The Downtown residential development boom
is one of Norfolk's great success stories. In just 10 years,
the number of people living Downtown grew 20 percent, to
2,800. They now reside in new city-style townhouses,
waterfront condominiums and loft-style apartments that sit atop
shops and eateries. Amid the housing, the proliferation of new
restaurants, a Downtown gym, the MacArthur Center mall, Tidewater
Community College classrooms, the Roper Theatre and other
improvements have made Downtown living trendy -- and
appealing. New housing just keeps coming:
