New veterans care center to be built on 24 acres in Virginia Beach

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BY KATIE DEMERIA

With land donated by the city of Virginia Beach, work on a 120-bed nursing home for veterans in Hampton Roads is set to begin in late 2017 and be completed by late 2019.

Planning for the veterans care center in Hampton Roads — along with an identical facility in Fauquier County with the same construction timeline — began during the 2015 General Assembly session, according to a news release from Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s office.

The two facilities are slated to cost $96 million.

“There are over 200,000 veterans in the greater Hampton Roads region, but there isn’t a long-term care center like the one we plan to build,” said Steven J. Combs, deputy commissioner for the Virginia Department of Veterans Services.


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