The B1M, a video channel focused on construction, considers 492 feet to be the minimum height for a skyscraper, which the Chesapeake tower would also meet. However, its definition also requires that at least 50% of the total height be habitable floor space – and the Chesapeake building, as a manufacturing facility, would not qualify.

City council members in Chesapeake have been given the green light to what would be the tallest tower in Virginia. It is part of what will soon be a submarine cable manufacturing facility.

Chesapeake City Council voted unanimously — and eagerly — Tuesday to approve a conditional use permit for a height exception to allow for a proposed 660-foot tower as part of a manufacturing