ba nd.
Ch arles reported today F erry has sent his endo rsem ent
of th e project to th e Norfolk
office of F HA, a n in term edi a te ste p tow a rd a ppro val fr om
th e m ain offi ce .
According to Hoff ma n, pl a ns
for the 15-story s tru cture a re
in " good s ha pe," a lt hough he
de(' Ji ned to g uess whe n it
m ight a c- twilly be under cons tru cti on.
Th e F II A, he sa id, must
check a nd a ppro ve e ach step
- includi ng the physical drawings - befo re it r eleases the
mo ney. Th at could t ake several weeks, Hoffma n poin ted
out.
· In addition, th e City of Newpor t Ne ws sta nda rds for construction and zoning must be
met.
Howe ve r , gelli ng FHA approval of th e ap plication for
loa n fo r the project is a major breakthrough in the effort
which has bee n going on quietly for the past six months .
Hoff rnR n an d P erl in, und er
th e name of Ne\r po rt News
Towe r , a re e nvi~on ing a n expenditu re of some $3 mi llion.
The properly itself, between
27th a nd 28th Streets a dja cent
to Chris topher Ne wpor t P a rk,
will cost $76,000 - $1.50 per
squa re foot.
Under the agreeme nt with
the city , cons truction m ust be
und er way within six months
after deed has been tr a nsferr ed, but Mill ner expla ined the
title will not ch ange ha nds until the prerequisites of fina ncing and r ela ted deta ils are
m e t . . . to insure th a t the
project will be ca rr ied out.
Newpor t Towers will h ave
135 apa r tme nts - 79 one-bedroom , 46 tl'.'o-bed room a nd 10
three- bedroom - each with
its ow n balcony and p1Js it ioned
t o a ffor d a view of th e ri\'Cr.
There will be 135 on-pre mi se
par king spa ces a n d 1,000
s qu are fee t of street-level area
for professional a nd commer- ·
cial use . A s wimming pool,
r ec r ea tio n room a nd laund ry
fa cilities also are incl uded.
1\Iain e ntrance will be on
28th Str eet a nd do orm a n service is pl a nn ed. The e ntire
buildi ng will be ser ved by an
in te r comm unications s ys te m.
R e nts will cover all utili ties,
includin g electri city .
Hoffm a n is one of the developer s of the Golden Trian gle Motor Hotel in Norfolk
c1nd -cur r e ntly is de velo ping
F or t Ne! on Towers , a s im ilar
r es ide nti al project in Portsm :.i uth 's rene wal are a.
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