Strategy 5 was a key member of a team led by Reynolds, Smith and Hills in preparing a Master Plan Update for the Newport News / Williamsburg International Airport. The firm’s role was to determine market support, highest and best use, and other factors involved in developing Airport-owned landside property. The Newport News Airport is centrally located in the Hampton Roads / Virginia Beach / Williamsburg / Newport News metropolitan area. The Airport services numerous government installations, naval and commercial shipyards, tourism to Colonial Williamsburg and Virginia Beach attractions.
The Thomas Edison National Laboratory Accelerator campus is located nearby, along with several college campuses, NASA affiliated entities, and various technology-oriented public institutions, non-profits, and corporations – particularly those associated with the aerospace industry. Strategy 5 worked with the team and the Airport to prepare a Conceptual Development Program that maximizes landside property development and economic development potential.
The Newport News / Williamsburg International Airport offers landside development opportunity areas shown in the upper portion of this aerial photograph. Strategy 5 LLC recommended office and R&D development to compliment the area’s focus on technology, aerospace, science and government/military installations.