Former J»G« Wilson Corp
Chesapeake, Virginia
The Road to Reuse
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The former J.G. Wilson facility located
at 120 Jefferson Street in Chesapeake,
Virginia has been identified as a
key to Chesapeake's South Norfolk
Borough redevelopment. The site
was developed around 1905 as a
manufacturing facility for metal and
wood overhead doors. The J.G.
Wilson Company filed for bankruptcy
in 1991 and its property was acquired
by Environmental Solutions, Inc.
(ESI). ESI decommissioned the
site and demolished the last of the
manufacturing buildings in the mid-
1990s.
The Virginia Department of
Environmental Quality (DEQ) is the
lead agency for oversight of RCRA
Corrective Action work at the facility.
The investigations and any necessary
cleanup activities at the facility are
being implemented under the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency's
(EPA) Facility Lead Corrective
Action Program.
Approximate total acres
and current use
Approximate Acres in Reuse: 8
Current Use: Planned office
space, retail shops, housing
In December 2003, Urban Design
Associates presented the Poindexter
Corridor Strategic Development
Plan to the Chesapeake Economic
Development Department. The
J.G. Wilson property was proposed
as South Norfolk's waterfront
connection, offering residential
(condominium) living and retail
and commercial office space. The
property has been rezoned under the
City's urban PUD category which
was developed to accommodate high
density / high rise construction and
allows up to two million square feet
of buildings on this eight acre parcel.
The land plan designates four city
blocks and a marina.
Two of the blocks consist of 375
residential condominiums. The
third block is a 20,000 sq. ft. retail
building with second floor restaurant
space allowing for outside balcony
dining. This building may include
medical office space as well. The
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fourth block will provide for roughly
120,000 sq. ft. of office and 25,000
sq. ft. of retail space in a nine
story building. The second floor is
designed for river front restaurant
space also with outdoor balcony
dining. This is all served by an 850
space public parking deck which is
wrapped by a four story residential
rental apartment building yielding
about 150 units. The marina is fiill
service and programmed for over 150
boat slips, many over 60', with ships
store and shower / laundry facilities
on shore.
The purpose of EPA's ongoing
RCRA Corrective Action is to
remediate the site to acceptable
levels that will be protective of public
health as it pertains to the proposed
future land use, including commercial
office space, retail, and residential
(multi-family housing).
For More Information
EPA Region 3 Contact: Luis A. Pizarro,
(215) 814-3444, pizarro.luis@epa.gov

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