For years, locals have waited for the vacant freestanding waterfront building on a strip of land between the Intracoastal Waterway and the Elizabeth River, just north of the Great Bridge Bridge in Chesapeake, to turn into something again.
That time is finally drawing near.
Jeff LeRoy, owner of Woody’s Raw Bar & Grill, a restaurant, bar and sports pub overlooking the Southern Branch of the Elizabeth River, confirmed that he has signed a lease and will relocate his business — before the year’s end — across the boulevard into the building at 136 Battlefield Blvd. North…