NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Friday was day one of the $750 million construction project that is changing the Norfolk landscape, with the first piles going into the ground for a casino being built between the Amtrak station and Harbor Park that is expected to be completed in late 2027.
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The banging sounds of the pile driver could be heard across land and water as Norfolk’s largest private economic development project starts rising from the ground.
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“We’re testing the pilings to make sure that the conditions and the length of the pilings, the width of the piling diamond, the size of it, per the design criteria, support the building,” said Raymond Crochet, project executive for the Yates-S.B. Ballard Construction project.
Crochet said this is the beginning of what’s to come…