@Richard ChoverI have family in Temecula and love to visit the downtown and wineries.  

The city plans to also create a "downtown" space just south of there within the next 10+ years.

I am having trouble finding a reliable, efficient, easy to get a hold of, and good handyman work.Usually, people located in Virginia Beach do not want to make the trek out to downtown Suffolk.

It wouldn't be the best for MTR since traveling RNs or corporate people wouldn't drive all the way up there (it's on the border of farm land until farmers sell off land to developers building SFH or MFH) - it's not near downtown Indianapolis.

Would like to discuss downtown Suffolk Virginia commercial real estate with those that have experience in the area. 

My wife and I just got into Wilmington with a studio downtown that is also doing well now, but definitely a big difference from the beach. 

Downtown exploded with 30 story Towers as the Mayor did all she could to turn that into a Concrete Jungle where everybody can work online from their expensive apartments and walk to all the stores and fancy restaurants.

But what about the downtown area?

lower the size of your unit and therefore your build cost per unit, your sale price will go down but focus on density and get familiar with zoning and what your city will approve. my best suggestion is to do it in downtown districts where there is unlimited height and unlimited floor area and you can build every square inch of the property and reduce parking because of proximity to transit. property values are higher, rents are higher in downtown markets, there are just too many economies of scale compared to suburban deals.

The university is right downtown.