The Waterside District is a dining and entertainment district on the Elizabeth River in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia, United States. It opened on June 1, 1983 as the Waterside Festival Marketplace, or simply The Waterside, which was a festival marketplace. While the Waterside Annex was demolished on May 16, 2016, the main portion was renovated and reopened as Waterside District in May 2017. The original Waterside was developed by Columbia–based real-estate firms The Rouse Company and the Enterprise Development Company (EDC), both founded by James W. Rouse, and local developer Harvey Lindsay Jr. However, Waterside later struggled, and therefore, the Waterside District redevelopment was initiated by Baltimore–based The Cordish Companies, which "de-malled" the structure. Prior to construction on the current Waterside District, it was known as Waterside Live! during redevelopment planning.
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