Around Town | Apartments, new retail will replace shopping center in Virginia Beach

(RECAP: A portion of the New Point shopping center is being demolished to make space for The Nexus Flats – a community of two apartment buildings containing 268 units. The remainder of the aging strip shopping center will be refurbished, followed by the introduction of new retail merchants. Each of the four-story apartment buildings at 544 Newtown Road will have an interior courtyard and feature one- and two-bedroom units, according to Kate Verreault, director of marketing and leasing operations for Boyd Homes, developer of the project. Apartments range in size from 500 square feet to 1,300 square feet. Residents will have direct access to the adjacent shopping center.)