The campus originally opened in 1968 on land in northern Suffolk donated by Frederick W. Beazley and the Beazley Foundation for the purpose of creating a community college in south Hampton Roads.The New Portsmouth Campus is located in the Victory Village area of Portsmouth, on 35 acres near Interstate 264 and Victory Boulevard. The New Portsmouth Campus consists of four buildings housing academic programs, administrative offices, student services, and physical plant. Totaling 183,000 square feet, three two-story buildings house most of the instructional programs for the Portsmouth Campus, which include the college's nursing, administrative systems technology, computer aided drafting, air conditioning, and welding programs, as well as an array of comprehensive programs designed to transfer to four-year institutions. Building A houses the administrative and student services offices, deans offices, a Learning Assistance Center, some classrooms, and an innovative Learning Resources Center with a large open computer lab, in addition to the offices of the unique First College Program in partnership with the Portsmouth Public Schools.  Building B houses the Beazley School of Nursing, science classrooms and labs, some general purpose classrooms, and faculty offices. Building C houses the career and technical programs, some general purpose classrooms, an academic dean's office, and faculty offices. Building D houses the campus physical plant operations.